Nest Renew, a no charge service powered by Renew Home, helps people play a part in the fight against climate change from home. By combining existing Nest thermostat programs with new education tools and intelligent automation, Renew makes it easy to support a clean energy future.
Google has long strived to help move the world closer to a carbon-free future. With Nest Renew, we‘re working closely with our partners to engage people with empowering and impactful tools that help them support the energy transition. Because when we each do a little, it adds up to a lot.
Refer to the resources below for more information relevant to stakeholders in the energy industry.
- Supporting a Clean Energy Future with Nest Renew, an overview document prepared by the Nest Renew team at Google.
- Important: Information in this document about Nest Renew Premium, Clean Energy Match, and the Energy Impact Program isn't applicable as these programs are no longer available.
- Bringing Clean Energy Home, an independent assessment of Nest Renew prepared by RMI (formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute).*
- The Power of the Smart Home, a deep dive into the potential of smart connected homes, distributed energy resources and supporting policy mechanisms prepared by the Nest Renew team at Google.
- Smart Thermostats and the Future of VPPs - a position paper from the Renew Home team on the importance and potential of residential VPPs in shifting peak load in the US.
*Funding acknowledgement: RMI was invited by Google to assess the impact of Google’s Nest Renew product, announced in October 2021. RMI independently authored this report by putting the product within the context of opportunities to meet ambitious climate policy targets. Google provided funding to RMI to support this work. The findings presented in this work were independently derived by RMI, and RMI is solely responsible for the views expressed.