Smart energy firm delivers 10 millionth in-home display, helping households tackle carbon emissions

The North Yorkshire-based business, which is helping the national smart meter rollout programme, supplies in-home displays (IHDs) to nine of the top 10 energy providers.

Its IHDs connect to energy providers’ smart meters to help consumers track their energy use and costs. By the end of the smart meter rollout, two in every three homes are projected to have a Chameleon Technology IHD.

The 10 millionth high-quality IHD device was delivered this summer. Eleven years since issuing its first IHD in 2012, Chameleon now produces on average 1.6 million IHD devices every year at a rate of three units every minute, as part of a 24/7 manufacturing process. Each IHD is rigorously tested 126 times.

Mike Woodhall, co-founder and chief executive of Chameleon Technology, said: “Manufacturing and delivering 10 million IHDs to UK households is a milestone to be proud of.

"Access to real-time energy data is a crucial step to enable low carbon solutions to have maximum impact and provide tangible benefits to all UK households.

"Continued uptake of smart meters, alongside the real-time data provided by IHDs, will help build a flexible, decarbonised and digitalised energy system that will benefit both the environment and consumers through lower energy bills.

"Smart meters and integrated IHDs are an integral part of our future energy system, which is crucial to the UK hitting its eco targets, reducing its CO2 emissions and reliance on unsustainable energy sources.”

Chameleon also works alongside major players in the energy and technology sectors in creating both hardware and software for consumers to help them reduce their carbon footprints and save on energy bills by being more efficient.

The company has secured over £3m of innovation funding from the government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to develop energy efficiency concepts and trial an array of smart energy products, designed to work together to build a decarbonised energy system for the UK.

Chameleon Technology’s input in the sector has been recognised by Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance at DESNZ, who is due to open the new office space of Chameleon Technology in early August.

Mr Woodhall added: “Chameleon Technology is a true innovator in the smart energy sector and a key supporter of Net Zero and low-carbon technology projects.

"We need to ensure that all consumers are fully engaged with the transition towards carbon neutrality, and that this is made as easy as possible to uptake and achieve. "