Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that is has joined the U-SNAP Alliance, an open industry association dedicated to creating a low-cost, protocol-agnostic, and interoperable communications standard for connecting home appliances, thermostats, and controls to Smart Grid networks. Trilliant has Continue reading →
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U-Snap Alliance members promote smart grid for home nets by aiming to roll out the first products in Q3 based on its specifications for carrying smart grid data over home networks. It is one of a handful of new efforts seeking ways to unite today’s fragmented wired and wireless technologies for emerging energy applications. So-called Continue reading →
U-Snap Alliance members are targeting to field in Q3 the first products based on its specifications for carrying smart grid data over home networks. It is one of a handful of new efforts seeking ways to unite today’s fragmented wired and wireless technologies for emerging energy applications. So-called demand response applications are expected to be Continue reading →
Two of the industry's leading smart grid solutions providers, Comverge, Inc. ( COMV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), and Sensus, today announced a strategic alliance to support current and future utility energy management and conservation programs. The alliance will focus on integrating Comverge’s Apollo(R) Demand Response Management System (DRMS) across the Sensus Continue reading →
The Universal Powerline Assn. (UPA), www.upaplc.org, Peterborough, U.K., is an industry consortium involved in the global education and promotion of open and interoperable powerline communication technologies. The U-SNAP (Utility Smart Network Access Port) Alliance, www.u-snap.org, Washington, D.C., is involved with efforts to create standards in the utilities space that allow any HAN (home-area network) standard Continue reading →
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA), a leading industry consortium involved in the global education and promotion of Open and Interoperable Powerline communication technologies, and the U-SNAP (Utility Smart Network Access Port) Alliance announce the signing of agreements that jointly foster collaboration and education among utilities, AMI suppliers, HAN vendors, industry consultants, academics and regulators who Continue reading →
Radio Thermostat Co. of America has a new smart thermostat that can be outfitted with so-called “U-SNAP” modules to let it communicate via ZigBee, WiFi, Z-Wave, or other protocols to come. In the tug-of-war between competing communication standards like ZigBee, WiFi, Z-Wave and others aiming to capture the market for the smart energy home of Continue reading →
