Shift toward clean energy at home.
Transitioning to cleaner sources of energy is critical in meeting the challenges posed by climate change. With Nest Renew, you can take action right from home. It’s free to join and only takes a few minutes to get started.1
Join Nest RenewSupporting a clean energy future, together.
Nest Renew is a service from Google that makes it easy to support a clean energy future, right from your home.
Nest Renew Features
Join for free with your Nest thermostat.
Nest Renew is available for all compatible Nest thermostats, and only takes a few simple steps to get started.1
Energy Shift
Smarter energy use.
Energy Shift makes small, automatic adjustments to your Nest thermostat throughout the day to help take advantage of times when energy is cleaner or less expensive.2
Today’s Energy Shifts
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CLEAN ENERGY VIEW
Meet your clean energy dashboard.
View your home's power mix to see times throughout the day when electricity is cleaner, helping you to make informed energy choices.2
Current Power
Your power mix is currently very clean but is projected to become less clean over the next hour.
ENERGY IMPACT PROGRAM
Extend your positive impact.
By using Nest Renew features you'll earn Leafs to track your impact. Reaching a Leaf milestone allows you to direct Nest Renew funds to nonprofit partners.3
RUSH HOUR REWARDS
Earn rewards and help the grid.
When you enroll in Rush Hour Rewards, your Nest thermostat can be automatically adjusted to use less energy at peak times while still keeping you comfortable. As a show of thanks for reducing demand during peak times, your energy provider may offer you rewards for enrolling and participating in their program.5 Learn how it works.
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By participating in Rush Hour Rewards, you can band together with other Nest thermostat users to form virtual power plants that help support your grid. In turn, you’ll help show that when we each do a little, it can add up to a lot.
Unlock more impact with Nest Renew Premium.
Extend your positive impact even further – for just $10 a month.
CLEAN ENERGY MATCH
PREMIUM FEATURE: CLEAN ENERGY MATCH
Match your fossil fuel use with clean energy.
Clean Energy Match can match the fossil fuel electricity used in your home with enough clean energy to cover the average U.S. household.4 This is done with purchases of renewable energy credits from U.S. wind and solar.6
Continue your clean energy journey.
Frequently asked questions.
Customers with compatible Nest thermostats can join Nest Renew for free, 1 and for those who want to extend their impact Nest Renew Premium is available for $10 a month. Nest Renew Premium gives you access to everything included with Nest Renew, with the addition of Clean Energy Match, a powerful feature that can match the fossil fuel electricity used in your home with enough clean energy to cover the average U.S. household. This is done with purchases of renewable energy credits from U.S. wind and solar.6
Clean Energy Match also earns you more Leafs helping you reach Milestones faster, so you can support your favorite Energy Impact Program partner more frequently.3
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| See when power is cleaner | |||
| See when power is cleaner | |||
| Take advantage of cleaner or less expensive energy | |||
| Take advantage of cleaner or less expensive energy | |||
| Earn Leafs and reach Leaf milestones | |||
| Earn Leafs and reach Leaf milestones | |||
| Direct Nest Renew funds to nonprofit partners | |||
| Direct Nest Renew funds to nonprofit partners | |||
| Clean Energy Match | |||
| Clean Energy Match | |||
Yes, Nest Renew requires a 3rd generation Nest Learning Thermostat, Nest Thermostat E, or the newest Nest Thermostat (sold separately), connected to a Google account. If you're unsure which Nest thermostat you have, click here to learn more.
Customers can track their progress and impact in Nest Renew's new monthly impact emails or check any time at nestrenew.google.com, which can be easily accessed from settings in either the Nest or Google Home apps.
No, Nest Renew does not replace your utility company. It is a service from Google that complements the electric service you receive from your local utility. Nest Renew does not provide you with energy, require you to switch utility providers, or make changes to your electric or gas service.
If your utility company offers a clean energy option, you should consider signing up for it. Only your utility company can provide you with the electricity that powers your home. Some of them are even working to make sure that the clean energy they provide customers is produced within their region. Nest Renew is complementary and not an alternative to clean energy options from your utility.
Installing solar panels and putting clean energy back on the grid is a highly impactful way to reduce your usage of fossil fuels at home. If you have rooftop solar, your home is likely still connected to the electrical grid and can draw from and contribute to the power grid throughout the day.
Energy Shift, a feature of Nest Renew, can help extend the positive impact you're making with rooftop solar by enabling your compatible Nest thermostat to prioritize usage during times when your grid is less clean. This can result in more excess solar generation being fed back onto the grid, helping reduce your community's reliance on fossil fuel electricity sources.
Many users with rooftop solar are also often on a 'Time of Use' (TOU) tariff through their utility provider. By providing your TOU tariff on the Nest Renew website, Energy Shift can help automatically adjust your thermostat to prioritize use of energy when it is cheaper.2
Nest Renew will be purchasing RECs from wind and solar plants in the United States. The majority of these RECs will come from our flagship project Bethel Wind in Castro County, TX, with the remainder coming from US solar providers. We've also entered an agreement to purchase RECs from Roseland Solar, a project under development in Falls County, TX, which is expected to begin providing RECs for Clean Energy Match in 2023 for a three-year term. Learn more about our REC purchases.
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From a global leader in clean energy.
Nest Renew is a part of Google’s commitment as a leader in mitigating the impact of climate change to help empower everyone to live more sustainably.
Google matches 100% of our annual operational electricity use with renewable energy.7
Google aims to operate on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030.7
All shipments of Made by Google products are carbon neutral.7
- 1 Nest Renew available in select locations and requires a 3rd generation Nest Learning Thermostat, Nest Thermostat E, or the newest Nest Thermostat (sold separately), connected to a Google account.
- 2 Adjustments only shift electricity usage from your heating and cooling. Energy Shift and See Your Power only available in areas served by major continental US grids, see here. Take advantage of cheaper energy only available for customers on certain electric utility time-of-use rates (check availability).
- 3 Learn more about our Energy Impact Program here.
- 4 Renew Premium $10/month subscription required.
- 5 Rush Hour Rewards requires a Nest thermostat (sold separately).
- 6 Learn how this is done with renewable energy credits. Nest Renew will be purchasing RECs from wind and solar plants in the United States. The majority of these RECs will come from our flagship project Bethel Wind in Castro County, TX, with the remainder coming from US solar energy providers.
- 7 For more information, see here.