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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. [1]

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.[2] 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. [3]

In 2012; the company’s first-generation smart thermostat and app went to market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, followed by a UK launch in 2013. [4] In 2014, [5] tado° launched its second-generation smart thermostat across Europe followed by the global launch of its Smart AC Control in 2015. [6] In 2016, tado° introduced its Smart Radiator Thermostats in Europe for multi-room control. Toon Bouten joined the company as CEO in 2017. [7] In 2019, tado° launched its SaaS product - tado° 360 [8] - which remotely monitors the status and health of boilers.

tado° has received over $100 USD in venture capital funding and investment. Investors include Amazon, [9] Total, E.ON, the European Investment Bank, and Siemens.

Products

Besides reducing energy consumption and increasing savings the thermostat also considers the residents' overall comfort.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12][13][14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17] For example, available voice commands are "What’s the humidity in the bedroom?" or "Lower the bedroom temperature by 2°C".[18]

Awards

  • 2014: iF product design award[19]
  • 2014: iF universal design award[20]
  • 2013: eco Internet Award 2013 – Winner Category Mobile[21]
  • 2013: BITKOM Innovators' Pitch – The Best Digital Life Innovation 2013, Winner Category B2C[22]
  • 2013: Ecosummit Award 2013 Jury Winner, Smart Green Startup 2. Silver Medal[23]
  • 2013: E_nnovation Award @ Hager Group, Gold 2013[24]
  • 2012: Smart Home Award by Deutsche Telekom for the Best Startup of the Year 2012[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Heating and Cooling". European Commission. 2015-07-19. Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-efficiency/heating-and-cooling_en?redir=1. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  2. ↑ "tado° was founded in 2011 by Johannes Schwarz, Christian Deilmann, and Valentin Sawadski". Freejournal. 2020-05-16. Archived from the original on 2020-05-16. https://amp.ww.en.freejournal.org/43618146/1/tado0.html/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ "Tado aims to be a smarter thermostat than Nest". Gigaom. 2012-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. https://gigaom.com/2012/11/14/tado-aims-to-be-a-smarter-thermostat-than-nest/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  5. ↑ "Tado adds physical controls to its second-gen smart thermostat". Engadget. 2014-10-07. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. https://www.engadget.com/2014-10-07-tado-smart-thermostat.html/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  6. ↑ "Tado is now also turning air conditioning systems into smart devices". Engadget. 2015-06-08. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. https://technikblog.ch/2015/06/tado-macht-nun-auch-klimaanlagen-zu-smarten-geraeten/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  7. ↑ "tado° appoints Toon Bouten as Chief Executive Officer". TargetPartners. 2017-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. https://www.targetpartners.de/news/tado-appoints-toon-bouten-as-chief-executive-officer/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  8. ↑ "tado° appoints Toon Bouten as Chief Executive Officer". CurrentNews. 2019-11-12. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/new-saas-product-tado-360-launched-as-company-for-a-holistic-energy-system/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  9. ↑ "Amazon-backed start-up tado uses smart thermostats to cut heating emissions". CleanEnergyWire. 2019-04-17. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/amazon-backed-start-tado-uses-smart-thermostats-cut-heating-emissions/. Retrieved on 2021-05-10. 
  10. ↑ "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. 
  11. ↑ "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. 
  12. ↑ "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. 
  13. ↑ "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. 
  14. ↑ "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. 
  15. ↑ "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. 
  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. 
  17. ↑ "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. 
  18. ↑ "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. 
  19. ↑ "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. 
  20. ↑ "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. 
  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. 
  22. ↑ "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. 
  23. ↑ "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. 
  24. ↑ "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. 
  25. ↑ "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. 
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