The OpenPeak Home Energy Management Solution displays real-time energy usage and pricing in a graphic-rich centralized user interface that sits right on the kitchen counter, or anywhere else in the home, for easy access and monitoring.
The Home Energy Management Solution also enables utilities to manage and communicate residential demand response programs to help conserve energy when demand is at its peak. For example, consumers who have signed up for a utility’s demand response program can reduce their nonessential usage by cutting back on lighting and cooling in underused parts of their home when the electrical grid is near capacity, such as when too many air conditioners start laboring on a hot summer’s day.
“Household budgets are tight these days, and people are more aware than ever about the need to conserve energy and protect the environment,” said Dan Gittleman, chief executive officer and founder of OpenPeak. “By leveraging the OpenPeak platform to provide consumers with easy touch-screen access to their energy usage information, we can help families not only reduce their consumption and save money, but also show them the benefits of their efforts by displaying real-time usage data. They can actually see how much money they’re saving by making a few adjustments in their own home.”
Based upon the highly intuitive, easy-to-use OpenPeak multimedia touch screen platform, the OpenPeak Home Energy Management Solution is designed for deployment by public utility companies to their customers. Through this interactive link right in the home, utility providers can create effective partnerships with their customers to help them better manage energy consumption, save money and the environment, and ultimately, add value to the relationship.
Plus, by leveraging OpenPeak’s intuitive touch screen interface and suite of downloadable applications and content, the same device can deliver a complete communications package including news, sports, weather, social networking, calendaring and instant messaging and is compatible with a variety of communication standards, including ZigBee and Wi-Fi. The platform also provides utilities with a new forward-flexibility for the deployment and support of new energy applications as they are developed.
“Using our natural resources and energy more efficiently is on the top of everyone’s mind, and as a practical matter, the easier it is the more likely we are to do it,” Gittleman said. “With the Home Energy Management Solution, it can’t get much easier. It’s a natural extension of the robust OpenPeak platform that puts the tools we need to be more environmentally conscious and save money right at our fingertips.”
The Home Energy Management Solution is an extension of OpenPeak’s flagship OpenFrame system, the first multimedia IP phone designed to function as a voice, data and rich media information device for the home. The products combine user-friendly touch-screen interfaces with the accessibility of rich media content into an all-in-one information command center.
