Inergy Home Connect
Inergy Home Connect is a comprehensive cloud-enabled energy management solution designed for residential customers. It provides homeowners with the tools they need to monitor, manage, and optimize their energy usage, particularly for large loads such as HVAC systems, pool pumps, electric vehicle chargers, solar, and battery storage systems. Home Connect helps homeowners minimize their energy costs by leveraging intelligent demand control and real-time data insights.
Key Features of Home Connect
1. Real-Time Dashboard
The real-time dashboard provides up-to-the-minute data on the status of each device within the homeowner's energy control and orchestration environment. It offers insights into HVAC performance, switch control, solar generation, battery usage, and electric vehicle systems. Users can also view a month-to-date overview of data that affects their utility bills, such as peak demand and energy usage. The dashboard provides an estimate of full-month costs based on current data.
2. Monthly Reporting
Each month, Home Connect generates a detailed report on energy demand and usage, allowing homeowners to directly compare these metrics with their utility bills. The report highlights the number of control interventions taken by the system (called "shedding events") to maintain preset demand limits. Homeowners can also see an estimate of the savings realized by using Inergy’s controllers, solar, and battery systems, typically resulting in 30-50% energy savings each month.
3. Utility Schedule Cost Comparison
Home Connect includes a tool for comparing utility cost schedules. This allows homeowners to identify the most cost-effective billing schedule based on their energy usage and the presence of a load controller. The tool helps customers choose the right utility schedule to maximize savings.
4. Advanced Data Analysis
Inergy Home Connect provides deep-dive data analysis tools that enable users to analyze their energy usage in detail. Homeowners and energy advisors can build and share customized views from hundreds of data points collected by the system. This enables the development of informed energy strategies, tailored to the specific needs of each home.
5. Notifications and Alerts
Home Connect generates important notifications to inform homeowners when significant events occur, such as a device going offline, the transition from off-peak to on-peak billing periods, or when a preset demand limit is exceeded. Users can also create custom notifications based on specific thresholds to help prevent unexpected costs.
Advanced Services
1. Automatic Pre-Conditioning (APC)
APC focuses on maintaining a comfortable temperature in the home without requiring users to worry about utility schedules or energy peaks. Home Connect automatically pre-cools or pre-heats the home before expensive on-peak periods begin, resulting in lower energy usage during peak hours.
2. Demand Limit Optimization (DLO)
For customers on utility plans with demand-based billing, Demand Limit Optimization (DLO) analyzes historical data to recommend the optimal demand limits for each month. This reduces costs by ensuring that the demand limits are set correctly, often saving customers hundreds of dollars per year by adjusting the limit by as little as 0.5 kW.
Remote Configuration
Home Connect enables complete remote configuration of Inergy’s controllers. This includes setting up the system, managing devices, scheduling thermostats and relays, updating firmware, and managing utility holidays. Distributors and energy advisors can remotely manage a customer’s system, reducing the need for onsite visits.
Mobile App
The Home Connect mobile app offers most of the core functionality found on the desktop version but is optimized for mobile use. The app allows homeowners to monitor energy usage, receive notifications, and override system settings from their smartphone or tablet. It can also be used as a real-time visual display for monitoring peak periods and energy demand.
Contact Us
To learn more about how Home Connect can help you manage and optimize your home’s energy usage, contact us today or call 1-855-463-7497.