INDUSTRY WATCH
E.ON’S HOME CONTROLLER
WILL BE ABLE TO PREDICT
WHEN ITS RESIDENTS
ARE DUE TO COME HOME,
FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN
SET THE DESIRED ROOM
TEMPERATURE IN ADVANCE.
E.ON Board Member,
Karsten Wildberger
T
he home of the future will be
smart. It will lower energy bills and
improve homeowners’ carbon
footprints, while allowing an increased
level of freedom and considerably
improving everyday life in general. This
vision is now becoming a reality – and
E.ON, in collaboration with Microsoft, is
making that possible. The two companies
have entered into a collaboration,
centring around a software solution for
a home that is setting new standards.
E.ON is set to release the first version of
this new product to market at the start
of 2019.
Essentially, this is the next step in smart
home technology. It focuses specifically
on energy management and aims to
combine data from all electrical devices
within the home – including heating
and cooling systems, PV installations,
battery storage or chargers for electric
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vehicles – on a single platform, offering
customers an excellent overview via an
accessible dashboard with simple control
options. Until now, different generators
and systems within the home have been
controlled with the use of individual apps
that are incompatible with one another.
With this new solution, E.ON is offering
a central, convenient control system for
each and every unit via one app.
Using Artificial Intelligence and the
Internet of Things (IoT), the control
platform is constantly learning and able to
develop into a personal assistant. Rather
conveniently, E.ON’s home controller will
be able to predict when its residents are
due to come home, for example, and
then set the desired room temperature
in advance. Homeowners are also able to
control energy consumption in such a way
that ensures only self-generated electricity
is used, whenever possible.
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