Smart appliance issues – integrating

applications and smart meters in the

home environmentWorld Meter Design Conference

Oleg Logvinov, Chief Technology Officer

HomePlug Powerline Alliance

20-April-2011

Agenda

� Smart Appliance and Smart Meter Market Backgrounder

� AHAM and Smart Appliance Requirements

� Smart Meter Challenges

� HomePlug technologies: a platform for interoperability

� Are we there yet?

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Smart Appliance and Smart Meter

Market Backgrounder

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Consumer Engagement, a Building Block of Smart Grid

Images courtesy of Southern California Edison

Growth of Home Area Networks

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�By 2015 GTM Research projects: �The HAN penetration rate will grow from 1

in 40 to 1 in 8 U.S. homes representing 4

million units and a $250 million market.

�48% national deployment of smart meters

in the U.S.

�A home energy management system

(HEM) enables householders to:

� manage appliances

� set thermostats

� monitor power use

� regulate power usage

�HEMs provide their own network OR

connect to the Home Area Network

(HAN) which communicates through

the home’s smart meter

Global Smart Appliance Market Growth

� Berg Insight concludes that the worldwide deployment of

smart electricity meters will reach 302.5 million at the end of

2015, based on a compound annual growth rate of 31.1

percent between 2009 and 2015.

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� According to Pike Research, smart appliance sales will pick up the pace starting in the 2013 timeframe and become an annual market of $26.1 billion by 2019

� Per Zpryme Smart Grid Insights, from 2011 to 2015, the global household smart appliance market is projected to grow from $3.06 billion to $15.12 billion.

US Smart Appliance Market Growth

� Zyprme predicts

� The US will dominate the household smart appliance

market in 2011, accounting for 46.6 % ($1.43 billion) of the

global market

� In 2015, the US market share is projected to maintain a

significant share, 36.0% ($5.46 billion) of the global

household smart appliance market

� IDC Energy Insights forecasts that by 2015, North

American smart meter deployments will reach 88

million, representing a penetration rate of 51.4%.

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AHAM and Smart Appliance

Requirements

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AHAM Study

� Highest across the media and

network layers evaluated were :

� Wi-Fi,

� ZigBee, and

� HomePlug Green PHY

� Highest scores for the Application

layer were:

� SEP 2.0

� OpenADR

� The draft revision of SEP 2.0, dated

May 7, 2010, was used in the

analysis

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� The AHAM (Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers) in the US commissioned a study, to evaluate each communications technologies’ ability to meet the unique needs of appliance consumers.

� The assessment showed a clear separation of the leaders from their peers for use in appliance Smart Grid applications:

AHAM Study: Consensus Architecture

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AHAM Study: Consumer Expectation List

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HomePlug technologies: a platform

for interoperability.

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Powerline Networking Joins

the IEEE family of Global Standards

IEEE 802.15.1IEEE 802.11

IEEE 1901 powerline

IEEE 802.15.4

Industry groups and other IEEE standards

HomePlug fast facts� Mission / charter summary

� Industry-led initiative: creating specifications and certification programs for using

the power lines for reliable home networking and Smart Grid applications.

� HomePlug works to accelerate worldwide adoption for powerline technology

− Promotion and market development; user education programs

− Certification logo : compliance and interoperability testing

− Formal liaison agreements with key industry groups such as ZigBee and Wi-Fi alliances

� Entity membership and support for key IEEE standards

− 1901 -- broadband-speed powerline (standard published)

− 1901.2 -- low-frequency, narrow-band powerline

− 1905.1 -- convergent digital home network for heterogeneous technologies

� HomePlug products = 90% share of 2010 broadband-speed powerline shipments

� Estimated cumulative shipments: 65 million HomePlug devices

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HomePlug: Largest industry group dedicated to powerline

networking

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Adopter Members: Adopter Members: Adopter Members: Adopter Members: 33 additional companies 33 additional companies 33 additional companies 33 additional companies

UtilityNetwork

AuthenticationServer

WAN

Appliances

Meter

ControlledPort

Smart Energy / HAN

UtilityBackhaul

Smart Meter / WAN

CustomerPremises

Light Switches

Solar Panels

Security Cameras

ChargingStation

Thermostats

ConsumerElectronics

Automotive

HomePlug Smart Grid Solutions

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Home Gateway

HPAV

NB-

LFHPGP

HPGP

HPGP

HPGP

HPGP

HPAV

HPAV

NB-

LF

HPGP

HPGP

HomePlug driving Smart Energy management

� Common application layer solution

� Smart Energy Profile 2 (SEP2) working group

� Chaired by Robby Simpson, GE Energy� Open Standard

http://www.zigbee.org/Standards/ZigBeeSmartEnergy/Version20Documents.aspx

Smart Energy Profile 2.0

Are we there yet?

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Smart Appliance Market Projections

� Smart appliances will completely replace traditional

machines by 2020 - Mark Ishac, a managing director

at Zpryme Research & Consulting in Austin, Tex.

� According to Pike Research, a total of 118 million

smart appliances will be sold worldwide between

2010 to 2019

� IMS Research forecasts the adoption of smart

appliances will begin in the US, followed by Canada

and then Western Europe.

� fuelled by investment by governments and by the utility

companies themselves, and by the introduction of

financial incentives for consumers

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Smart Appliance Industry� Whirlpool Awarded US$19.3M in stimulus funding to

build smart grid-enabled appliances

� Made ambitious commitment to manufacture only smart

appliances by the year 2016 and have 1 million smart

appliances available to the market by 2012

� GE plans to begin shipping “smart” washers and

dryers by the end of 2011 or early 2012, followed

shortly by refrigerators that will have a port to which

a communication module can later be inserted.

� Other companies waiting for a firm agreement on

communication technology standards so they can

integrate the entire package within the appliance.

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Smart Appliance Industry

� Samsung is offering a fridge with Wi-Fi connectivity

and an 8-inch touchscreen that displays recipes and

runs applications like Pandora Media Internet radio.

� “Fridges, washers, dryers, dishwashers, and ovens

are becoming more like computers that can connect

wirelessly to smartphones, tablets, and other

devices. “- James Politeski, Senior Vice-President,

Samsung Electronics America

� http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan20

11/tc20110126_265727.htm

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Smart Appliance Industry

� LG to Launch Complete Range of Smart Appliances - enabled

by LG THINQ(TM) Technology

� The smart grid is central to LG THINQ. It installs a smart

meter for making sure that appliances consume the minimum

amount of energy at the cheapest possible prices.

� The appliances’ energy consumption levels are shown on

their LCD displays.

� Consumers can use their smartphone or tablet PC to remotely

monitor and control home appliances from outside the

house.

� http://www.smartmeters.com/the-news/1479-lg-to-

launch-complete-range-of-smart-appliances.html

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Thank You!

Special thanks to all contributors:

Allen Huotari, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Gary Stuebing, Strategic Planning Manager, Duke Energy Corporation

Nanci Vogtli, VP of Marketing, Greenvity Communications

Vladimir Borisov, Principal Engineer, Itron