Home Automation and Energy Management has failed to get off the ground over the years after many false dawns. But during 2012 Home Automation and Energy Management have moved forward and the interfacing of these services within the wider Home Area Network looks set to become the major synergistic force in the future as it lowers costs and improves operational efficiencies. The US home automation market is now up for grabs and the Winners will be the ones that can offer the seamless end to end experience across all services in the home and deliver to the consumers what they have come to expect from the likes of Apple. Vineyard Power on Martha’s Vineyard, the island off of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, is involved in a pilot program with GE, utilizing GE’s Nucleus energy management system and the company’s Brillion smart appliances. The Nucleus energy management system passes the regional wholesale electricity pricing information to the […]