By Brad Wills | 5 min read
3 Energy Goals For Homeowners
Did you know that even small efficiency steps taken at home can improve your quality of life. And now, it’s never been easier, thanks to innovative home energy technologies. With smart energy solutions for your home, you can save money, make your space more comfortable, and maintain reliable power, even when the grid goes down.
Here are three energy goals homeowners can make — along with solutions to help you meet your goals.
Energy goal #1: Save Money
For example, the new Square D™ connected switches, dimmers, and receptacles include built-in energy monitoring. This means you can use the Schneider Home app to monitor how much energy each individual light switch or outlet is using and use that information to help you cut back on usage.
You can take it one step further and get an energy monitor. It provides insight as to when and where your home is using energy, so that you can decide the best ways to cut back. For example, using artificial intelligence to detect and monitor energy use in your home’s various appliances and devices. Is the computer in your kid’s room on while they’re at school? Are you running the dishwasher during peak pricing? Is the iron still on after you’ve left for work?
With this data on how and when your home’s appliances and devices use electricity, it’s easier to decide how to operate with greater efficiency. You can even use it to turn certain devices on and off. At the end of the day, all this added intelligence can translate into a reduced electricity bill.
Add the Pulse electrical panel and it can automate your usage so you’re using less during peak rate times and using your solar and battery instead of the grid power whenever possible.
Energy goal #2: More Ease and Comfort
A home should be a sanctuary, a place that is uniquely yours — and one that makes you feel at ease from the hustle and bustle of life. If you’re feeling the winds of change toward making your home “smarter” with switches, dimmers, sensors, and outlets.
Let’s say Friday night is movie night at your home. With smart switches and dimmers connected to the Wiser Home app, you can create a “Movie Night” lighting scene where the living room lights turn off and the side tables dim to 25 percent. When it’s showtime, you simply touch a button on your mobile device to achieve ideal movie-watching conditions.
Add the Pulse smart panel, and you can get even greater simplification. For example, you can select Away Mode in the Schneider Home app, and turn off everything you don’t need powered while you’re out.
Energy goal #3: Reliable Power
Perhaps your most important energy goal is to keep your home powered during an outage. But if you live in an outage-prone region, you know this is easier said than done. In 2021 alone, 4.5 million Texans lost power due to an unprecedented winter storm, and almost 1.2 million Americans were without electricity after Hurricane Ida.
What can you do to ensure reliable power, even when the grid goes down?
Investing in a smart electrical panel is a good place to start. This home energy innovation makes it easier than ever to add backup power to your home, which by the way you also need to stay powered. For example, the Schneider Pulse panel allows you to quickly add both solar battery backup and a portable generator, with a lot less equipment and installation time. This revolutionary electrical panel also includes an embedded home power monitor as a standard feature — enabling you to pick and choose what to power and when during an outage to make your Boost battery last as long as possible. With each item you power off or on through the Schneider Home app, you see how it impacts your battery life.
And as we begin to power more and more with electricity – electric vehicles, heat pumps, water heaters, etc. – our home energy needs are changing too. Will you install solar or an EV charger? If so, Pulse smart panel is ready for the seamless integration of its increased electrical load with its advanced load management capabilities.
Reach your energy goals in 2023
Rethink some old habits and make new goals, including using your home’s energy smarter.
Here are three energy goals homeowners can make — along with solutions to help you meet your goals.
Energy goal #1: Save Money
For example, the new Square D™ connected switches, dimmers, and receptacles include built-in energy monitoring. This means you can use the Schneider Home app to monitor how much energy each individual light switch or outlet is using and use that information to help you cut back on usage.
You can take it one step further and get an energy monitor. It provides insight as to when and where your home is using energy, so that you can decide the best ways to cut back. For example, using artificial intelligence to detect and monitor energy use in your home’s various appliances and devices. Is the computer in your kid’s room on while they’re at school? Are you running the dishwasher during peak pricing? Is the iron still on after you’ve left for work?
With this data on how and when your home’s appliances and devices use electricity, it’s easier to decide how to operate with greater efficiency. You can even use it to turn certain devices on and off. At the end of the day, all this added intelligence can translate into a reduced electricity bill.
Add the Pulse electrical panel and it can automate your usage so you’re using less during peak rate times and using your solar and battery instead of the grid power whenever possible.
Energy goal #2: More Ease and Comfort
A home should be a sanctuary, a place that is uniquely yours — and one that makes you feel at ease from the hustle and bustle of life. If you’re feeling the winds of change toward making your home “smarter” with switches, dimmers, sensors, and outlets.
Let’s say Friday night is movie night at your home. With smart switches and dimmers connected to the Wiser Home app, you can create a “Movie Night” lighting scene where the living room lights turn off and the side tables dim to 25 percent. When it’s showtime, you simply touch a button on your mobile device to achieve ideal movie-watching conditions.
Add the Pulse smart panel, and you can get even greater simplification. For example, you can select Away Mode in the Schneider Home app, and turn off everything you don’t need powered while you’re out.
Energy goal #3: Reliable Power
Perhaps your most important energy goal is to keep your home powered during an outage. But if you live in an outage-prone region, you know this is easier said than done. In 2021 alone, 4.5 million Texans lost power due to an unprecedented winter storm, and almost 1.2 million Americans were without electricity after Hurricane Ida.
What can you do to ensure reliable power, even when the grid goes down?
Investing in a smart electrical panel is a good place to start. This home energy innovation makes it easier than ever to add backup power to your home, which by the way you also need to stay powered. For example, the Schneider Pulse panel allows you to quickly add both solar battery backup and a portable generator, with a lot less equipment and installation time. This revolutionary electrical panel also includes an embedded home power monitor as a standard feature — enabling you to pick and choose what to power and when during an outage to make your Boost battery last as long as possible. With each item you power off or on through the Schneider Home app, you see how it impacts your battery life.
And as we begin to power more and more with electricity – electric vehicles, heat pumps, water heaters, etc. – our home energy needs are changing too. Will you install solar or an EV charger? If so, Pulse smart panel is ready for the seamless integration of its increased electrical load with its advanced load management capabilities.
Reach your energy goals in 2023
Rethink some old habits and make new goals, including using your home’s energy smarter.
