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People Power announces “Unplug for Earth Day 2010” campaign on Facebook

People Power Company, an energy efficiency company providing residential monitoring and control systems and services, announces its “Unplug for Earth Day 2010” campaign on Facebook at the SMART Energy Summit.

http://apps.facebook.com/unplugit

People Power is on a mission to "Unplug for Earth Day 2010" and asks everyone to reduce their personal CO2 emissions on April 22, 2010, and invite friends to join now on this great mission. Unplugging appliances in the home is easy and significantly reduces carbon pollution. Unplugging is important because many appliances continue to draw power even in the standby/off position.

The Unplug application on Facebook features the GreenX™ Calculator, which calculates carbon pollution reduction and helps users see their positive impact in terms of taking cars off the road and/or miles not driven by simply unplugging appliances. Users can then invite friends, view their plugs unplugged, and track their collective commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Leveraging Facebook, the GreenX™ Calculator empowers people to band together and make a substantial and positive impact on the environment.

To help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2010, People Power is proud to introduce its very own “People Power Band” and announces its music debut single, “Happy Birthday Mother Earth.” Free downloads of the song are available on their website at www.peoplepowerco.com/press.

Consumers prefer home monitoring fees to be part of utility bills.

Nearly two thirds of consumers are prepared to pay for a home monitoring service letting them view excess energy consumption or security settings around the house when not at home. This is according to research carried out by UK-based connected home provider Intamac.

The research carried out across consumers in the UK and North America to find out their attitudes towards remote home monitoring and control showed that there’s a keen interest in better managing energy consumption. Yet, while consumers in both regions are eager to have better remote control over their homes, paying for a separate service is another matter.

According to research from the Energy Saving Trust, consumers find energy bills the hardest to understand, with 82% of people not even knowing what energy tariff they’re on. Added to that the current recession with people wanting to conserve energy and money it’s clear that a remote home monitoring and control system appeals. The trick is to make the payment for it appealing too.

For the full press release, click here.

Direct Energy Business Busts Myths About Electricity Rates in Pennsylvania

With the rate caps falling off in PPL’s service territory in January 2010, many business owners and managers are finding they have more questions than answers about their electricity options.

Myth: If I buy my electricity from a retail energy provider there is no way for it to reach my business, as the utility manages the wires.
Fact: The utility is responsible for the wires coming into your building, and for maintaining electrical services. However, a retail energy provider can provide the electricity being transmitted over those wires.

Direct Energy Business has signed up thousands of customers in PPL, and recently unveiled their VIP Friends and Family Program. This program allows large commercial and industrial customers to offer their employees discounts when they sign up to receive their electricity from Direct Energy Residential.

For the full press release, click here.

Control4 Hires Seasoned Executive Richard Walker to Lead Energy Systems Division

Control4®, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announced today the appointment of Richard Walker to the post of President, Energy Systems. Walker is responsible for the growth and management of the company’s new operating division dedicated to bringing affordable energy management solutions to consumers, utilities, partners, and businesses.

Control4 Energy Systems was formed in July 2009 and debuted its first product, the Control4 Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100), in September. Since then, the Control4 EMS 100 has rapidly drawn industry attention as one of the easiest to use, most compelling energy management systems in the emerging home area network space and leading utilities have responded enthusiastically.

For the full press release, click here.

APOGEE Interactive and Control4 Collaborate to Connect Consumers to the Smart Grid

Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and APOGEE Interactive announced a strategic relationship today to incorporate Apogee’s energy analysis software into the Control4® home area network solution, the Energy Management System 100.

This strategic relationship marks the first time Apogee’s software will be available on an in-home device, and will enable the Control4 Energy Management System 100 to turn multiple streams of energy-related data into actionable information consumers can use to monitor and make changes to their home energy usage. For example, the Energy Management System will be able to forecast how much energy a consumer will use based on past usage patterns, allowing the consumer to make changes to lower their utility bill before it arrives.

By leveraging the Control4 Energy Management System 100, utilities can provide consumers a transparent view of their usage and billing information – right on their in-home display. The total Control4 product experience can increase customer participation in demand response and energy efficiency programs. This increased customer satisfaction will in turn reduce energy management and customer service costs.

