Dive Summary:
- Smart thermostat competitors such as Nest, EnergyHub and Emerson have continued to continued to keep the market lively over the past year, and new startups and deals are still emerging.
- GigaOM reports that smart thermostats will be worth watching at DistribuTECH this year, with Bidgeley working with Emerson on a deal to get smart thermostats syncing with Bidgeley's energy software.
- Emerson is also collaborating with companies such as EcoFactor, EnergyHub, and Calico Energy to get their devices as software to sync.
From the article:
"... A Khosla Ventures-backed energy analytics startup called Bidgely is the latest to go after the next-gen smart thermostat, and it has told us that it has an agreement with thermostat maker Emerson to commercialize a thermostat in the coming months that syncs with Bidgely’s energy software. Bidgely’s algorithms can take home energy data and section out which appliances in the home are consuming what amount of power, without having extra hardware or sensors on each plug or appliance. ..."
