2012 Smart Thermostat TAG

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Thursday December 20th 9:30 AM TO NOON

Smart Residential Thermostat FlashTAG

The E3T program convened a new type of E3T Technical Advisory Group focusing on a single technology, Smart Residential Thermostats, on December 20th, 2012. This fast select Technical Advisory Group (FlashTAG) culminated in a single two and a half hour webinar, following advance work by TAG members to prepare and provide input.

A single session TAG meeting on Smart Residential Thermostats

At this single meeting, we reviewed and discussed features of smart residential thermostats and TAG members' guidance on the feasibility of Smart Residential Thermostats as a technology suited to adoption in the region, implemented through BPA and utility conservation programs. With TAG members' help, draft research questions were prepared for BPA to consider for potential field demonstrations/assessments of SRTs.

Information on the E3TNW.org database about four representative SRT technologies:

Please explore other areas of the TAG Portal for other information about this first ever E3T flashTAG.

Announcements

E3T Flash TAG - Smart Residential Thermostats - Thursday, December 20, 2012

The recorded webinar for the FlashTAG on Smart Residential Thermostats on December 20, 2012.

Can Smart Thermostats Rise from the Ashes of Their Programmable Predecessors? - Wednesday, December 12, 2012

A new Focus Report from E Source is available to flashTAG members on request. Our permission to use it extends only to flashTAG members, thus it cannot be posted to our public website.

An excerpt from the paper:
"Considering the way the Nest burst onto the scene with glowing reviews from major media outlets, one would think the smart thermostat market was ready to completely take over residential HVAC controls. Never again would anyone consider a traditional Honeywell Round thermostat with no on-board smarts or sexy looks (Figure 1); rather we'd be a nation of homeowners armed with intelligent thermostats, vigilantly saving energy while defending our own comfort. And though technologists and efficiency enthusiasts still dream of this state, those in the energy profession know that it’s not quite that simple."

Watch this space for recorded webinars - Wednesday, December 12, 2012

We will link recordings of the E3T SRT FlashTAG webinar here. The SRT Showcase webinar will be posted on the Webinars page.

Documents

Reports & Recommendations
Presentations & Scoring

Reports & Recommendations

Results from the E3T SRT FlashTAG

This report includes recommendations for primary and secondary research questions, organized around eight topics relevant to performance and programmatic issues inherent in the technologies.

Presentations & Scoring

Smart Residential Thermostats: Capabilities, Operability, and Potential Energy Savings

Final version of a review conducted by WSU Energy Program Staff

Can Smart Thermostats Rise from the Ashes of Their Programmable Predecessors?

Excerpt: "Considering the way the Nest burst onto the scene with glowing reviews from major media outlets, one would think the smart thermostat market was ready to completely take over residential HVAC controls." Click the title to read more

E3T Smart Residential Thermostat TAG Agenda

Agenda to help facilitate and guide support to identify research needs for Smart Thermostats.

Calendar

Response to 2012 E3T Smart Residential Thermostat TAG D3 surveys DUE

Start Date/Time:	Wednesday, January 2, 2013 5:00 PM
Recurring Event:	One time event
Importance:	High Priority
Description:	TAG members are asked to complete the four surveys distributed at the end of the 2012 E3T SRT TAG webinar held December 20, 2012. TAG Scorecard Surveys for Smart Residential Thermostat Technologies The links below will take you to the four individual surveys. If your mail service doesn’t support hyperlinks, please paste the URL into your browser. The numbers in the titles and the URLs refer to the record number in the E3TNW.org database. You are free to explore the surveys now, but we ask that you hold off on your final ratings and narrative responses until after the webinar. We will keep the surveys open into the New Year, allowing you time to re-examine SRT TAG material and other resources before responding. • Smart Residential Thermostat - 240 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/240_Smart_Residential_Thermostat-240 • Utility Programs Using Smart Thermostats-460 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SRTs_w_HEReports-460 • Smart Residential Thermostat with Thermal Optimization https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SRT_w_Thermal_Optimization-360 • Self-Learning Smart Residential Thermostat https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Self_Learning_SRT-393 You should be able to re-enter surveys and make changes at any time, provided you are originating your input from the same IP address. If you experience any problems doing so contact us, or start fresh. We will use the most recent ratings for the surveys when compiling scores, but will capture all narrative comments, including those in duplicate surveys. Generally, we will include only TAG members’ responses in official results. Others may contact us about responding to Scorecard surveys.

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