Apple Home EnergyKit | Smarter Energy Management for Your Smart Home

Apple has quietly introduced EnergyKit, a new framework in iOS 26/iPadOS 26 that brings advanced energy management capabilities to the Home app—marking a significant step toward making smart homes more efficient and cost-effective. This moves Apple closer to becoming a central hub for home energy optimization, competing with platforms like Samsung SmartThings and Homey. 

What Apple Home EnergyKit Brings to Your Home

Apple’s EnergyKit enables developers to harness data from Home—including electricity usage, energy rates, and clean energy availability—to build intelligent automations. By leveraging EnergyKit Guidance, smart thermostats and EV chargers can:

• Automatically reduce power usage when electricity rates peak

• Schedule charging when the grid offers cleaner or cheaper energy

• Use utility-specific data (currently only PG&E) to adapt behavior

This enables tailored energy-saving routines without user intervention.

Why This Matters for Smart Home Integrators

EnergyKit positions Apple Home as more than a device controller—it’s shaping up as a home energy management system (HEMS). Utilities and integrators can now offer intuitive visuals in the Home app showing energy rates, consumption, and green energy availability, as well as automated responses—such as delaying high-energy tasks to off-peak hours

Real-World Benefits for Clients

• EnergyKit can help clients…

• Lower electricity bills by shifting high-load tasks

• Maximize renewable energy usage by syncing with green energy forecasts

• Streamline automation without requiring custom apps or complex setups

• This improves value, appeal, and ROI in home integration projects.