[OpenTRV-dev] Dynamic Demand

[Damon Hart-Davis]

No, because I think that is a perverse *waste* of energy/exergy and indeed unethical IMHO even if generally legal (ignoring flicker rules).

Our tech is doing some of the same stuff to "smear" a householder's existing energy demand over a longer than usual period if necessary to match their solar PV generation, automatically.

I wouldn't claim that the tech is new; it's the application and the sales channel that at least a couple of the judges seemed to think was right on the button; we may have indeed been borderline for funding though the eventual competition was pretty strong.

I doubt that I now have the bandwidth to commercialise this DD project while trying to get OpenTRV through trial this winter.

There is some potential there though to bring money into the project, eg with other grants and sales, so while I'll keep the tech public I might just hold the business proposition closer to my chest for the moment to see if I can mobilise that.

Rgds

Damon


On 20 Oct 2013, at 18:40, Stuart Poulton wrote:

> Ah, the when it's sunny turn on the immersion / storage heater type thing ?
> 
> Nothing new there, seen it done many times.
> 
> S
> 
> On 20 Oct 2013, at 17:48, Damon Hart-Davis wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> A very simple product that helps a solar PV (or wind-turbine) owner increase their self-consumption which saves them money, is greener (saves carbon), and plug-and-forget.
>> 
>> Rgds
>> 
>> Damon
>> 
>> On 20 Oct 2013, at 13:22, Stuart Poulton wrote:
>> 
>>> The best product doesn't always win......
>>> 
>>> VHS v Betamax
>>> Sky+ v TIVO
>>> 
>>> So whats the new proposition then ?
>>> 
>>> S
>>> 
>>> On 20 Oct 2013, at 09:10, Bo Herrmannsen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Bugger :-(
>>>> 
>>>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Damon Hart-Davis
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:06 AM
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>>>> Subject: [OpenTRV-dev] Dynamic Demand
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>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> We didn't get through to the final, but we have a whole new product / proposition should we want to develop it!
>>>> 
>>>> Rgds
>>>> 
>>>> Damon
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