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Itron, Home Energy Management Firm Sense Partner on Distributed Intelligence

Feb. 2, 2023

Sense's Home Analytics application is 'a fitness tracker for the home.'

Residential energy management firm Sense joined Itron as a partner for that company’s distributed intelligence offerings.

According to Sense’s website, the company’s intelligent energy tracking solution is a “fitness tracker for the home” capable of to detecting devices in the home based on their electrical signatures and connecting other smart home devices for control and automation.

According to Itron, this will allow consumers to use the Sense mobile app without needing to purchase hardware. To date, Itron has shipped more than 5 million DI-enabled meters integrated with Itron’s DI platform.

The Sense Home Analytics application runs on Itron’s DI-enabled smart meters and takes advantage of Itron’s DataHub.

Through Sense’s mobile app, users can identify and track energy usage, get a better understanding of electricity costs and ultimately save money.

The technology can also be used to detect appliance failures and performance issues, alerting consumers about maintenance or replacement before it occurs. Utilities and cities can benefit by having engaged consumers who are better able to understand and manage energy use in their homes with improved participation in utility driven programs to help achieve demand flexibility.

Itron’s DI platform allows innovators to build open, interoperable, value-driven applications on Itron’s secure platform which evolve with market and consumer demands. The DI development program enables an ecosystem of third-party developers to ensure a greater selection of applications to meet utility needs today and into the future.

According to Itron, these applications are available via the Itron Enterprise Application Center, which features a portfolio of Itron and third-party applications that connect to Itron's IoT-based network. The Itron Enterprise Application Center is the operational backbone for utility customers to manage applications for customers via a private, secure web portal.

The Sense application will be available in the Itron Enterprise Application Center by the end of Q3 2023.

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Jeff Postelwait | Managing Editor

Jeff Postelwait is a writer and editor with a background in newspapers and online editing who has been writing about the electric utility industry since 2008. Jeff is senior editor for T&D World magazine and sits on the advisory board of the T&D World Conference and Exhibition. Utility Products, Power Engineering, Powergrid International and Electric Light & Power are some of the other publications in which Jeff's work has been featured. Jeff received his degree in journalism news editing from Oklahoma State University and currently operates out of Oregon.