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Home Energy Management Systems


Brazil free electricity market: ACL opening creates a once-in-a-generation window
Brazil free electricity market moves from bill to reality with MP 1.304/2025. Brazil free electricity market expansion enables supplier choice for 89M users with Supplier of Last Resort safeguards.

Marcellus Louroza
Dec 103 min read


Energy SaaS: Turning Kilowatts into Data Streams
Energy SaaS is redefining how value is created in power markets. Energy SaaS shifts focus from hardware to cloud services that forecast, optimize and settle energy in real time.

Marcellus Louroza
Dec 82 min read


Digital Energy Consultancies: The Orchestrators of HEMS Adoption in Europe
Digital energy consultancies bridge invention and adoption. Digital energy consultancies turn HEMS PoCs into bankable roll-outs by aligning DSOs, retailers, standards, and UX.

Marcellus Louroza
Nov 282 min read


HEMS Cybersecurity: The Hidden Weak Spot of the Smart Home
HEMS cybersecurity is often overlooked in connected homes. HEMS cybersecurity must be built in so automation stays safe, private and reliable as devices and cloud platforms scale.

Marcellus Louroza
Nov 262 min read


HEMS User UX of Energy Experience: Why Energy Needs a Spotify Moment, Not Spreadsheets
HEMS user experience now determines who scales in residential energy. HEMS user experience must shift from dense dashboards to personalized automation that ordinary households use daily.

Marcellus Louroza
Nov 212 min read


AI energy management in Europe: platforms, savings and real-world traction
Europe is moving from pure generation buildout to orchestration. This piece shows how AI energy management, VPPs and flexibility markets are already cutting bills, stabilising grids and accelerating decarbonisation—with links to the platforms doing it.

Marcellus Louroza
Oct 62 min read


How Prosumers Are Powering the Future of Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are empowering prosumers to lead the clean energy transition. With HEMS, AI, and blockchain, homes are becoming microgrids that generate, optimize, and trade energy in real time.

Marcellus Louroza
Sep 282 min read


Why Energy UX in Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) Must Be as Intuitive as Spotify
Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) are evolving—but their success depends on more than tech. Energy UX is now the competitive edge, turning complex systems into user-friendly tools that empower prosumers through clarity, control, and simplicity.

Marcellus Louroza
Sep 252 min read


The Empowered Energy Consumer is real — and the numbers prove it.
The energy landscape is changing — and so is the role of the consumer. This post explores how The Empowered Energy Consumer is reshaping the grid by leveraging smart tech, dynamic pricing, and flexible energy use. The data proves it: control is shifting from utilities to the hands of everyday people.

Marcellus Louroza
Sep 172 min read


The Rise of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) in the Smart Energy Revolution
Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) are rapidly transforming how consumers interact with energy. With rising electricity prices and the electrification of homes, HEMS offer smart, data-driven control that integrates with solar, batteries, EVs, and AI to create sustainable, optimized energy ecosystems.

Marcellus Louroza
Sep 71 min read


Smart Energy Ecosystems: From B2B Utilities to B2C Platforms
Energy is moving from utility-centred B2B silos to consumer-driven platforms. This article explains how smart energy ecosystems—built like smartphone app stores—unlock adoption, engagement and savings.

Marcellus Louroza
Aug 263 min read


EMS interoperability: the missing link for scalable home energy management
Interoperability in Energy Management Systems (EMS) is the key to making solar, storage, EV charging and smart loads work together. This guide explains what blocks integration today and which open standards and alliances are fixing it.

Marcellus Louroza
Jul 171 min read


Home Energy Management System (HEMS): From Fragmentation to a Scalable, Open Ecosystem
Residential energy is a scale game. This article shows how a home energy management system—built on open standards, simple UX, and cross-industry partnerships—can cross the adoption chasm and unlock mass-market savings and flexibility.

Marcellus Louroza
Jul 12 min read


HEMS Cybersecurity: The Missing Layer in the Evolution of Home Energy Management
As PV, batteries, heat pumps and EV chargers connect to the cloud, hems cybersecurity becomes inseparable from optimization. Strong identity, encryption, and secure updates keep homes safe while enabling flexible, low-carbon participation.

Marcellus Louroza
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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