More than half of consumers across Europe surveyed by Delta-ee find connected home ‘energy’ appealing. Smart heating controls (smart thermostats and multi-zonal controls) topped the list at 70% in Germany, with smart lighting and remote diagnostics offering less appeal. Arthur Jouannic, manager of the Delta-ee Connected Home Service, says “this is encouraging given the low awareness of these products in the market”. [lightbox full=”http://www.delta-ee.com/images/delta_site_images/press_releases/Delta_ee_ConnectedHomeResearch_Sept15.png” title=”Ratio of respondents who found the products and services appealing”][/lightbox] The chart above shows the range of appeal for each product between the countries tested (Germany, UK, France and Sweden). Generally, customers in Germany showed…
Author: Jan Hughes
VAT increase on low carbon heating products would have a huge impact on an already struggling market On the 4 June 2015, the European Court of Justice ruled that the UK has incorrectly applied the 5% VAT rate to the “supply and installation of energy-saving materials” in residential buildings. This includes lower carbon heating products such as heat pumps, micro-CHP and biomass boilers. Delta-ee has run independent analysis looking at the customer and long term market impacts of a potential increase of VAT on low carbon products. Steven Ashurst, Research Manager of the Microgen Insight Service at Delta-ee comments: “From…
