"thermostats" articles

Parks Associates research shows that saving money increases interest in smart home devices among 60% of broadband households with no previous purchase intentions . Utility and energy providers in particular can use this interest to their advantage in order to incentivize consumers to purchase energy-efficient devices like smart thermostats and cut back usage during peak hours, saving money and power. According to research from Parks Associates, over 11% of U.S. broadband households...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 10th annual Smart Energy Summit , in Austin, Advisory Board member and conference speaker Matt Johnson, VP of Business Development at EnergyHub, shared insights on how utilities integrate smart home and distributed energy resources into the grid. Matt will be participating on  The Energy Data Goldmine session, sponsored by Bidgely , on Tuesday, February 19, at 11:30 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include:   Abhay...

According to Parks Associates research, the percentage of broadband households not intending to purchase a smart home device due to security and privacy concerns has increased from 21% in Q1 2017 to 32% in Q1 2018. Further, more than one-fourth of U.S. broadband households strongly agree that it’s impossible to keep their personal data away from unauthorized users. Security and privacy concerns are clearly becoming top of mind for many connected consumers. As the number of...

Prior to the ninth-annual Smart Energy Summit in Austin, Parks Associates sat down with Dave Kaintz, Senior Manager, Southern California Edison, to discuss the future trajectory of the energy industry: What are the barriers to bringing together a broad ecosystem of smart home products that work together as an energy management system? The age old problem of interoperability or lack of. What are the biggest opportunities for the smart home industry to work with the...

Parks Associates announced today that executives from Honeywell and Toyota will give keynote addresses at the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which takes place February 20-22, 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The event features key cross-industry perspectives in the smart energy market and will include keynotes from Jeremy Eaton , VP and GM, Connected Home, Honeywell; and Kevin Butt , GM, Environmental, Toyota Motor North America....

International IoT research firm Parks Associates will host the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer on February 20-22, 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The event will address the evolution of home energy management, emerging partnerships and technologies that are disrupting this space, and strategies to leverage data to create new energy-related IoT products and services. Key insights from members of the 2017 Smart Energy Summit advisory board...

Parks Associates is now accepting speaker submissions for the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which will take place February 20-22, 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Smart Energy Summit features speakers from utilities, service providers, smart home manufacturers, and retailers providing insight into new energy solutions, offerings, and partnerships. Topics for the 2017 event include: Electric Utilities and the Smart Home...

Parks Associates, the leading IoT research firm, today announced the 2017 Advisory Board for the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit , taking place February 20-22, 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Advisory Board members help shape the agenda and topics by providing specific feedback to agenda topics, event participants, and the overall focus of the event. Participants include: Alarm.com – Roy Perry, Vice President, Ecosystem Alliances Centrica Connected...