1. Gateway Discussion

2. Holy Grail: Consumer Adoption
What will drive adoption of an Energy Gateway?
What will consumers want?
Raw Data?
Data Interpretation?
Automation?
Do we need to know today, to plan for tomorrow?

3. Lessons learned
The big winners were those who allowed the “Community” to evolve with the consumer’s appetite
Facebook: 33,000 apps and counting
Apple's App Store: 25,000 apps and counting
Internet-enabled applications are becoming the dominant force behind the next generation of iPhone Apps 3

4. Great applications will find us…if we let them
HVAC cycling data
Build web services capabilities into core gateway functionality
Embrace third party applications and developers by defining a common set of APIs
Enable flexible, bi-directional communication with edge devices
Allow the provider of the gateway to decide which apps have access to their consumers (a custom app store)
Structure’s thermal
performance

5. Consumers will adopt them … if we make it easy
Don’t rely on the consumer’s WiFi configuration for broadband access (do not use user-configured port forwarding)
Enable zero-configuration, plug & play connection of gateway to devices
Offer low-cost base hardware
Create user-friendly security
Thermostat Setbacks