Analyzes the market, current and future deployments, and consumer preferences for energy management solutions.

Purpose and Benefits

Parks Associates’ Residential Energy Management (REM) research project assesses the market for digital systems and services used to monitor, control, and manage electric energy in the home:

  • The best opportunities for products and services in residential energy management

  • Current and planned Smart Grid deployments

  • Market momentum of technologies employing emerging energy management solutions

  • Consumer interest in these solutions

  • Profiles of innovative companies and utilities in this sector

  • Government efforts to promote innovation and adoption

The project focuses on the products and services most likely to gain traction in the residential energy management market over the next five years.

  • Wireless controls; powerline controls

  • Remote monitoring and management services

  • In-home electricity consumption monitors

  • Communicating, programmable thermostats

  • Central control systems

  • Smart appliances

  • Smart meters

  • Home-area networks

Industry Reports

2011
Residential Energy Management 2011: Trends & Opportunities
AMI Fact Book: 2011 Update
Global REM: Highlights of Key International Deployments
Opportunities at the Edge of the HAN: Forecasts and Analyses
Home Area Network Solutions: Profiles and Assessments

2010
AMI Fact Book
Forecasts for the Deployment of AMI and the Adoption of Energy-saving Products and Services
Home Area Networks: Analysis & Forecasts

Consumer Segmentation Report

2010
Residential Energy Management: Consumer Classifications & Mindset

Primary Research—Multiclient Studies

2011
Consumer Perspectives on Energy Management, Monitoring, and Security

2010
Residential Energy Management: Consumer Motives, Actions and Intentions

2009
U.S. Household Energy Usage: Behaviors and Opportunities for Innovation

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Manufacturing and Services

  • Companies addressing current opportunities in residential energy management

  • New technologies, systems, and services

  • Manufacturing plans and consumer preferences for smart appliances

Energy-Saving Solutions for Consumers

  • Actions, services, and products in use to reduce energy usage

  • Purchase plans and key factors influencing adoption of energy monitoring and management systems

  • Intersection of current technology use with the planned roadmap for energy conservation tools

  • Consumer willingness to invest in energy management systems

Utility Goals and Advanced Metering Infrastructures (AMI)

  • The extent of current smart meter and AMI deployments

  • Deployment plans for the next five years and the potential impact of the economic downturn

  • Status of the current standards debate and its impact on adoption

  • Identification and analysis of utilities’ primary and secondary drivers

Applicable History Lessons

  • Lessons learned from experiences in Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world

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