Smart Sensors and Controls New Residential What are Smart Sensors and Controls? Smart sensors are devices that monitor conditions of the physical environment such as temperature, air flow, moisture, humidity, and lighting and daylighting levels, offer smoke and CO...
Smart Metering New Residential What are Smart Meters? Smart meters or advanced meters, a component of the broader smart grid[1], use digital meters to record and transmit energy consumption and generation data, namely electricity, but also natural gas or water usage...
High-Efficiency Lighting Systems and Networked Lighting Controls (NLCs) New Residential What are High-Efficiency Lighting Systems and NLCs? A high-efficiency lighting system integrates daylighting and energy efficient electrical lighting with networked lighting...
Grid-interactive Efficient Homes New Residential What are Grid-interactive Efficient Homes? A Grid-interactive Efficient Home refers to an energy efficient home with smart technologies (e.g., smart meters, appliances, sensors and controls) designed to utilize multiple...
Source Reduction and Recycling New Residential What is Source Reduction and Recycling? Source reduction or waste reduction refers to reducing the amount (by weight or volume) or toxicity of waste that enters the solid waste stream. Recycling turns materials that would...
Recycling Centers New Residential What are Recycling Centers? Recycling Centers are designated areas in a home designed to facilitate recycling. Recycling converts materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources and generates financial,...
