Smart Appliances

Smart appliances are being hailed as the new technology to make our lives cheaper, and a lot easier (and very lazy!) We will soon be walking into our homes to smart appliances, embracing ‘smart fridges, washing machines, heating/air con units, cook tops, ovens, dryers, dishwashers, ranges and other technologies. Smart appliances have been designed to allow consumers tighter control and to effectively shed or reduce domestic usage of energy, reducing bills and helping to achieve energy reduction targets.

There are two aspects of communication with your smart appliance technology. Firstly you can use your Smartphone or Tablet and interact and control your smart appliances remotely. The other key idea is to communicate via smart grids, responding to utility signals that provide consumers with reminders to use periods of lower priced energy.  You will be able to reduce power consumption during those peak hours and operate during those hours when lowest power demand exists. Smart grids and smart appliances can deliver significant benefits to society.

In the US there is infrastructures in various stages geared up for smart appliances. Some countries are more advanced in this field, while others are in development stages.