Energy efficiency is often deemed as a “resource” and a “first fuel” leading to large depletion of carbon emissions and displacing electricity from more energy-intensive supply-side resources. According to the International Energy Agency, energy efficiency is at least a $310 billion USD market and is continuously growing. Policies and investments since the 1970s helped saving 1332 million tons […]
Beyond the most common known benefits from smart metering infrastructure like for instance the capability to eliminate estimated bills, improve outage detection, reduce costs of on-site metering, and improve the balance between energy demand and production, smart meters alone do not go far enough on providing the final energy consumer with the necessary information to become […]