A recent article in the Smart Grid library asked whether utilities will thrive as trusted advisors or survive as infrastructure? I think this is a particularly interesting article as I have long wondered whether utilities will become the “banks” of the future, i.e. slow moving but necessary parts of the economy, or more like “Fidelities” […]
Read more »Home management has proved a vexing problem for vendors. Utilities, vendors and appliance makers all want to lower household energy consumption. But it has been a struggle to keep consumers engaged or to get them to spend the time and money to integrate an automation system. We have long argued that transactive capabilities will make […]
Read more »Via the Smart Grid Library, another article on the potential impact that gamification may play in educating, enlightening, and engaging consumers. As mentioned previously, we find this to be an interesting trend but believe that smart markets – especially the opportunity for consumers to own and trade their power and water resources for cash – […]
Read more »Via GreenMonk, a very interesting article and presentation on how utility companies will need to use gamification and competitions to pique customers’ interest in energy savings and to keep their engagement levels high. We support this view and further believe that smart (i.e. transactive) markets will be needed as well to further support FourSquare-like principles […]
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