GreenWave Reality, a global innovator in the Smart Home Services market which includes Energy Management, Connected Lighting, and Home Monitoring services, recently announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree in the Integrated Home Systems category for its Home Energy Management Solution. This prestigious honor is judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade press to recognize excellence in consumer technology. The GreenWave Reality solution delivers a breakthrough consumer experience making it easy to conserve energy, save money and enhance lifestyles. GreenWave Reality extends the power and benefits of the smart grid into residential homes. Consumers can easily monitor and control their energy using a wide range of devices including PCs, smart phones and tablets. The monitoring and control platform is highly-secure and scalable, allowing utilities and service providers to confidently provide these capabilities to a large number of customers.
GreenWave Reality’s focus on the consumer begins with a guided, out-of-box experience that includes videos, an energy coach and a range of patent-pending technologies that enable users to quickly get up and running on their own. The GreenWave Reality solution typically includes intelligent power strips, a Gateway, a Meter Reader that reports whole home energy consumption, a wireless in-home display, and can be extended to include a number of third party smart thermostats.
Consumers can extend conservation efforts further and simplify their lives by using creating custom Smart Controls for the home. For instance, users can easily create home, away and night smart controls that can be scheduled or executed by the push of a button to turn devices and rooms off and on. These Smart Controls not only reduce energy consumption, but also improve the user lifestyles. In order to keep consumers engaged and motivated in their conservation efforts, GreenWave Reality has also developed an Energy Coach. The Energy Coach personalizes energy conservation by guiding the user through the set-up process, helping the user create and manage budgets and making a series of recommendations to further energy savings. All of these innovations add up to a provide consumers with a comprehensive energy management solution that provides unparalleled ease of use and lifestyle improvements at an affordable price.
