Growing interest in Connected Home systems has given rise to an industry challenge: how will the different wireless standards enabling self-monitoring and home control devices interoperate. Ember's CEO Robert LeFort will join other industry leaders at Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit, February 28 – March 1, 2012 in Austin, TX at the Hyatt Regency Austin - Downtown, On The Lake, to discuss the topic of home controls and standards interoperability.
Research firm Parks Associates brings together industry leaders annually at the Smart Energy Summit to examine technical and business opportunities made possible by smart grid and residential energy management solutions. According to the firm's research, more than 14 million U.S. households will have some form of self-monitoring capability by 2015. In this panel, LeFort and other executives will present new business opportunities and address the issue of interoperability, including the impact of SEP 2.0, OPENADR, and other standards efforts designed to expedite deployment of Connected Home devices.
The panel, moderated by Parks Associates' Director of Research for Home Controls and Energy Tom Kerber, will be held on Thursday, March 1 at 9:45 a.m., Texas Ballroom 1. Ember's ZigBee and IP-based wireless technologies enable devices like lights, thermostats, security sensors, smart meters and in-home displays to form an "Internet of Things" that create safer, greener, more comfortable living environments.
