The Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE) Platform
A Comprehensive Solution for Next Generation Energy Management
Introduction – The Advent of the Smart Grid Information Age
The nation’s electricity grid was built and regulated for reliability and ubiquitous availability. Those were admirable goals for the 20th century energy infrastructure, but as we move into the 21st century, electricity and energy needs have moved beyond mere reliability and ubiquity; these needs now include the need to reduce/eliminate global warming and to use energy efficiency to increase our energy independence. Enter the Smart Grid.
