NXP and geo launch smart energy management system

The collaboration draws on geo's expertise in energy management and NXP's intelligent system solutions for Matter, integrating the key building blocks of both software and hardware for connectivity, processing and security.

SeeZero works by making it easy and intuitive for consumers to control their energy consumption and subsequently reduce energy costs. At the same time, it also enables grid operators and generators to better manage the rapid transition to electrified residential transport and heating.

Seezero uses NXP's K32W0x portfolio of wireless MCUs, designed to power ultra-low-current multiprotocol wireless IoT devices with support for Matter, IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network protocols Zigbee and Thread, and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0. 

Matter is an interoperability standard that supports connectivity and control between devices to facilitate smart homes and buildings. As adoption continues to grow, Matter's latest version, 1.4, focuses on energy management and new device types including HVAC, EV chargers, smart meters and more.

Home energy management systems enabled by Matter are critical in allowing consumers to exploit the full benefit of modern, smart appliances to minimise their energy costs and maximise comfort and convenience throughout the autonomous home.

NXP is supporting energy ecosystem collaborations that bring new sustainable, autonomous and reliable electrification solutions to market. geo’s SeeZero HEMS, which is powered by NXP, optimises a home’s overall energy use automatically, making sure consumer preferences for how their smart home appliances work are always met, while avoiding high energy cost periods and making the most of low cost points to keep bills low, and at the same time reduce strain on the electricity grid.

“Home energy management is a key driver for consumers to adopt smart home technology,” said Tobin Richardson, President and CEO of the Connectivity Standards Alliance, which oversees the Matter standard. “Matter 1.4 expands the standard’s energy management capabilities by adding support for new device types, enabled by member companies like NXP, helping to expand the Matter ecosystem so consumers can more effectively manage home energy costs and consumption.”

“Matter-enabled devices are key to efficiently managing energy throughout the autonomous home,” added Charles Dachs, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Industrial and IoT Edge Processing, NXP. “NXP’s portfolio of processing, connectivity, and security system solutions make it easier for developers to quickly innovate and bring new types of Matter-enabled devices to market. This system approach is key to building a broader energy ecosystem driven by autonomy that delivers new smart home energy management solutions to market.”

“Consumers face a dilemma: they want to make the best of the ‘smartness’ in the devices they buy to make their homes as comfortable and convenient as possible, but they also need to keep their energy costs low,” said Steve Cunningham, CEO, geo. “The autonomous, invisible orchestration of energy usage, powered by Matter, is critical to solving that challenge and NXP has been a key collaborator for geo in our journey to deliver that orchestration and move the world closer to net-zero.

"The breadth and functionality of their Matter solutions and ability to work hand-in-glove with our developers to integrate those solutions into our design was fundamental to geo achieving the critical balance of capability, complexity and cost needed to bring our revolutionary SeeZero HEMS solution to market.”