Vivint combines home energy management with home security systems

Home energy management systems can now do a lot more besides keeping you home’s energy usage in check. Vivint, a home security company, earlier known as APX Alarms is planning to add a touch of home energhy management to their systems. The company currently has 16,000 homes using their systems and has big plans to expand and grow to a good 100,000 customers by this year. Besides arming a home, the new panels by Vivint also keep tabs on the thermostat and other devices, connecting them to the grid at off peak times in order to save up on costs.

A clever way to combine home security and energy management, Vivint’s new systems are sure to have many takers once on store shelves!
[Cnet]