Strategies and recommendations

Smart-A will develop guidelines for all relevant stakeholder groups, based on the scenarios developed in the work on overall potential.

For appliance manufacturers, guidelines will be developed for the future design of smart appliances in order to support an improved integration with sustainable energy options such and load management.

For producers of domestic energy supply systems, guidelines will help with future design of such technologies in order to support improved integration with smart consumer loads.

For electric utilities, the guidelines will help to integrate consumers with smart appliances in an active management of loads in the networks, and to create incentives through tariff structures.

For large-scale producers of electricity from renewable energy sources, the project can help to acquire balancing power from consumers I order to level out intermittent electricity generation.

For policymakers, the role of active participation of domestic energy consumers in the management of loads in the energy networks, which will face increasing shares of intermittent generation, will be assessed. Recommendations for incentives from governments will be developed and needs for further research will be identified.

For consumer organisations, the potential role of consumers in active management of loads and the possibilities for reduced dependency of consumers on supply from energy networks will be assessed and recommendations for activities in the consumer field will be developed.

For standardisation organisations like the CENNELEC technical Committee TC59X, recommendations for extension of their standards will be given to cover the requirements of connecting energy supply systems with domestic appliances.

For providers of information systems to enable the connection and to enhance the performance of connected systems valuable information on the business case will be provided. SMEs may gain information on providing physical links between appliances and energy systems for additional services.