Leroy Merlin promises easy energy savings with Enki

Before fully entering autumn and especially turning on the radiators again, Leroy Merlin draws out his solutions for heating without spending too much. The housing specialist affirms it: if it is one of the main items of expenditure for households, heating is also one of the easiest to reduce today. Even without a central system, it is no longer necessary to work on your radiators individually or even manually thanks to connected objects. And, contrary to popular belief, this type of solution is not necessarily very expensive or complicated to implement. In any case, that’s Leroy Merlin’s promise.

At the heart of this promise, there is nothing really new, or almost nothing, since we obviously find Enki. The solution for connecting the home made in Leroy Merlin has, however, undergone some changes in recent months.

Data from Linky meters now integrated into Enki

It first switched to a completely new technical platform: new servers, new architecture… This must not only offer increased security, but also facilitate the connection of connected objects from other brands. If the housing specialist still does not seem interested in Matter – just like his clients, according to him – he can still count on a good range of partners (Somfy, Netatmo, Philips Hue, etc.). Support for Google Assistant and Alexa of course remains available, and Enki can now also access the home's Linky meter. To do this, simply enter the address and the name of the contract attached to it; It’s once again very simple.

With Linky, the application allows you to monitor energy consumption live, but also the evolution of the bill… A good way to raise user awareness! But Leroy Merlin obviously doesn't stop there. The housing specialist also provides tools to help reduce consumption and has even reviewed its entire application around energy management.

A new interface focused on energy and heating

If the home page remains quite classic with a presentation of the different rooms of the house and the objects attached to them, a second tab gives access to what the housing specialist has called the Energy Coach. This is where the energy consumption taken from Linky meters appears, and Leroy Merlin adds “home health” indicators. The application more precisely analyzes the temperature and humidity of the different rooms in the house and uses it to provide advice, such as ventilating and heating as little as possible to avoid humidity, but also not overheating.

Nothing very complicated in itself, but it is not always easy to find the right balance between comfort and energy savings. So Enki could help stick to it. And the application also provides a whole tab dedicated to heating with the possibility of creating modes adapted to different moments of life: absences, at night, waking up or even teleworking. If you are more productive with a little extra heat in your work room, it is at least possible to very easily return to a more economical configuration at the end of the day. Enki also offers programming as well as scenarios, to lower the heating in a room if no movement is detected for a certain time, for example. You can also order the shutters to close after dark to keep in the heat of the day.

New objects for connecting radiators, and not only that

Of course, the Enki application alone is not enough to monitor the health of the home and control or program the heating. Leroy Merlin and its partners have therefore launched various objects, ranging from simple sensors (temperature and humidity for €9.90 or for €25.90 with movements and brightness as a bonus) to cable outlets for electric radiators (€49.90) including thermostatic heads for water radiators (€39.90) without forgetting the thermostat (€39.90). A wall socket (€39.90) and a switch for roller shutters (€59.90) are also available, and they are also connected of course.

All these new features communicate either via ZigBee or Wi-Fi. The latter has the advantage of not requiring a gateway, but the Enki Connect box is in all cases necessary to create scenarios.