Imagine if your home appliances could talk to the power grid and automatically shift their work to times when electricity is cheapest and most plentiful. This project creates a smart system that helps people save money and reduce waste without needing to be energy experts. It's like having a personal energy assistant that balances your home's needs with the city's power supply.
Residential energy use is currently inefficient and unresponsive to grid needs, leaving a massive opportunity for cost savings and grid stability untapped. Existing solutions often ignore the social barriers and diverse needs of different household types.
A residential demand response platform and a set of tools for energy management. This includes a co-design methodology and a two-phase hardware deployment strategy using sensors and control devices.
If you are a utility provider dealing with grid instability during peak hours — this project developed a demand response platform that empowers active consumers to shift their energy use. This reduces the risk of blackouts and lowers the need for expensive emergency power plants.
If you are a hardware maker dealing with low consumer adoption of smart plugs and sensors — this project developed a co-design methodology with end-users. This ensures your devices are actually useful for energy saving and are accepted by diverse groups, including low-income households.
If you are a manager of urban blocks of flats dealing with high communal energy bills — this project developed a set of tools to manage residential demand. This allows you to offer energy efficiency as a value-added service to tenants while lowering overall building costs.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost figures for the platform are not provided.
The project targets TRL 7/8, meaning it is designed for demonstration in operational environments across three different EU countries, suggesting high scalability potential for the residential sector.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, though the project focuses on dissemination and exploitation through an 'energy helix'.
The project uses a two-phased methodology to test the minimum required devices first, then iterates by adding new sensors and control hardware to optimize results.
The project runs from June 2023 to May 2027, with the goal of reaching TRL 7/8 by the end of the period.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with a 64% industry ratio, comprising 9 industrial partners and 8 SMEs. This strong commercial presence, combined with 2 universities and 2 research centers across 9 countries, indicates a high priority for commercial viability and practical application over pure academic research.
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