AlertMe is a UK company that provides energy and home monitoring hardware and services. AlertMe produces hardware and software to enable users to monitor and control their home energy use.

AlertMe uses Non Intrusive Load Monitoring

Nonintrusive load monitoring

Nonintrusive Load Monitoring , or Nonintrusive Appliance Load Monitoring, is a process for analyzing changes in the voltage and current going into a house and deducing what appliances are used in the house as well as their individual energy consumption...

 to extrapolate trends from customer data, which is then used to make energy saving recommendations.

Hardware

The core of the AlertMe system is a hub which creates a home area network using the Zigbee

ZigBee

ZigBee is a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on an IEEE 802 standard for personal area networks. Applications include wireless light switches, electrical meters with in-home-displays, and other consumer and industrial...

 wireless standard. Devices connect to the hub over Zigbee, and the hub sends their data to AlertMe servers over the internet.

Hardware accessories include:

• Meter Readers, which connect to electricity meters to measure household energy use;
• Smartplugs, which allow monitoring of specific devices, and can be turned on or off over the internet;
• Home security accessories, such as alarm monitors, intrusion detectors, and cameras;
• In home energy use displays.

Software

The AlertMe Energy service allows users to see their home’s energy use in real time, using an in home display, web interface, or from mobile phones. With the online AlertMe interface users can monitor electricity use and project bill costs in real time. An iPhone version was released on the 1st July 2010.

The AlertMe home monitoring service observes the users home for any movements or alarms and if detected alerts the user by SMS

SMS

SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

, phone or email. Motion sensing cameras can also be used to start recording within the home should any motion be detected.

Partnerships

AlertMe announced a partnership with Google on the 28th of October, 2009. AlertMe is the first UK company to work with Google PowerMeter

Google PowerMeter

Google PowerMeter was a software project of Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, to help consumers track their home electricity usage. The development of the software was part of an effort by Google to invest in renewable energy, electricity grid upgrades, and other measures that would reduce...

 

British Gas announced in July 2009 that they are trialling online heating solutions with AlertMe in the UK.

AlertMe.com was founded in Cambridge UK in 2006, and is venture backed by Good Energies, Index Ventures

Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth...

, SET Venture Partners, and VantagePoint Venture Partners

VantagePoint Venture Partners

VantagePoint Capital Partners is a firm with investments in the cleantech, information technology and healthcare sectors.Founded in 1996, by Alan E. Salzman and Jim Marver, the firm has raised over $4 billion with more than $1 billion dedicated specifically to CleanTech...

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Mary Turner, formerly of Tiscali

Tiscali

Tiscali may refer to:*Tiscali, an archaeological village of Nuragici people, in Sardinia, Italy, notable because it was completely inside a huge cavern*Tiscali SpA, a telecom company based in Italy*Tiscali TV , multiple uses...

, joined AlertMe as CEO in March 2010.

Awards

2009 Design Week Awards Winner

2009 Shell Springboard Award winner 2009

2010 Innovation winner IET Awards

Global Cleantech 100 company 2009 and 2010

2010 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer Winner