Design and deploy an innovative indoor device addressing the energy efficiency: A first step toward the smart box leveraging on the existing Enel AMM infrastructure

This paper describes the Enel activities (done and planned) for the introduction in the mass market of indoor devices in order to contribute to the energy efficiency. These activities are contributing and are in compliance with the future smart grid development. Enel can rely on a very long experience in this field since the first prototype of “idea TV” and subsequently large scale development the Enel AMM infrastructure in 2000. During the last decade many laboratory and field tests have been performed by using different prototypes able to be integrated in the Enel AMM infrastructure in order to communicate with the Enel smart meter. These prototypes have been the embryonic deployment stage of the actual indoor device that, elaborating the data collected from the smart meter and from the central system, is able to provide energy information to the Customer in order to boost energy virtuous behaviors. The new concept is to switch from a dedicated display to an enabler device for “any display” available in the house such as TV, PC, etc. This new stage of development will be the reference for the design of the future Smart Box that, integrating information coming from the in house devices and the Distributed Energy Resources (DER), will play an active role in the energy balance, maximizing the energy efficiency. The availability of the AMM System in operation over all the 32 Millions Enel LV customer is an unique advantage to carry out industrial devices addressing the energy efficiency that can evolve according with regulatory and market needs.