Development of Model Smarthome Project in Japan, to achieve Low-Carbon Community
Toyota along with 20 plus member organizations and businesses in Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council has initiated a verification test on newly developed model smarthomes with an aim to achieve optimal energy use in living spaces at the community level. Each smart home has HEMS that will link energy generating devices such as solar cells and fuel cells and energy storage devices such as household storage batteries, EcoCute heat-pump water heaters in the home with next-generation PHV and EV vehicles as well as intelligent household appliances to optimize and visual monitoring of electrical power supply and demand as well as control of individual household devices. Read more
