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For more than a century, power has flowed in one direction—from centralized power plants into homes. Today, there’s a new reality thanks to solar, electric vehicle charging, energy storage, digitalization and more. Homes can now act as energy hubs by producing their own power to help support flexibility and stability of electrical power.
Demand for sustainability is surging worldwide. Electrification of nearly everything we use is increasing electricity demand and requires new ways to manage energy costs.
Digitalization is a critical enabler, essential to managing and controlling a new reality where homeowners can be energy producers, consumers and a combination of both throughout the day. What will that enable? More energy flowing bi-directionally, to and from the grid and your electric vehicles and easier management of electrical loads for household activities like heating and cooking, which have traditionally been powered by fossil fuels.
Examples of new policy directives and regulations are growing and accelerating renewable deployments at home. In the European Union, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) now requires new buildings to be nearly zero-energy. In California, all new home construction of three stories or less requires solar as an option to meet the state’s energy goals. And China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) is pushing solar with a pilot program aiming to equip 20% of residential rooftops in select areas with solar.
As a result, more homes are adding solar capability, often paired with energy storage. Additionally, homeowners are buying electric vehicles (EV) and need to support onsite charging. How can all these assets work together?
Our experts join Eaton's 10 in 10 podcast to talk about how intelligent home technology is playing an important role in advancing the energy transition.
Home as a Grid: effectively manage energy production and consumption
Our Home as a Grid approach breaks traditional boundaries and enables far more flexibility in how and when you use your electricity. It’s about what happens at home, “behind the meter.”
With our strategic approach to home energy management, you can still just flip the switch to turn the lights on regardless of where the power comes from—rooftop solar, energy storage systems, the local utility or your electric vehicle. But you can also do much more.
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INSIGHTS THAT POWER WHAT MATTERS: CURRENT THINKING BROADCAST
INSIGHTS THAT POWER WHAT MATTERS: CURRENT THINKING BROADCAST
At Eaton, we’re creating intelligent home energy systems that work smarter and harder to power a low-carbon future by:
Reducing complexity
Through new insights and ability to control consumption habits—the way homeowners use energy
Collaborating with key partners
Through strong builder relationships and strategic technology partnerships
Making implementation and installation easier
With industry education and training
Supporting secure connected and integrated technologies
Through leadership in cybersecurity and digitalization and a focus on enabling interoperability
In this video series, you'll learn how we are advancing the energy transition by creating flexible energy systems to power today and tomorrow - accelerating decarbonization, boosting resilience, reducing energy costs and developing new revenue streams. The series includes: Buildings as a Grid, Data Centers as a Grid, Factories as a Grid, Home as a Grid, and Everything as a Grid.
As the energy transition advances, we're helping companies and communities around the world simplify their energy systems and safely transition to the low-carbon future.
