NXP Semiconductors is collaborating with residential energy management solutions provider geo to facilitate the launch of its SeeZero home energy management system (HEMS), a Matter-certified HEMS and one of the first to support mass market deployment.
The collaboration leverages geo’s deep expertise in energy management and NXP’s intelligent system solutions for Matter, which integrate the key building blocks of both software and hardware for connectivity, processing, and security, allowing the companies to pioneer this solution.
SeeZero makes it easy and intuitive for consumers to control their energy consumption and reduce energy costs. At the same time, it enables grid operators and generators to better manage the rapid transition to electrified residential transport and heating, as well as the accelerating growth of renewable energy.
Matter is an influential interoperability standard designed to support seamless connectivity and control between devices to enable autonomous homes and buildings. With adoption rapidly expanding, Matter’s latest iteration includes a growing focus on energy management and new energy device types, such as HVAC, EV chargers, water heaters, solar and battery storage systems and even smart meters, as well as a full range of more traditional smart home devices.
Home energy management systems enabled by Matter are critical in allowing consumers to exploit the full benefit of modern, smart appliances to minimise energy cost and maximise comfort and convenience throughout the autonomous home.
As a comprehensive system solutions provider for Matter and an active driver of and contributor to the growing Matter standard, NXP is helping to build energy ecosystem collaborations that bring new sustainable, autonomous and reliable electrification solutions to market. geo’s SeeZero HEMS, which is powered by NXP, optimises a home’s overall energy use automatically, making sure consumer preferences for how their smart home appliances work are always met, while avoiding high energy cost periods and making the most of low cost points to keep bills low, and at the same time reduce strain on the electricity grid.
“Home energy management is a key driver for consumers to adopt smart home technology,” said Tobin Richardson, President and CEO of the Connectivity Standards Alliance. “Matter 1.4 expands the standard’s energy management capabilities by adding support for new device types, enabled by member companies like NXP, helping to expand the Matter ecosystem so consumers can more effectively manage home energy costs and consumption.”
“Matter-enabled devices are key to efficiently managing energy throughout the autonomous home,” added Charles Dachs, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Industrial and IoT Edge Processing, NXP. “NXP’s portfolio of processing, connectivity, and security system solutions make it easier for developers to quickly innovate and bring new types of Matter-enabled devices to market. This system approach is key to building a broader energy ecosystem driven by autonomy that delivers new smart home energy management solutions to market.”
“Consumers face a dilemma: they want to make the best of the ‘smartness’ in the devices they buy to make their homes as comfortable and convenient as possible, but they also need to keep their energy costs low,” said Steve Cunningham, CEO, geo. “The autonomous, invisible orchestration of energy usage, powered by Matter, is critical to solving that challenge and NXP has been a key collaborator for geo in our journey to deliver that orchestration and move the world closer to net-zero. The breadth and functionality of their Matter solutions and ability to work hand-in-glove with our developers to integrate those solutions into our design was fundamental to geo achieving the critical balance of capability, complexity and cost needed to bring our revolutionary SeeZero HEMS solution to market.”
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