Tenaga Nasional Bhd Energy Services (TNBES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Bhd, is eyeing at least 30 per cent of its current customer base, or about 9 million customers, to be equipped with smart home system in the next 4 years.
TNBES managing director Dr Ir Ahmad Jaafar Abd Hamid said the modest target also depends on broadband connectivity and other ecosystem or infrastructure needed to support smart living.
He said smart home market is becoming a boom in Asia led by China and Japan. Highly connected societies such as Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan will see a booming industry.
“In Malaysia, proliferation of broadband and internet will also create a favourable condition for TNB to capitalise on. Moreover, we stand to leverage from TNB’s Smart Meter programme to embed smart home ready capability in homes,” he told NSTP Business.
TNBES introduced home energy monitoring system (HEMS) called Maevi earlier this month to be installed with the usage of smart devices in homes.
“To date, we have received orders from individual home owners and property developers for their homes to be equipped with the smart devices and Maevi.
“We aim to achieve the target between 8,000 to 12,000 homes by August next year in our bid to help consumers improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs,” he said.
Maevi online tool will enable consumers to monitor and manage energy bills through remote operation of home appliances and access to personalised recommendations on reducing energy consumption.
“Maevi can be used by consumers via IOS and Android powered mobile devices to set energy efficiency targets and receive notifications in the event they exceed set energy efficiency goals,” said chief marketing & sales officer Dr Mohd Aswad Ramli.
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