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What is Brillion Technology?
Brillion is GE's innovative technology that enables cooperative communication between networked devices and the smart grid; empowering consumers to more effectively understand and manage their energy usage.
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What is the Smart Grid?
The Smart Grid is a way for electricity suppliers to more effectively deliver and manage the energy use in a community. An enhancement of the common electrical grid, the smart grid incorporates innovative digital technologies like smart meters and smart appliances to improve energy efficiency, reduce power loss, integrate new energy sources such as solar and wind, and distribute electricity in a smarter way.
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What are Smart Meters?
Smart meters are updated, digital versions of the traditional electricity meter attached to the outside of your home, and they not only measure how much electricity is used, but also at what times during the day. Utility companies who provide their customers with smart meters are able to implement variable (time-of-use) pricing to help distribute a community's electricity load more evenly throughout the day.
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What is Variable (or Time-of-Use) Pricing?
Variable pricing simply means that the rate a utility company is charging for electricity use changes according to the time of day.
control - make smarter energy choices with Brillion-enabled appliances

Manage your home energy use with an entire suite of GE Profile™ appliances
enabled with Brillion technology

Designed to work in concert with Nucleus energy manager, the GE Brillion-enabled suite of appliances responds to the utility rate signals and adjusts functions to balance cost and convenience. These appliances automatically delay or defer cycles during the more expensive peak demand times, and run in hours when demand is low.

Track your energy costs* by monitoring time-of-use rates as they fluctuate throughout the day. With the GE Nucleus energy manager, you can track your home electricity consumption and control not only how much electricity you use, but when you use it.

Allow automated responses from your appliances during peak pricing times. By automating use according to time-of-use pricing, you can shift non-essential energy consumption, such as running a dishwasher, to off-peak periods when utility costs are lower. Once peak periods have passed, the appliances will complete any cycle that was delayed.

You remain in control with the option to override the automatic settings, so you can choose when and how to use your home's energy. We understand that real life can sometimes interfere with the best of energy-saving intentions. If that soccer uniform has to get washed before the big game, or you must bake the ziti in time for the party, you can override the delay functions on all Brillion-enabled appliances.

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Nucleus Energy Manager

View and control household energy usage
Gathers energy use data from your in-home smart network (i.e. smart meter**, smart appliances) and transmits it to your computer or smart phone

Monitor standard or time-of-use rates
Translates near real-time energy consumption into estimated energy dollars spent*, based on standard or variable time-of-use pricing structures

Unlock the power of the Smart Grid
Operates in conjunction with smart energy programs provided by your local electricity company

Optional wireless connection
Add Nucleus to your in-home wireless network, or wire it directly to your computer or broadband router using an ethernet cable (6' cable is included)

Energy display with Brillion technology

GE's energy display with Brillion technology will receive signals from smart meters and provide continuous energy information, including:

Continuous energy use and cost information*
Gain insight into how much electricity you are consuming in both kilowatt hours (kWh) and dollars.

Time-based pricing
Variable (time-of-use) pricing customers can see at-a-glance what price level they are currently paying.

Historical energy usage
Get a clear picture of your energy consumption patterns tracking your usage by month, day and hour.

Energy analysis
Analysis tools on GE's energy display will enable you to look at your energy data for a defined period of time – whether it's a few hours or a few days.

Messages
Your utilities can communicate with you via the energy display, notifying you with messages and reminders about utility maintenance, pricing changes, or critical conservation periods.

 Energy display with Brillion technology
Appliances with Brillion Technology can help you make smarter decisions, so you are better able to...
    ...save money ...save energy ...control your energy use
Dishwasher Dishwasher Run the dishwasher during low-cost hours with Delay Start Cycle. Avoid the energy-zapping dry cycles. This dishwasher automatically sets to Air-Dry during high-cost hours. Need to wash that load of dishes before your guests arrive? Simply override the Delay settings and select your preferred cycle.
Double-Oven Range Double-Oven Range Self-clean feature is temporarily disabled during high-cost times. Cooktop surface automatically reduces power use by 20% during high-cost hours.
This double-oven range automatically defaults to the smaller, less energy-consuming upper oven during peak use times.		 If you're on the hook for cookies and a casserole for the school fundrasier, just bypass the power-saver settings to use both ovens.
Front-Load Washer & Dryer Front-Load Washer & Dryer Both the washer and dryer automatically delay start until energy rates go down, so you can set them to run during low-cost hours.

Clothes washer
During high-cost periods, the washer automatically defaults to the Low Energy wash cycle.

Clothes dryer
Select Low Energy setting during peak use hours.

 You can always override the automatic settings. Need your favorite jeans in time for a night out? No worries.
Refrigerator Refrigerator Defrosting cycles are automatically delayed until low-cost times of day. Quick Chill and Quick Defrost features are disabled during high-cost hours, but only until the peak-use period is over. These power-saving settings happen automatically, with no inconvenience or risk to your food storage. But if you need that wine chilled or steak defrosted in a snap, you can easily enable the features with the press of a button.
GeoSpring™ hybrid water heater GeoSpring™ hybrid water heater Automatically sets to use the lowest amount of energy during high-cost hours. Conserve energy using eHeat™ mode, when the Geospring water heater operates using just 550 watts (vs. 4500 watts in standard electric mode). These power-saving settings happen automatically, with no disruption to your hot water needs. But if family visits for the weekend and extra hot water is needed for morning showers, simply set the water heater to standard electric mode.
Programmable Thermostat Programmable Thermostat Set different temperature levels for different times of the day and week. Programming your thermostat is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce your energy bill. Programmed thermostats can automatically raise or lower home temperatures at night while you sleep, or when you leave the house. Program your thermostat from your computer using Nucleus software. You can customize the thermostat to fit your lifestyle, whether it be a normal week or an extended absence such as a vacation.

* Energy consumption data updated at 15 second intervals. As reported to your utility in kilowatt hours (kWh). Estimates of cost will vary from your actual bill because it does not include the taxes, surcharges and recovery fees added by your utility when it calculates your monthly bill.

** AMI Zigbee® Smart Energy meter required. Consult your local electricity provider to determine if the technology is available in your area.

Contact GE for more information.