Overview

Delivering Real Consumer Value to the Smart Grid

Smart technology and data alone will not reduce energy consumption and demand. Consumers need to adopt new technology and become engaged in their own energy management. GroundedPower’s expertise is at the intersection of people and technology. GroundedPower delivers the right information at the right time, through the right medium to accomplish deeper and more persistent energy savings. Whether through the web, email, mobile devices, mail or GroundedPower’s sleek, glanceable in-home or in-building displays, GroundedPower engages customers to achieve persistent savings.

GroundedPower’s system fits well into smart grid initiatives, as well as existing energy efficiency and demand response programs. GroundedPower extends existing energy efficiency programs by providing a platform that combines an integrated suite of intuitive, engaging and actionable tools to save energy with a communications system that connects consumers and their utility like never before.

GroundedPower supports any underlying smart grid infrastructure components including its own Home Area Networking (HAN) solutions or 3rd Party’s to provide real-time energy monitoring and wireless communications. GroundedPower’s strength in web-based applications, content management and mobile & wireless communications are the foundation for its creation of a smart grid “engagement layer”. This intuitive software platform rests on top of the smart grid ecosystem and delivers consumers the energy management environment that engages, motivates and empowers them to become active and willing participants in energy efficiency.

Solutions Approach:

GroundedPower’s engagement layer creates the missing component between consumer’s and the value the smart grid can provide. The GroundedPower consumer engagement environment provides the attributes required to establish a baseline and energy use profiles, set goals, analyze status and trends in real-time, create configurable comparative analyses, commit to efficiency action steps and sustain them, obtain online consultation, continuous reinforcement and support, social networking, access utility efficiency programs and rebates, acquire efficiency products, use performance management tools and gain incentives. All of these functions are set up on a very convenient and easy to use management dashboard that is highly configurable.