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Vision 2020 The Future of Smart Home and Demand Response

Daria.Golubkina — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:04:52 +0000

The VaasaETT smart home vision has been developed ultimately over a period of 18 months. It is an amalgamation of leading opinions from the key thinkers in this field. It is a collection of the state-of the-art visions and solutions. It is based on what we know is being done, planned and intended by the best utilities and technology vendors. It also summarises what has been found in practice to drive customer interest, involvement and adoption relating to smart home, demand response and related issues. This section forms a cornerstone of the VaasaETT Respond 2010 project and is intended to guide strategy between now and at least 2020. It is intended to stimulate, challenge and support the visions of the reader. It should not be taken as a prediction of what the future will look like in 2020 or the lead up to it. Rather it should be seen as an indication of where leading opinion is heading, a vision for 2020 based on what is currently known. Future leaps in technology, new or worsening environmental challenges, political mindset changes, and social trend adjustments cannot be accounted for by such visions. It is essential that utilities and the industry at large adopt a degree of flexibility and adaptability that will allow it to take advantage of such opportunities.

Demand Response Pilot Comparison

VaasaETTadmin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:53:39 +0000

80 pilots have been reviewed for this report selected from a pool of approximately 120. Their effectiveness has been analysed according to type and according to a selection of variables, such as communication technology and information provided, to ascertain differing elements that may contribute to effectiveness. The pilots reviewed here cover: Critical Peak Pricing (CPP), Critical Peak Rebates (CPR) and Time of Use (TOU). As discussed above, feedback and customer communication are considered important in the success of long-term demand response and customer relations. This is especially true in markets where average household consumption is low and cost/benefit a challenge or in markets – such as California where pricing programs are implemented for the entire customer base.

New Report Proves Potential of 33% Energy Reductions Through Smart meters

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:52:00 +0000

Press Release 2nd May 2010 More…

Are Your Systems Holding Back your Smart Vision?

Daria.Golubkina — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:38:26 +0000

With significant media coverage and an intensive global conference circuit, utility executives have been bombarded with information about meter replacement and future metering technologies. This level of coverage is not unexpected, utilities and energy companies will spend billions over the coming decade installing smart meters and taking the first steps toward enabling the smart grid. However, considering the level of focus on metering technology, there has been surprising little information on the impact to utility systems beyond the need for an MDM.

EcoHome2020 Project

VaasaETTadmin — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:30:09 +0000

The EcoHome 2020 Best Practice Project draws on the leading knowledge, experiences and innovations in the fields of for instance Demand Response, Intelligent Home Automation and Smart Metering. This long-term ongoing project continuously draws on our public, client and multi-client projects in these fields, as well as the unprecedented knowledge of the VaasaETT Global Energy Think-Tank Demand Response Round-Table. More…

Household Energy Price Index For Europe

vaasaettadmincd — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:06:28 +0000

May Prices Just Released

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Exchange 2010 Presentations

VaasaETTadmin — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:44:33 +0000

Download the presentations from the Exchange 2010 event

VaasaETT – Smart Visions 2020

VaasaETT – Pilot Study Analyses

SEAS-NVE – Creating a New Future

Schneider Electric – Commercial DR

NCE Halden – Smart City

Maher Chebbo – Smart City

KiWi Power – DR in the UK

EEE – Mass Smart Metering

BPL – DR as Operational Resource

BC Hydro – Conservation Initiative

Onzo – Customer Communication

Tendril – A Business Model For Success

Entelios – Unlocking Demand Response for Germany

CPower – Mike Gordon – Power by the People

The following presentation will be posted here soon:

Yello Strom – How to Get Millions to Sign up for SM and DR

Demand Response Market Drivers and Barriers

VaasaETTadmin — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:50:11 +0000

The purpose of this research is to provide an overview of what factors are currently driving demand response programs forward, or acting as barriers,. The aim of this is to provide a better understanding of what is required in a market for successful demand response program deployment.

Market Survey Findings – Drivers and Barriers

VaasaETTadmin — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:34:46 +0000

The research for this section has been carried out over the course of two years, analyzing the development of smart meter enabled programs throughout Europe, the USA and Australia (for a list of factors reviewed per national market see Annex I). The present findings are based upon 26 intensive 1-1 1/2 hour interviews of distribution and retailer managers and other market experts on the developments of demand response within their respective markets. These interviews formed the basis of the list of drivers and enablers that were investigated (See Figure 1). The survey has two parts. Part I asked the respondents to spontaneously name 5 factors which they feel are acting as drivers for DR in their markets and 5 which they feel are acting as barriers1. The aim of this section; to ascertain what drivers and barriers the experts thought of first, without prompting by the researchers. Part II provided one list of drivers and two included a list of drivers and enablers (gathered from the interviews) and asked them to state on a scale of 1-7 if they agreed or disagreed these factors were important2. One-hundred and twenty five questionnaires were sent out and eighty-six replies were received (for an example of the survey see Annex II) The results are analysed below in written and graphical form.