SHEMS Utility Leadership Roundtable

The roundtable is an assembly of utility industry professionals with an interest in learning about and/or deploying smart home solutions at their utility. It is comprised of utility experts interested in leveraging smart home solutions for energy efficiency, consumer engagement, new homes and builder programs, distributed energy resource management, and demand response and more. Participants are encouraged to attend quarterly meetings and provide valuable feedback on program materials—both during meetings and throughout the year via email. The Roundtable will publish two white papers in 2024 including a Best Practices Guide and an Industry Case Study collection. 

The roundtable was formed to convene utilities and utility program implementers in growing and deploying ENERGY STAR SHEMS. It is a forum to share best practices for successful smart home deployments across the United States and work with technology providers to get more smart home platforms certified to the ENERGY STAR specification. 

Utility professionals and implementers with an interest in utilizing smart home solutions for energy reduction are eligible to join. 

Participants agree to participate in quarterly meetings and provide feedback during these meetings, as well as in periods in-between, when documents are circulated. 

EPA hopes that participants will learn from each other and utilize EPA as a resource for understanding how to successfully deploy smart home systems to help achieve multiple goals, customer engagement, energy reductions, peak energy management, and demand response. 

The utility roundtable quarterly meetings are for utility program managers and implementers but there will be opportunities to convene with smart home platform service providers. One example is the annual ENERGY STAR Products Partner Meeting, click here to learn more. To help advance smart home systems that deliver on consumer amenities and utility program goals, EPA is hosting a showcase for stakeholders at the annual Partner Meeting on Thursday, September 19th. This event will present the work products from the ENERGY STAR SHEMS Utility Roundtable and offer a technology showcase for companies who have completed or are close to completing ENERGY STAR certification of their smart home energy management systems.  

This event will provide an opportunity for utilities to share their program plans and lessons learned and industry solutions providers to showcase their technology. If you would like to showcase your smart home management solution, contact Amanda Warwood, Amanda.Warwood@ICF.com.