Crestron Renewable Energy
Crestron Renewable Energy Integration
Intelligent Home Energy Management
Integrating renewable energy technologies into a Crestron system is one of the fastest-growing areas of our work. These integrations range from straightforward heating control through to full battery energy storage management and precise control of heat recovery systems. Done well, the benefit is significant — allowing clients to live off grid, or as close to it as the property allows, without sacrificing comfort or simplicity of use. Too often we see renewable energy systems that don’t work in harmony with the rest of the home, or that only one member of the household understands. We bring every system under the same Crestron interface as the rest of the property, removing the mystique so anyone in the household can control it.
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Monitoring Energy Production and Consumption
Every renewable energy integration begins with visibility. Our systems monitor how much energy a property’s solar array, battery storage or heat pump is producing alongside how much energy the home is actually using — both presented within the same Crestron interface as lighting, AV and every other system. This information lets the household make informed manual decisions — dimming lights, lowering a heating setpoint — but the real value comes from automation built on top of it.
The system can intelligently direct surplus energy to where it delivers the greatest saving: pre-warming immersion heaters for hot water, running underfloor heating while production is highest, or diverting power to the swimming pool. These behaviours are configured once, then run automatically — and can always be overridden or rescheduled from a single touchpanel when circumstances change.
Heat Recovery and Solar Gain Management
Intelligent use of a heat recovery system can have a substantial impact on a property’s energy use. Consider a south-facing room with large picture windows heating up as the sun streams in. Conventionally, the response is to close the blinds, open a window, or switch on the air conditioning — each of which either wastes the heat or spends energy removing it. With a properly integrated Crestron system, that unwanted solar gain can instead be captured and moved to where it is useful: pre-warming a north-facing ensuite, or directing warm air down to the basement to gently heat the traditionally coldest parts of the house — for free. This same approach is one we use regularly to heat alpine chalets in a genuinely energy-efficient way, where heating costs and carbon footprint both matter to the client.
Simplified Control of Complex Systems
However sophisticated the underlying technology, the household experience needs to stay simple. Bringing solar, battery storage, heat recovery, underfloor heating and HVAC under a single Crestron interface means the homeowner can see exactly which devices are consuming the most energy and schedule them to run when it makes the most sense — laundry when production is highest, underfloor heating when immersion heaters are at their peak. A single instruction, such as “heat the house”, can trigger different actions depending on the circumstances — for example redirecting warm air from an orangery to the kitchen rather than firing up a separate heat source. The complexity lives in the programming, not in the day-to-day experience of using the home.
Five-Time Crestron Integration Award Winners
We are extremely proud to have won the prestigious Crestron Integration Awards for Five Consecutive years — making us unique in EMEA and awarding us Dealer of Distinction status.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Crestron Renewable Energy
Can Crestron integrate with renewable energy systems?
Yes. Crestron integrates with solar, heat recovery, underfloor heating, HVAC and energy monitoring systems — allowing intelligent scheduling that maximises renewable energy use. For example, laundry machines and underfloor heating can be scheduled to run when solar production is highest, and warm air from heat recovery units can be directed to the rooms that need it most.
Can Crestron control underfloor heating?
Yes. Crestron integrates with most underfloor heating systems and can manage zone-by-zone temperature control alongside lighting, AV and other systems in the home. Scheduling, occupancy-based control and integration with weather data allow the heating to respond intelligently rather than operating on fixed timed programmes.
Can Crestron manage battery storage and solar production?
Yes. Crestron can monitor production and consumption in real time and direct surplus energy to wherever it delivers the greatest benefit — immersion heaters, underfloor heating or the swimming pool — all configured once and then automated, with manual override always available from a touchpanel.
Is renewable energy integration only relevant to new builds?
No. While new builds give us the most flexibility to design the system from the outset, we regularly integrate renewable technologies into existing Crestron installations and retrofit energy monitoring and control into properties where the underlying renewable hardware is already in place.
