The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £4.5m in innovative collaborative research, development and demonstration projects. The projects will integrate ‘smart’ meters with communications to make a ‘smart’ system that will have an impact on the demand for, and usage of, energy in the home.

This competition aims to accelerate the speed at which innovations are able to enter the market.  The Technology Strategy Board is particularly interested in projects which help to understand the way in which consumer demand for energy might change in the light of the integration of smart home technologies.

The competition is open to energy, communications, technology and other companies.  Consortia must be business-led and can be science-to-business or business-to-business interactions.

Projects will aim to test new ways of integrating technologies and devices in a range of different settings. These settings might include (these are examples only):  connections between energy devices and in-house communications and entertainments systems;  integration of micro-generation systems and capabilities into an individual home or group of homes;  connections between energy devices and telecare and telehealth systems. 

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