Greentech Lead Europe: Fortum, a European utility, has
formed partnership with GreenWave Reality, a company specializing in the Smart
Home Services market that includes Energy Management, Connected Lighting, and
Home Monitoring Services, to provide Fortum customers in Sweden with a
breakthrough, Energy Management solution.
Fortum will offer customers the GreenWave Reality Home
Energy Management solution to manage and control devices in the home.
The GreenWave Reality Home Energy Management solution
features easy-to-use interfaces running on PCs, smartphones and tablets.
Fortum’s customers will be able to understand their home energy consumption and
be empowered to become more energy efficient through a number of features
including intuitive energy visualizations and comparisons, interactive
coaching, budgeting, Smart Controls, and alerts.
An important component of this solution is GreenWave
Reality’s innovative Smart Controls that enables consumers to further their
conservation efforts and improve their lifestyles by creating custom smart
scenes in the home.
An interactive Energy Coach personalizes energy
conservation by assisting the consumer in the set-up process and continuously
makes recommendations to further energy savings. The Energy Coach will also lead
the user through the budgeting process and reward users for their progress and
accomplishments by way of an Energy Passport that tracks their achievements.
Fortum will also offer customers GreenWave Reality’s
Connected Lighting solution that provides complete control over their lighting
by way of high-quality connected LED bulbs that can be turned on or off – and
dimmed to any level – using a simple handheld remote, or advanced applications
running on their smartphones and tablets.
“The GreenWave Reality solution is an excellent fit
for our customers as it combines the power of home energy management with the
convenience of additional smart home services such as connected lighting,” said
Fredrik Landahl, head of electricity sales at Fortum Markets.
The GreenWave Reality end-to-end solution is built on
highly-scalable, secure IP-based network platform that consists of a home area
network (HAN) which connects to a smart meter or meter reading device
integrated with a rich set of cloud-based services for consumers and utilities.
“GreenWave Reality is pleased to have been selected by
Fortum for this important initiative,” said Greg Memo, CEO, GreenWave Reality.
“Fortum is an industry leader utility, focused on providing sustainable energy
solutions, and we are proud to deliver our award winning tools that enable
their customers to reduce wasted energy and enjoy the lifestyle benefits from
having an intelligent, energy-efficient home.”