<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/9mq6Pffhf2I/2300-11128_3-10009148.html" target="_blank">EnergyHub's eye-catching home energy products</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:58:59 PDT ]</i><BR><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/2300-11128_3-10009148.html?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=image"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/08/25/HomeBase_angle-print_700x500.png" alt="" /></a></div>Targeting consumers, home energy start-up EnergyHub offers a colorful interface and sleek hardware designs.EnergyHub's home base communicates with home energy management tools via ZigBee, but also uses Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet. The EnergyHub system syncs with EnergyHub's cloud service and offers predictions based on prior use and rates, as well as real-time data. Homeowners can choose their parameters at set-up, but also allow EnergyHub's home energy management system to self-regulate based on their actual consumption patterns as time goes on.

</p> <p> The Brooklyn-based company announced <cnet:blog id="20097175">a $14.5 million series B round</cnet:blog> of funding today. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/2300-11128_3-10009148.html?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/9mq6Pffhf2I" height="1" width="1"/>
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