Mind Set Daily

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Smart Homes Drive Smart Meter Acceptance" A new report concludes that smart home technology will be crucial to selling the benefits of smart meters to consumers. The communication hub located within smart meters have the potential to create a home area network that acts as a gateway to future services in a connected home, such as remotely managing household appliances, heating systems, home security systems, and even eHealth services for managing chronic conditions. Analysts predict consumers will have anywhere from 15 to 30 appliances and devices connected to a home network in the smart home of the near future. The lessons from smart meter roll outs in other countries is that you have to bring consumers with you so they want to have these devices installed in their homes. The government understands this and is creating a Central Delivery Body to take on this task. What research shows is that in order to secure broad consumer support for smart meters it is