The Homey Podcast #15 • De Groene Nerds • Turn Your Smart Home Into an Energy Management System

Danny Oosterveer from ‪@degroenenerds‬ joins Abe to dig into how a smart home becomes a full energy management system (EMS). They cover solar production, EV charging automation, dynamic energy pricing, and the automations that turn all of that into real savings on energy and money. Danny co-hosts the Dutch podcast De Groene Nerds, where he covers sustainable living and smart energy for more than 25,000 engaged listeners. He’s also appeared on Dutch national news to explain dynamic energy pricing, the same topic he and Abe dig deeper into here. De Groene Nerds on YouTube ↳ ‪@degroenenerds‬ Discover Homey ↳ https://homey.app/ Join the Homey Community ↳ https://community.homey.app/ 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:51 Our smart homes 0:05:48 Home batteries 0:15:58 Danny’s home energy management strategy 0:24:02 EVs and open APIs 0:25:34 Should open APIs be required? 0:28:26 Smart EV charging 0:34:12 Protocols & manufacturer lock-in 0:38:14 Homey’s smart energy management 0:44:40 Smart home energy 0:47:18 Why every smart device needs a local mode 0:48:58 New Homey integrations & partners 0:54:04 Homey’s solar forecast feature 0:55:38 Device updates in Homey 0:59:01 Public EV charging and smart charging 1:03:21 Outro