The “Green Button Project” is based on a simple concept – give the customer his or her utility billing information in a form that is actually usable. Click a green button on the utility’s website and billing data is delivered and can be used by various apps. The Green Button will prove to be a catalyst to innovation. “Killer apps” will follow once the data is available. Making data available is the essential first step to enabling innovation in this area. Smart teams can create better ways to make sense of utility information for the customer. It can be usefully combined with other data sources, like property information, to deliver new insights. If there’s a mortgage lender out there interested in genuinely better underwriting, a loan applicant’s energy expenses are only a click away for refi loans. For home sellers, delivering a year of energy expenses to a Realtor or homebuyer is a click away. [Read this article]



