npower Research

npower Research

Company

http://www.npower.com/home/about-npower/

http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/97798/rwe-npower/

http://www.youtube.com/user/npowerEnergy?feature=watch

Brand

http://npowerbrand.com

https://www.npower.com/idc/groups/wcms_content/@wcms/@resi/documents/digitalassets/ndc_brand_guidelines.pdf

Android Branding tips: https://developer.android.com/design/style/branding.html

Supported charity

http://www.npower.com/macmillan/treeoflight.aspx

Developer challenge 2014

http://www.npower.com/the-developer-challenge/

Contain information about the competition in general, Terms and condition,   target audience, branding, access to data, platform to use, guidelines for prototype, in general a comprehensive guideline on How I should resolve the Brief.

Contacts 2013 challenge

https://twitter.com/npowerdev

@npowerdev

If you can't find an answer to your question here, then drop us an email at developerchallenge@npower.com. We'll be available Mon to Fri 9.00 to 5.00 to answer your questions.

Energy Saving products

nPower provide online tools and Apps for the customer visualise their consumption of energy and manage their account.

http://www.npower.com/home/energy-efficiency/

On the image above I can identify some basic criterias which I would need to find out from Third Party data available

Some of these products need certain requirement to be installed, data such a geolocation, income, postcode, type of property can help to identify potential customers

Energy survey

https://www.npower.com/at_home/Applications/HomeEnergySurvey.Web/Survey.aspx/PropertyDetails/1/1

I found this survey a good source of the kind of data I'll need to collect from users to offers the services. It could be ideal even that the user don't need to fill this form as it is laborious and take time.  They stated how they would use the data provide.

"npower is collecting your data for the purpose of providing you with energy efficiency advice, in the form of a personalised report which will suggest measures that could be taken by you to improve the energy efficiency of your home. Where appropriate, for example, where the information that you have provided indicates you may be eligible for some form of grant funding or where you may be eligible to be put on the Priority Services Register or where there may be measures that are suitable for your home we may contact you to offer further follow-up consultations and/or advice that may help you reduce your energy use.
We will retain your data and we will disclose it to our agents (National Energy Services Ltd (NES) and Fulgent Technologies Limited) who, acting on our behalf, will validate the data that you have provided and will perform statistical analysis on it to calculate and produce the results of your survey. We may also use your data for the purposes of research and training and for reporting to Ofgem (or other relevant industry bodies) to ensure compliance of our licence obligations as well as for monitoring and/or evaluation of energy efficiency programmes. Your details will be treated in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the Data Protection Act and our privacy policy."

In this section they ask about elderly people and Who owns the property?

In this section they ask about elderly people and Who owns the property?  This data can be retrieve from 3rd party data

Recommendations: They offer lower and Higher cost and additional improvements and show the potential savings, but it is not a comparison with investment, people would see only the cost of installing.

npower Smart metering

"Giving you information to gain control"

"For up to date information on everything Smart. Join us on a journey to a smarter future."

http://www.npower.com/home/electricity-and-gas/smart-meters/

"Smart technology will change the way that customers interact with energy. Our customers will be able to see what their energy use means in pounds and pence and receive bills that reflect their actual consumption. We will be able to work with our customers to develop the right products and services for them."

Paul Massara, Chief Executive Officer

npower energy monitors

"Helping you track your consumption

Energy monitors are not Smart meters or Smart energy displays...An energy monitor is a simple device that you can fit it yourself. It works with your existing electricity meter to give you an indication of your electricity use. Energy monitors can not communicate with your energy supplier and do not directly affect your bill."