Casey Talon

Senior Research Analyst

Analyst Profile Detailed

Casey Talon is a Senior Research Analyst for IDC Energy Insights’ Smart Building Strategies and Smart Demand Management Strategies research advisory services.

Ms. Talon's research efforts focus on Smart Building and Home Energy Management technologies and services, and the associated policy, regulatory, and business developments driving these markets. She also collaborates with other IDC Energy Insights analysts on custom research and client communications.

Ms. Talon contributes to the IDC Energy Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/energy) and tweets (@CaseyTalon_IDC) on clean energy and energy efficiency topics.

Ms. Talon graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She then completed a Geographic Information Systems Graduate Certificate, also from the University of Wisconsin. Ms. Talon received her MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Prior to joining IDC, she worked as a consultant at a greenhouse gas emission reduction firm specializing in GHG accounting, policy and market research. In support of her research focus on the buildings market, she has fulfilled the eligibility requirements and has attained the LEED GA credential.

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Business Strategy: Prepayment for Customer Choice and Financial Security Casey Talon,  Jill Feblowitz Jun 2013 - Doc # EI241376    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report explores the options for prepay configuration design and the benefits and potential challenges associated with prepayment programs offered by utilities and retail energy providers."Prepayment solutions benefi... purchase document

Business Strategy: Building Synergies in the Smart Ecosystem — How Smart Cities Can Support Smart Building Technology Deployment Casey Talon,  Ruthbea Yesner Clarke Jun 2013 - Doc # EI241375    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights and IDC Government Insights report explores the business strategy for investment in technology to achieve smart building and Smart City goals."Building owners, city governments, municipal utilities, and technology v... purchase document

Business Strategy: Smart Building Solutions for Smaller Facilities Casey Talon May 2013 - Doc # EI241039    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report provides a business strategy for building owners of smaller facilities exploring opportunities to invest in smart building technologies. Adoption of smart building solutions by owners of smaller facilities ha... purchase document

Technology Selection: The Standards That Matter Most in Consumer Demand Response Enablement Marcus Torchia,  Casey Talon Apr 2013 - Doc # EI240375    Technology Selection This IDC Energy Insights report explores the developing and relevant industry standards that advance the prospects for residential consumer demand response (DR) adoption. Demand response is a capability that electric utilities can use to al... purchase document

Technology Selection: Global Smart Buildings 2012–2017 Forecast Casey Talon,  Jill Feblowitz Apr 2013 - Doc # EI240573    Technology Selection This IDC Energy Insights report provides projections of investment in smart building solutions globally. The market is expected to grow rapidly as there is increasingly broad market awareness of the business values generated by deploying sm... purchase document

Business Strategy: State of the Smart Buildings Market — The Owners' Perspective Casey Talon,  Jill Feblowitz Mar 2013 - Doc # EI240316    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report explores the building owner perspective on smart building technologies. These new solutions represent an evolution in energy management and, as such, place new pressures on building owners in terms of develop... purchase document

Perspective: 2013 Smart Grid Project Matrix and Vendor Landscape Marcus Torchia,  Jill Feblowitz,  Rick Nicholson,  Dean Chuang,  Casey Talon,  Usman Sindhu Mar 2013 - Doc # EI239650    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective presents an information and communication technology (ICT) component matrix that assigns the criticality of key technologies used in mainstream smart grid projects. Further, we provide an up-to-date inde... purchase document

Perspective: Green Button — The Impact of a Standard Casey Talon,  Marcus Torchia Feb 2013 - Doc # EI239716    Perspective This IDC Energy Insights' Perspective discusses the Green Button (GB) initiative, which is intended to spur innovation in energy management and help develop a new customer marketplace by making consumption data easily accessible and standar... purchase document

Business Strategy: Plug Load Energy Management for Smart Buildings Casey Talon,  Jill Feblowitz Feb 2013 - Doc # EI239457    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report explores the opportunities and challenges in the adoption and deployment of plug load energy management solutions. This new and relatively immature segment of the smart building marketplace is valuable to end... purchase document

North American Utilities 2013 Top 10 Predictions: The New Basics Jill Feblowitz,  Dean Chuang,  Usman Sindhu,  Casey Talon,  Marcus Torchia Dec 2012 - Doc # EI238663    Top 10 Predictions This IDC Energy Insights report provides our top 10 predictions for the North American utility industry in 2013. The predictions are based on a wide range of research including surveys of IT decision makers, in-depth interviews with industr... purchase document

Business Strategy: The Role of Retail Channels in HEM Solutions Marcus Torchia,  Casey Talon Dec 2012 - Doc # EI238631    Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report considers the early role retail distribution channels of home energy management (HEM) devices and services will have on utility business opportunity in demand-side management (DSM) program and technology adop... purchase document

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