HESTIA provides a cloud‑native platform that coordinates residential demand‑response actions using an agent‑based control engine, digital‑twin consumption forecasts, and a blockchain‑secured marketplace for flexibility sharing. The system integrates with smart meters, renewable generation and EV chargers, offering APIs and user dashboards for households, utilities and aggregators to optimize loads, storage and charging while receiving incentive payments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Residential electricity consumers and prosumers have limited access to affordable, user‑friendly tools that enable them to participate in demand‑side response (DR) programs, share flexibility, and balance the grid. Existing solutions often require complex hardware, lack real‑time analytics, and do not integrate seamlessly with local energy markets or renewable generation.
Solution
HESTIA delivers a cloud‑native ICT platform that orchestrates demand‑response actions across residential neighborhoods. The system combines agent‑based optimal control, a non‑intrusive digital twin of household consumption, and blockchain‑secured transaction records to create an open marketplace for flexibility sharing. Machine‑learning models predict user behavior and renewable output, enabling automated scheduling of loads, storage, and electric‑vehicle charging. Residents interact through a personalized dashboard that visualizes cost savings, environmental impact, and incentive signals, while utilities and aggregators access APIs for real‑time grid balancing and market settlement. Pilot deployments in Italy, France, and the Netherlands validate the approach and generate scalable business models for broader rollout.
Target Audience
Primary customers are residential households and prosumer communities seeking to reduce energy bills and participate in DR programs, as well as utilities, energy service companies, and aggregators that require scalable flexibility services and market integration tools.
Features
- Agent‑based optimal control engine that coordinates appliances, heat pumps, and battery storage to meet grid‑level flexibility targets.
- Hybrid machine‑learning digital twin that continuously refines consumption forecasts from non‑intrusive meter data.
- Blockchain‑enabled open marketplace for peer‑to‑peer energy and flexibility transactions, with smart‑contract settlement.
- Cloud‑based ICT platform offering RESTful APIs for utilities, ESCOs, and third‑party service providers.
- Integrated smart‑billing module that aggregates usage, flexibility rewards, and dynamic tariff signals.
- User‑centric web and mobile dashboards delivering real‑time performance metrics, cost‑saving recommendations, and incentive alerts.
- Hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HiL) testing framework that validates control strategies against physical assets before field deployment.
- Seamless integration with existing smart meters, renewable generation sources, and EV charging infrastructure via standardized IEC 61850 and OpenADR interfaces.