Smart services for connecting smart homes and grids: drivers and barriers of consumers
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As part of the European project Interconnect (Interconnect Project - Homepage), in which 50 European entities are developing and demonstrating advanced solutions for connecting and converging digital homes and buildings within the electricity sector, six smart concept services are validated in an early design phase. The six smart concept services that have been designed are: Healthy Air, Smart Dishwasher, Green Charging of electric vehicles (EVs), Fresh Laundry, Smart Lock of the front door and the Smart Dryer. Each of them aims to (1) make the home environment (even) more pleasant, comfortable and/or safe for consumers and to (2) stimulate consumers to use energy when there is a large amount of sustainable energy (wind, solar) available, and less energy when there is a limited supply of energy. This enables the integration of sustainable energy into the grid. Based on the outcomes of this study the concept services will be improved in the design phase. After the completion of the design phase, the services will be implemented in apartments of the new building named Next, a large-scale test-site at Strijp S in Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Appartementen Eindhoven - Next Strijp).
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TNO Identifier
961746
Publisher
TNO
Collation
43 p.
Place of publication
Petten