Smart-grid apps to revolutionize electricity use

Apr 22, 2011 by Candace Lombardi

Get ready for reliable electricity, and an automated world of electronics, appliances, and buildings, to become the new normal.

That’s the main message in a report released today by GigaOm Pro and Pike Research.

Smart-grid applications in six key areas will change the way people use, buy, manage, and think about electricity, according to the report “Smart Grid Apps: Six Trends That Will Shape Grid Evolution” led by Clint Wheelock, Pike Research founder and managing director.

Those electricity-related applications focus on home energy management systems, electric vehicles, distribution automation, smart-grid analytics, building energy management systems (BEMS), and carbon management.

Checking the home energy dashboard will become a common household chore.

All those home energy management (HEM) and energy information display (EID) tools that are popping up via web-based apps, smartphones, networked TVs, and car dashboards are not a fad. Most everyone is eventually going to have smart electronics, smart appliances, and smart homes that will communicate energy use and receive instruction remotely, according to Pike Research.

It will be normal for people to check what their home is doing in real time in terms of consuming energy, as well as take a long-term view. People will

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