For the full press release, click here.

Industry Leaders Converge at Parks Associates’ Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer

Parks Associates will host over 150 executives from leading utilities and companies active in energy management and smart infrastructure at next week’s Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The executive conference, hosted in cooperation with Austin Energy, will take place January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency, Austin, Tex., and will focus on the consumer, distribution channels, and the opportunities and challenges in residential energy technologies.

Event sponsors include Cisco, Control4, Direct Energy, Exceptional Innovation, HAI Smartgrid Solutions, HomeGrid Forum, HomePlug Forum, iControl Networks, INSTEON, Intamac Systems, ista, Lockheed Martin, OpenPeak Inc., People Power, RCS, Watteco, and Xanboo.

Keynote speakers at the conference are Andres Carvallo, CIO, Austin Energy; Dr. George W. Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce; and Bob Heffron, Utility Market Manager, Verizon.

The conference features research from Parks Associates’ Residential Energy Management service, including data on consumer readiness to adopt new technologies and current usage of energy management tools.

For more information, visit www.smartenergysummit2010.com.

Lockheed Martin Supports SES in 2010

Parks Associates welcomes Lockheed Martin as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

Lockheed Martin provides a comprehensive portfolio of renewable energy products, energy efficiency services, Smart Grid cyber security and grid management software solutions. Lockheed Martin’s Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite™, of advanced grid management applications gives customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and real-time command and control of their smart grid assets.

SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development with utility-specific functionality. SEEsuite helps customers dynamically manage load during times of grid stress or volatile market prices, integrate and balance load from distributed energy resources, increase situational awareness for advanced decision making, and manage distributed microgrids.

For more information about Lockheed Martin, please visit http://www.lockheedmartin.com/.

Xanboo Supports SES in 2010

Parks Associates welcomes Xanboo as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

Founded in 1999, Xanboo was an early pioneer in the development of Interactive services, remote access to video, as well as sensing and control devices over the Internet. Xanboo's self - provisioning gateway is the only "wireless, plug and play" system that allows streaming video over a customer's standard broadband connection regardless of their modem/router combination. Xanboo has been issues ten patents covering items such as system architecture, signaling technology and functional designs of its Interactive services platform.

For more information about Xanboo, please visit http://www.xanboo.com/.

Energy Executive Conference to be held in Austin, January 25-27

Parks Associates announced that Robert Heffron, Utility Market Manager, Verizon, will deliver the morning keynote at the Smart Energy Summit on Wednesday, January 27, at 9:00 a.m.

In his keynote, “Home Energy Management is Ripe for Huge Innovation,” Mr. Heffron will discuss the role of the carrier in addressing sustainability and home energy management.

As the home becomes more connected, it is open to a variety of new energy applications, including smarter appliances, load shedding, distributed energy production and resale, electric vehicle grid integration, and even neighborhood energy networking. The consumer is looking for a trusted partner to manage these solutions, maximize savings, and maintain privacy, a role the carrier is in a unique position to fulfill.

For more information, visit www.smartenergysummit2010.com.

Control 4 Supports SES 2010

Parks Associates welcomes Control4 as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

Control4, a leading provider of the operating system for the smart home, delivers intelligent control of consumer electronics products, appliances and networking systems through an easy-to-use and intuitive software interface. Founded in 2003, the company delivers affordable automation and control of lighting, music, video, HVAC, security, and energy management systems to the broad market through more than 1,600 custom integrators, retail outlets, and distributors in over 40 countries. Control4 is the platform of choice for major consumer electronics companies, hotels, businesses and utilities that require an intelligent, open and affordable control solution.

For more information about Control4, please visit http://www.control4.com/.

Intellon Corporation Proposal Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for Smart Grid Investment Grant Award

Intellon Corporation, a leading provider of HomePlug®-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid applications, today announced that its application for funding in response to the U.S. Smart Grid Investment Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement has been selected for award negotiations by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). Intellon is the only semiconductor company to have a proposal selected by the DoE under this program. If the award negotiations with the DoE are successful, Intellon will receive $4.9 million of U.S. Recovery Act funding for the project, while contributing an additional $4.9 million in matching funds for a total investment of $9.8 million.

