New IHD Unveiled

March 23, 2010

The Tendril team is very excited to announce that at DistribuTECH today we unveiled a revolutionary new device – our “Vision” In-Home Display (IHD). What makes it revolutionary is that it allows people to link directly with their utility to get real-time information about their energy use and cost, take an active role in how much energy they use, and see immediate results.

This is important because utilities realize they need to engage directly with their customers in order to drive efficiency and energy reduction. Vision provides the means of immediate communication and action that has been missing in consumers’ homes until now.

Among the unique features of Vision:

• It is anchored in a household appliance similar to a digital clock. This promotes active engagement with utility customers because it provides continuous information via a device that is unobtrusive, intuitive and an accepted part of everyday living.
• Vision displays upcoming, real-time events so customers can plan accordingly. For example, Vision will display a visual cue for an upcoming demand response event and peak pricing period. Seeing this, a homeowner could wait to run the dishwasher, turn down the thermostat, or leave the house to run errands in order to save money during that time.
• The real-time data display is also accompanied by a web portal service that allows customers to look at detailed information online as well as create, and manage, their own customized energy use plan.

For those of you attending the show, stop by Booth 1803 and 2015 to see Vision, as well as several other exciting new solutions for the utility industry. Additional information can be found here.