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Parks Associates reports smart home device ownership has tripled since 2014

Leading international research firm Parks Associates today announced confirmed speakers for the 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 21-23 in San Francisco. The firm reports that 25% of US broadband households have at least one smart home device, nearly tripling from 9% in 2014. CONNECTIONS™ features keynotes from Comcast, KB Home, Alarm.com, iRobot, Lennar, Control4, ...read more

Advisory Board includes executives from Ada Health, Alarm.com, Comcast, Life365, MDLIVE, Omron, and Papa

Research firm Parks Associates today announced the topics and first confirmed advisory board members for the sixth-annual Connected Health Summit: Independent Living and Wellness, August 27-29 at the Pendry San Diegoin San Diego, California. The conference examines consumer adoption and usage of connected health technologies and their expansion into the smart home, health ...read more

Industry leaders to address revenue potential of new energy related services at 10^th-annual Smart Energy Summit

Research from Parks Associates finds 38-48% of U.S. broadband households participate in energy programs when their utility offers them, including 48% who have signed on to load control. Forty-two percent have received energy management and monitoring products from their utility when offered. Parks Associates will host the 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging t ...read more

Energy and smart home execs address future of consumer energy and impact of connected consumer devices in Austin, Texas 

Industry leaders to address revenue potential of new energy related services at 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit

Research from Parks Associates finds 65% of smart thermostat owners are interested in a dealer service that periodically cleans and performs preventative maintenance on their HVAC equipment. Parks Associates’ 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer will feature sessions that explore the crossover appeal and revenue potential of new services when bund ...read more

Pre-conference workshop at Smart Energy Summit to address opportunities for energy providers in the smart home

New energy research from Parks Associates finds 28% of U.S. broadband households are familiar with time-of-use rate programs, including 16% who are very familiar, but only 18% report their utility offers a TOU program. The research firm will host the pre-conference workshop, “Opportunities for Energy Providers in the Smart Home,” on February 18 at the Omni Austin Ho ...read more

45% of U.S. broadband households would buy or rent a house with smart technology over one without

Parks Associates today announced Alarm.com, Comcast, Control4, KB Home, and Lennar will be the keynote speakers at the 23^rd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference. The research firm also announced the agenda for the conference, which will take place May 21-23, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

Early CONNECTIONS™ sponsors include F-Secure, Alarm.co ...read more

Smart Energy Summit addresses consumer impact of solar, energy storage, and smart home devices and solutions on the grid

Parks Associates research finds that 28% of U.S. broadband households consider battery storage to store for excess power from solar to be very valuable, although only approximately 4% own this solution and 7% plan to purchase in the next 12 months. Parks Associates analysts will host its 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer on February 18 ...read more