Smart Technology for Your Home

We all depend on smart technology and use it every day to improve our quality of life. Smart home technology has a significant impact on improving the efficiencies of households, allowing for more effective functioning and maximum comfort.

Solar is a primary smart technology for your home, as electricity is the most valuable resource. It is the cheapest and cleanest way to generate electricity. Combining solar with a battery allows you to utilize solar energy even when the sun is not shining or if the grid goes down, resulting in a more efficient and independent way to energize your home.

Monitoring also plays a key role in energy production and usage; managing how your home functions; when and how energy is generated and consumed. It uses automation technology, managing electrical usage and supporting the largest load of energy during peak solar production times. Monitoring automation allows for whole home efficiency to take place and is the core of smart home technology.

There are two kinds of monitoring, production, and consumption. Technical details gathered from Enphase, the manufacturer we use for monitoring, explains consumption monitoring or energy usage metering as an optional feature of the monitoring system measuring energy usage in your home via an app interface. Consumption monitoring requires the installation of specific materials, such as a gateway and transformers. Systems installed with consumption monitoring will also have solar production metering installed.

Production metering provides a greater level of accuracy for reporting purposes. Production and consumption meters are required for energy storage with the Enphase batteries we install. If you are interested in production or consumption monitoring, we will assess your site to determine whether your electrical service panel will support the installation of these items needed to properly function.

Smart inverters also play an integral role in processing real time production data. These are vital in tracking system functions and communicating when to use or store power, and work simultaneously with solar panels, and batteries.

Home smart technology begins with the energy hub which involves production, consumption, and monitoring management. Maintaining independence from the grid with a complete home energy system to help manage the energy levels needed in real time is vital to maximizing household usage and expenses.

Taking control of how power is used can drastically reduce or eliminate your electrical bill. Rates are increasing, so implementing a smart home energy management system can provide your family with a better living environment and save money on your household budget.