Dubbed by Time Magazine as the “Best Invention of 2009,”  EnergyHub’s Dashboard which has the rare ability to “rein in the real power hogs” in a user’s home now teams up with GridPoint, Inc., is one of the respected names in smart energy solutions. At DistribuTECH, the two companies announced that GridPoint’s home energy management solution will support EnergyHub’s Dashboard.

The consumers as well as utilities are going to gain from this partnership between two leading providers---one of smart energy solution and the other of home energy solution. Both will now have more choice and flexibility to access best-in-breed smart devices.

GridPoint’s home energy management solution makes a comprehensive offering for the consumers. Besides establishing a foundation for an interactive, ongoing relationship between utilities and consumers, it allows for the rapid, easy integration of third-party devices – including smart thermostats, in-home displays, energy dashboards and smart plugs – into utility smart grid and energy efficiency programs.

Utilities too can benefit from GridPoint’s home energy management solution. With GridPoint’s solution, the utilities obtain greater device control for optimal load management capabilities. This in turn help them increase customer satisfaction and interoperability between and among technology utilized within the smart grid. In a nutshell, GridPoint offers a meaningful energy management solution that encourages repeated consumer use.

GridPoint and EnergyHub-both the companies are committed to foster long-lasting relationship between consumers and utilities. The dual venture is geared toward this goal.

“Both of our companies are working to strengthen the relationship between utilities and their customers, and this partnership furthers that goal,” said David Wechsler, vice president, Business Development, EnergyHub. “We look forward to working with GridPoint to provide consumers the ability to easily reduce their household energy consumption and costs.”

EnergyHub’s Dashboard makes a useful innovation for the responsible consumers, seeking to monitor and control their energy consumptions.

EnergyHub’s Dashboard combines, in a single interface, the functionality of a home energy display and a communicating thermostat. It comes with an intuitive touchscreen interface, which allows users to monitor and control all electrical devices and appliances in the home. The dashboard also provides an “at a glance” overview of the home’s electrical and natural gas usage, both historical and in real time.

GridPoint’s open, flexible server technology offers enterprise-grade security and reliability, scaling to millions of endpoints and hundreds of millions of transactions with ease. GridPoint’s common, automatic provisioning and management system reduces operations costs while enabling the adoption of emerging communications standards. The addition of EnergyHub’s Dashboard makes the GridPoint solution even more valuable.

“GridPoint’s solution enables the utility to continue to own its customer relationship, engage that customer through their chosen device, and increase their participation in utility programs through that device. “EnergyHub’s Dashboard is an innovative device that we are delighted to present as an option to utilities and consumers,” said Michael T. Donohue, Utility Division, GridPoint.