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This startup wants to turn your water heater into a smart thermal battery

Unless your shower turns cold, you probably don’t give much thought to your water heater. But it’s a major energy user in the home, and unlike solar panels or heat pumps, it’s gotten relatively little attention as a piece of smart home tech. A new startup is trying to change…

Unless your shower turns cold, you probably don’t give much thought to your water heater. But it’s a major energy user in the home, and unlike solar panels or heat pumps, it’s gotten relatively little attention as a piece of smart home tech. A new startup is trying to change…

BELLINGS Intelligence Score: 7

Why it matters

This startup's effort to convert water heaters into smart thermal batteries is an innovative consumer technology development but has minimal direct impact on credit markets, underwriting, or financial regulation.

Sources

  • Fast Company

    This startup wants to turn your water heater into a smart thermal battery

    Unless your shower turns cold, you probably don’t give much thought to your water heater. But it’s a major energy user in the home, and unlike solar panels or heat pumps, it’s gotten relatively little attention as a piece of smart home tech. A new startup is trying to change…