Navetas Energy Management and Texas Instruments have signed a partnership agreement to accelerate integration of the Navetas disaggregation technology in new smart meters and smart grid systems. The partnership will enable Navetas’ technology for home energy monitoring to be embeffed in TI’s processor platforms.
Energy disaggregation, says Navetas, holds the key to unlocking the true potential of home energy monitoring systems in reducing energy demand and changing consumer behaviour by showing households how much energy each individual appliance is using. Unlike competitive solutions, says Navetas, its technology is self learning and can monitor appliance-level energy use from a single point, namely the smart meter, in real time. Energy disaggregation technology applications also include smart grid functionality such as demand response, load balancing and distribution monitoring applications.
Chris Saunders, CEO of Navetas, commented: “With the support of TI’s resources in the development and integration of our technology into their portfolio of high performance processors, we will increase our engineering capacity and expertise, accelerate our time to market for new products and maximise our technology flexibility for our customers.”
“The energy sector is a key growth market for Texas Instruments as the implementation of smart meters and smart grids lead to greater demand for processing power throughout the energy supply chain,” said Markus Staeblein, general manager of TI’s Smart Grid product line.
