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'''tado°''' '''GmbH''' is a German technology company headquartered in [[Munich]] (Germany) and a manufacturer of home thermostats and air conditioning controls. tado° is the European leader in intelligent home climate management. As a cross-manufacturer platform, tado° Smart Thermostats and services connect with any kind of heating or cooling system for all kinds of homes. Having secured over USD 100m in funding and with 180 employees, tado° reshapes the way energy is consumed for more comfort, savings, and wellbeing at home. | '''tado°''' '''GmbH''' is a German technology company headquartered in [[Munich]] (Germany) and a manufacturer of home thermostats and air conditioning controls. tado° is the European leader in intelligent home climate management. As a cross-manufacturer platform, tado° Smart Thermostats and services connect with any kind of heating or cooling system for all kinds of homes. Having secured over USD 100m in funding and with 180 employees, tado° reshapes the way energy is consumed for more comfort, savings, and wellbeing at home. | ||
== About == | |||
The heating and cooling of buildings is one of the main global consumers of energy and sources of carbon emissions. In Europe, heating and cooling in buildings and industry accounts for half of the continent’s energy consumption, making it the biggest energy end-use sector ahead of transport. tado° helps solve this issue by making homes much more energy-efficiency, saving consumers money while also improving comfort at home. | |||
The company focuses on intelligent home climate management and offers several solutions for consumers and businesses. This includes smart thermostats and AC controls for consumers, and SaaS products for energy utilities and heating service companies. As a cross-manufacturer solution, tado° works seamlessly with any kind of heating or cooling system for all kinds of homes. | |||
tado° is an integral part of the energy transition from centralised power distribution to user-centric virtual power plants. Managing a capacity of over 4GW of energy, tado° is equipped to maximise agile tariffs and demand response requirements for a more energy-efficient, sustainable, and smarter grid. | |||
Furthermore, tado° offers remote diagnostics, preventive maintenance, and repair services of heating systems for users, energy utilities and heating services companies. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 10 May 2021
Template:Infobox company tado° GmbH is a German technology company headquartered in Munich (Germany) and a manufacturer of home thermostats and air conditioning controls. tado° is the European leader in intelligent home climate management. As a cross-manufacturer platform, tado° Smart Thermostats and services connect with any kind of heating or cooling system for all kinds of homes. Having secured over USD 100m in funding and with 180 employees, tado° reshapes the way energy is consumed for more comfort, savings, and wellbeing at home.
About
The heating and cooling of buildings is one of the main global consumers of energy and sources of carbon emissions. In Europe, heating and cooling in buildings and industry accounts for half of the continent’s energy consumption, making it the biggest energy end-use sector ahead of transport. tado° helps solve this issue by making homes much more energy-efficiency, saving consumers money while also improving comfort at home.
The company focuses on intelligent home climate management and offers several solutions for consumers and businesses. This includes smart thermostats and AC controls for consumers, and SaaS products for energy utilities and heating service companies. As a cross-manufacturer solution, tado° works seamlessly with any kind of heating or cooling system for all kinds of homes.
tado° is an integral part of the energy transition from centralised power distribution to user-centric virtual power plants. Managing a capacity of over 4GW of energy, tado° is equipped to maximise agile tariffs and demand response requirements for a more energy-efficient, sustainable, and smarter grid.
Furthermore, tado° offers remote diagnostics, preventive maintenance, and repair services of heating systems for users, energy utilities and heating services companies.
History
tado° was founded in Munich by Christian Deilmann, Johannes Schwarz and Valentin Sawadski in September 2011.[1] The company name is derived from the Japanese salutation "tadaima" ("I'm back home") and "okaeri" ("Welcome back") since Geofencing has been the first key feature of the tado° system already in 2011. [2] The company's first product, tado° Heating, was launched in November 2012 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and in 2013 in the United Kingdom.[3]
In the beginning of 2014, tado° Cooling underwent a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.[4][5]
In July 2014, tado° closed a €10m ($13.6m) funding round from, among others, Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures.[6]
The company's second product, tado° Smart AC Control, for intelligent cooling was launched in Europe and the USA in June 2015. The launch event took place in New York City.[7]
Products
Besides reducing energy consumption and increasing savings the thermostat also considers the residents' overall comfort.[8] tado° detects the absence or presence of residents via smartphone and then adjusts the heating automatically. Weather forecasts and the heating properties of a home such as insulation are taken into account.[9]
One challenge for tado° is the heterogeneous heating landscape in Europe and the related integration and support of their respective control interfaces. Currently more than 5,000 different heating systems can be controlled by tado° Heating.[10][11][12]
In June 2015 tado° launched its second product, the Smart AC Control. It is not a thermostat. It turns any air conditioning unit into a smarter device.[13] tado° Smart AC Control uses a smartphone's location to be able to determine whether the resident is at home and automatically turns the AC on or off. The air conditioner can also be manually operated via the Smart AC Control using the tado° App.[14]
In August 2017, tado° announced the integration of Google Assistant, allowing customers who both own a tado° system and a Google Assistant device to control their Tado system via voice commands.[15] For example, available voice commands are "What’s the humidity in the bedroom?" or "Lower the bedroom temperature by 2°C".[16]
