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    Five separate apps for one home — the coordination problem nobody solved

    Aveum · 8 April 2026 · 3 min read

    A modern energy home isn't one system. It's five.

    A typical setup

    Solar and battery app. Heat pump app. EV app. Tariff provider. Smart meter. Each one works individually. The problem: none of them communicate.

    "But everything is automated"

    Yes — but each system automates itself, not the home. At 6pm, the EV starts charging, the battery fills, and heating ramps up. All competing for expensive energy at the same time.

    The cost

    Individually small. But consistent.

    £1–£3 per day. £500–£1,500 per year. Not from one bad decision — from five systems that never talk to each other.

    Why this hasn't been solved

    Because each product optimises its own device, not the full system. GivEnergy built for batteries. tado built for heat. myenergi built for EV charging. Nobody built for the home as a whole.

    What's missing

    A coordination layer that sees everything, controls timing, and optimises across devices.

    The takeaway

    The problem isn't energy. It's coordination.

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