Abstract:
Charlotte will speak to the level of energy savings that we can expect from installing “smart” appliances, and what design criteria the manufacturers are using.
The talk will also be directed to what improvement in functional features to expect, and what form the “keyboard” and “monitor” will take. We can also expect
interaction with “smart” devices, such as IPhones, Android, etc.
This meeting should be of interest to members and spouses, so we anticipate a larger than usual attendance. Pictures of some products, views of operator panels and apps for smart devices are shown in the attached images.
Speaker:
Charlotte Skidmore
Director, Energy & Environmental Policy Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
1111 19th Street NW, Suite 402,
Washington, DC 20036
t 202.872.5955 ext328
f 202.872.9354
email cskidmore@aham.org www.aham.org
Charlotte Skidmore serves as the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturer’s (AHAM) Director of Energy & Environmental Policy. Ms. Skidmore provides technical and policy analysis of top AHAM issues such as smart grid and leads the appliance industry’s Smart Grid Task Force, as well as providing technical support for extended producer responsibility and sustainability. Ms. Skidmore was selected for the newly created position in 2011, to manage AHAM’s extensive energy and environmental policy agenda.
Prior to joining AHAM, Ms. Skidmore served as Associate Director of Environment and Regulation for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Also, Ms. Skidmore worked as a Program Examiner at the White House Office of Management and Budget and as a Legislative Assistant for energy and environmental issues in the US House of Representatives. Her previous experience also includes work as an environmental engineer in government for the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the private sector for Waste Management Inc.
Ms. Skidmore holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Environmental engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from George Washington University.
Presentation Notes:
AHAM covers appliances inside the home, including single room air conditioners, but not central units, heat pumps, or solar power systems.
Over the past 20 years, some appliances have become more efficient, but not all. Clothes washers, refrigerators and dishwashers are several times more efficient than in 1991.
A Smart Appliance is able to respond to the ability of the power company to deliver power at any point in time.
The power company is looking at:
- Delivering a peak load
- Must have reserves standing by; because most energy sources take time to come up to speed,
the reserves must be “spinning” reserves. - How to respond to a customer demand.
- How to price energy as a function of cost on an hourly basis.
In the Q&A session after the talk, the question as to how robust these appliances might be and how they would be maintained was raised. An appliance is assumed to have an average lifetime of 15 years. There was spirited discussion over the tendency of manufacturers to make the controls items non-repairable and very expensive to replace.
Presentation PDF: ieeedelawarejune20122
