The Smart Home
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Lieko Earle
Senior Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, Colorado
Beth Karlin
Founder and CEO
See Change Institute
Venice, California
Emily Kemper
Director, Residential Solutions
CLEAResult
Portland, Oregon
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Claire Miziolek
Technology and Market Solutions Senior Manager
NEEP (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Jamie Peters
Energy Partnerships
Google
Chicago, Illinois
Kara Saul Rinaldi
Vice President of Government Affairs & Policy
Home Performance Coalition
Washington, District of Columbia
This session addresses the core capabilities that HEMS must provide in order to be relevant and effective in the utility grid paradigm of the future (or soon to be present). For many years the energy aspect of Smart Homes has focused almost exclusively on saving kWh (with one notable exception of AC load-shifting for DR programs, via either switches or, increasingly, smart thermostats). As we look toward grid-interactive efficient buildings, the requirements for what makes a home, or a neighborhood, smart, change dramatically. This session will cover the key elements that are needed for HEMS to be future proof, what types of technologies are currently available, and what we anticipate coming online in the near future.