Once again, there’s a new wind blowing through the energy landscape. Following a proposal by Flemish Energy Minister Bart Tommelein, smart meters will be made compulsory for every Flemish home in 2019. Citizens cannot apply for a smart meter yet, but the government is already rolling them out here and there as part of a pilot project.
Contrary to what the term suggests, however, smart meters actually aren’t that ‘smart’. For one, most people...
Earlier this year, Greenpeace published Clicking Clean: Who is Winning the Race to Build a Green Internet. Focusing on energy management, the annual report ranks various internet companies according to their investments in renewable energy. The results are surprising, to say the least. Befitting multinational internet companies in the year 2017, Apple, Facebook and Google all achieved high scores. Quite a few other well-known...
Thanks to its new partnership with fifthplay, KBC has become the first Belgian insurer to launch itself onto the smart home market. Next to loans and insurance, the group now also offers its clients a more comfortable lifestyle and extra peace of mind in the form of the KBC Smart Home package. fifthplay is very pleased with this new collaboration, which comes not long after we had the honour of announcing our partnership with Essent.
fifthplay and Essent Belgium have joined forces! At Batibouw 2017, Essent already presented the first fruits of our new partnership: three flix-packs that give smart home owners extra peace of mind, and provide them with all the essentials to optimize their heating system and create a cosy atmosphere.
Earlier this year, a group of some 200,000 people traveled to Las Vegas. Not to gamble or watch Michael Bublé perform, but to spot the latest trends in the field of consumer electronics. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been the world's leading innovation event for consumer electronics for some time now – and once again it did not disappoint. Did you miss this year’s edition? Then read...