Smart appliance (white goods)

An example of a smart device is a smart white goods appliance which is an appliance that has the capability to act in response to a signal from the grid and thereby optimize its behaviour towards the energy supply network. The signal can be received from a utility or a third party energy service provider directly or via a home energy management system. The signal can be information like the cost of energy or the amount of available renewable energy, or it can be a Demand Respond signal (delay load signal or other related information) that the appliance must receive, interpret and react upon based on pre-set or active consumer input. The smart appliance is not guaranteed to respond, but will do so based on its status and user settings in order to ensure
the expected performance. The consumer has the ultimate control of the appliance and can override any specific mode (e.g. override a delay to allow immediate operation, limit delays to no more than a certain number of hours, or maintain a set room temperature). Any appliance operation settings or modes shall be easy for an average, non-technical consumer to activate or implement.