Thinking Energy will ask three questions about every concept.  

1) How well do the technologies integrate?  

2) What benefit does the customer gain from this?  

3) Is there sufficient commercial value in it?

Concepts to be tested include:

• Power – Getting better information about how we use electricity in our homes?
• White Goods - Linking solar panels and a smart washing machine or dishwasher, so that white goods can be scheduled to run when the solar output is high.
• Mobility - Linking an electric vehicle charge point, solar panels and ‘home battery’ to store the energy produced and use it to charge the electric vehicle;
• Hot Water - Linking a solar panel and gas boiler together to make the most of water heated for free via the roof panels
• Heating - Creating a more effective way to control the home heating through intelligent management of the system