Awards
- 2014: iF product design award[17]
- 2014: iF universal design award[18]
- 2013: eco Internet Award 2013 – Winner Category Mobile[19]
- 2013: BITKOM Innovators' Pitch – The Best Digital Life Innovation 2013, Winner Category B2C[20]
- 2013: Ecosummit Award 2013 Jury Winner, Smart Green Startup 2. Silver Medal[21]
- 2013: E_nnovation Award @ Hager Group, Gold 2013[22]
- 2012: Smart Home Award by Deutsche Telekom for the Best Startup of the Year 2012[23]
References
- ↑ "Munich startup Tado keeps your house cool when no one is home". Geektime. 2014-04-21. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821190903/http://www.geektime.com/2014/04/21/munich-startup-tado-keeps-your-house-cool-when-no-one-is-home/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "tado° raises €10m from Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures". cleantechinvestor.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821174647/http://www.cleantechinvestor.com/portal/mainmenucomp/companiest/3258-tado/11706-tado-raises.html. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "European leader in intelligent climate control tado°". Target Partners. 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821162411/http://www.targetpartners.de/en/n/european-leader-in-intelligent-climate-control-tado-raises-EUR10m-to-fuel-global-expansion/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Tado Cooling Launches On Kickstarter To Make Your AC Smart". TechCrunch. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811173507/http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/12/air-connectivity/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "tado° Cooling - Intelligent AC control". Kickstarter. Archived from the original on 2014-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822051542/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tado/tado-cooling-intelligent-a-c-control. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "tado°, the European leader in intelligent climate control". eu-startups.com. 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821205258/http://www.eu-startups.com/2014/07/tado%C2%B0-the-european-leader-in-intelligent-climate-control-raises-e10m/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Tado's Smart AC Control Makes Any Air Conditioner Smart". TechCrunch. 2015-06-04. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150615071511/http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/04/tados-smart-ac-control-makes-any-air-conditioner-smart/. Retrieved on 2015-06-16.
- ↑ "Finally, an end to fiddly thermostats and wasted energy". TechRadar. 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20140817221025/http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gadgets/appliances/tado-1248634/review. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Smart home heating controls from tado°". heatwave-energy.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822045829/http://www.heatwave-energy.com/smarthomeheatingcontrols. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Germany: Climate-KIC start-up tado° attracts €10m to fuel global expansion". climate-kic.org. 2014-07-31. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821182054/http://www.climate-kic.org/news/germany-climate-kic-start-up-tado-attracts-e10m-to-fuel-global-expansion/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Finally, an end to fiddly thermostats and wasted energy". TechRadar. 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20140817221025/http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gadgets/appliances/tado-1248634/review. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Tado Cooling Launches On Kickstarter To Make Your AC Smart". TechCrunch. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811173507/http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/12/air-connectivity/. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Tado's Smart AC Control wants to make your old air conditioner smarter". Android Central. 2015-06-04. Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609024426/http://www.androidcentral.com/tados-smart-ac-control-wants-make-your-old-air-conditioner-smarter. Retrieved on 2015-06-16.
- ↑ "tado Smart AC Control can turn any AC smart". slashgear.com. 2015-06-05. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150608005527/http://www.slashgear.com/tado-smart-ac-control-can-turn-any-ac-smart-05386914/. Retrieved on 2015-06-16.
- ↑ "tado° now live with the Google Assistant". tado. 2017-08-16. https://www.tado.com/gb/press/tado-now-live-with-the-google-assistant. Retrieved on 2018-04-04.
- ↑ "Pro Commands for Tado on Google Assistant". Best Commands. 2018-03-03. http://bestcommands.com/pro-commands-for-tado-on-google-home-assistant/. Retrieved on 2018-04-04.
- ↑ "iF product design award 2014". iF International Forum Design. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821162300/http://exhibition.ifdesign.de/winner_en.html?ma_id=14459. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "iF universal design award 2014". iF International Forum Design. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821211451/http://www.if-universaldesign.eu/resources/ud_doku_2014.pdf. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "eco Internet Award 2013". Association of the German internet economy. 2013-06-27. http://www.eco.de/2013/pressemeldungen/innovative-internetloesungen-mit-eco-internet-award-ausgezeichnet.html. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Innovators' Pitch 2013". BITKOM. 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. https://archive.is/20140811002024/http://www.bitkom.org/de/themen/77194_75332.aspx. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "Ecosummit Award 2013". ecosummit.net. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821155844/http://ecosummit.net/articles/sefaira-tado-solarbattery-pirika-bravo-motors-and-oricane-win-ecosummit-award-2013. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "E_nnovation Award". unglobalcompact.org. June 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821153521/http://www.unglobalcompact.org/system/attachments/22873/original/Hager_SE_COP_2013.pdf?1372233296. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.
- ↑ "SmartHome Deutschland Award". Deutsche Telekom. 2012-06-27. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821214650/https://www.telekom.com/medien/konzern/132298. Retrieved on 2014-08-21.