Smart Meters > Smart Homes Laboratory

The Smart Meters Smart Homes Lab and the Salford Smart Home are facilities focused on the domestic energy smart energy infrastructure. Using data from IoT devices and smart meters the team explore data analysis, control, and optimisation of energy systems, such as Air Source Heat Pumps, renewables and storage. The Smart Meters Smart Homes Lab is a series of rigs that allow systems to be integrated, while the Salford Smart Home is a whole new build home where smart energy assets can be explored in situ.

Smart meters technology is designed to help meet carbon reduction targets, put an end to estimated bills and help people save money. The smart meter sits at the heart of an increasingly complex smart home energy system made up of any combination of energy saving appliances, energy storage devices, electric vehicle chargers, smart speakers, sensors and wearable technology.

As the UK’s first smart meter research laboratory, our researchers help our commercial customers explore how their innovative products and services can get the best out of smart meters to help UK consumers use energy more efficiently and cost-effectively.

For information on the location of this lab please visit our visitor information page.