By Niraj Bhargava, CEO at Energate, Inc.

I recently had the honor of being invited to attend the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality’s GreenGov Dialogue on Demand Response at the White House.

By Louis Szablya, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Energate 

With consumers (finally!) paying greater attention to energy consumption, some retail stores have started selling smart communicating thermostats as part of a comprehensive home energy management or home automation solution.  

By Louis Szablya, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Energate 

My previous Blog posts on A Brief History of the Smart Thermostat and The Present of the Smart Thermostat bragged a bit about one of Energate’s own, the “Father of the Smart Thermostat” Jerry Kathnelson and his role as co-inventor of the world’s first digital programmable thermostat, as well what has survived from his pioneering work in today’s Smart Thermostats.  This third and final post in the series takes a look at what’s coming next in home energy management systems. 

By Louis Szablya, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

My previous Blog post on A Brief History of the Smart Thermostat bragged a bit about one of Energate’s own, the “Father of the Smart Thermostat” Jerry Kathnelson and his role as co-inventor of the world’s first digital programmable thermostat. 

By Louis Szablya, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

If you can’t brag a bit in your own Blog, where can you brag?  The topic of this post is, therefore, the history of the Smart Thermostat, and although Energate is a relatively new company founded in 2004, our people have played a prominent role in the evolution of this technology since its very genesis.

By Louis Szablya, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

Energate is inaugurating this Blog as our forum to speak out on a variety of topics affecting electric utilities and their residential customers.  And we have a lot to say because our team has been (and continues to be) involved in making solutions work for BOTH consumers and utilities, so our experience can be of great value to others in the industry.