Articles Tagged with ''demand response''

The global energy management systems market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 17 percent from 2015 to 2019, according to a new report published by Technavio.

Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) announced it is partnering with Nest® Labs and Xfinity to offer incentives of up to $40 to the first 10,000 ComEd customers who enroll in Nest’s Rush Hour Rewards™ or Xfinity Home’s Summer Energy Management program.

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced The Free Market Energy Act of 2015, legislation designed to help promote distributed energy resources in the United States.

Three more companies have joined the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS). They come aboard as ADS gears up for its 12th annual National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid. The new members are EcoFactor, Tendril, and Cadmus.

Carrier announced it will provide Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) with its ComfortChoice® thermostat for the utility’s energy demand management program. The thermostats will be used by OG&E for its SmartHours® program, which is looking to reduce peak demand for electricity.

The OpenADR Alliance has announced the first draft of its OpenADR 2.0 Program Guide to facilitate more demand response (DR) programs and advance product development. The guide defines typical automated demand response (ADR) programs and explains how they are implemented.

Support for the appeal of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486) has been filed by a number of parties, including several Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) members.

EcoFactor Inc., a supplier of cloud-based home energy management services, announced that NV Energy’s mPowered Home Energy Management Program received Powergrid International’s 2015 Demand Response/Energy Efficiency Project of the Year award.

REGEN Energy Inc., supplier of Swarm Energy Management® for demand response (DR) and demand management, and Ayla Networks, provider of its Agile Internet of Things (IoT) platform, unveiled a partnership to expand the market for products and services to help commercial and industrial customers reduce energy consumption.

For contractors working to improve the HVAC functionality in Class A buildings, there has never been a time with more opportunity for upgrades, retrofits, and innovative equipment replacement.