Intellon's proposal provides for the company to modify existing powerline technology to develop a new integrated circuit specifically designed and manufactured to meet the data rate, power, cost and reliability requirements for communications over home powerlines to support the emerging smart grid infrastructure.

The new ICs will communicate across existing electrical wiring in the home (120/240 VAC, or 24 VAC low voltage wiring to thermostats), enabling smart meters, energy usage display monitors, programmable communicating thermostats, smart appliances and other electrically powered equipment to transmit usage data and receive control signals.

For the full press release, please click here.

Residential Control Systems Supports SES 2010

Parks Associates welcomes Residential Control Systems as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

Residential Control Systems (RCS) designs and manufactures networked Thermostats, HVAC controls and Energy Management products for residential, hospitality and light commercial buildings.

Since 1993, RCS products have enabled comfort and energy usage to be monitored, measured, controlled and managed. RCS products communicate via a wide range of wired and wireless protocols including ZigBee, Z-Wave, WiFi, Ethernet and Power Line Carrier.

Integrated with Web based services and Utility pricing programs, RCS products provide optimal energy and cost conservation while affording the user enhanced environmental control and connectivity. In all, RCS’s suite of smart connected products enables intelligent control of the space, with maximum efficiency, at minimum cost.

RCS is headquartered in California with offices in Sacramento and San Diego.

For more information on Residential Control Systems, please visit http://www.resconsys.com/.

Smart Energy Summit Speakers Announced

International research firm Parks Associates announced the speakers for the Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. This conference, hosted in cooperation with Austin Energy, takes place January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Tex.

Keynote speakers include Andres Carvallo, CIO, Austin Energy; Dr. George W. Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce; and Bob Heffron, Utility Market Manager, Verizon.

Confirmed Speakers:

Didier Boivin, SVP, Marketing, Watteco

Kris Bowring, Sr. Director, Emerging Business, Best Buy

Susan Cashen, VP, Marketing, Control4

Steve Cashman, Chief Strategy Officer, Exceptional Innovation

Luke Clemente, General Manager, Smart Grid, GE Energy

Mike Coop, Director, Smart Grid Strategy, HomeGrid Forum

Reid Cram, Product Manager, Vantage Controls

Joe Dada, President & CEO, SmartLabs

Aaron Deyonker, Dir., Product Management, eMeter

David Dollihite, VP, Product & Bus. Dev., Mass Markets Energy, Direct Energy

Greg Ennis, Technical Dir., Wi-Fi Alliance

David Friedman, Senior Dir., Strategic Marketing, ZeroG Wireless, Inc.

Dan Gittleman, Chairman & CEO, OpenPeak

Vince Groff, Executive Dir.r, Cox Communications

Brent Hodges, Dir., Smart Energy Partnerships, Reliant Energy

Scott Hublou, SVP, Products, Co-Founder, EcoFactor

Jim Johnson, President & CEO, uControl

Stephen R. Johnson, Jr., Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Itron

Ogi Kavazovic, Sr. Director, Marketing & Strategy, Opower

Michael Kuhlmann, President, RCS

Brewster McCracken, Executive Dir., Pecan Street Project

Letha McLaren, VP, Energy Products, iControl Networks

Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems

Roy Perry, Dir., Technology Integration, CableLabs

Thomas Pickral, Dir., Business Development, HAI

Carol Priefert, Sr. Mgr, Global Consumer Insights & Tech., Global Product Org., Whirlpool

Jon Rappaport, Chairman, USNAP; Product Mgr, Sensus Metering Systems

Bill Scheffler, Director, North American Sales, Z-Wave

Bill Simpson, Sr. Energy Efficiency Program Manager, Progress Energy

Michael Smith, VP Energy Solutions, Lutron Electronics Co.

Dr. Kenneth Wacks, Member, GridWise Architecture Council, U.S. Department of Energy

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power

Nate Williams, CMO, 4Home

Tim Woods, Founding Partner, POCO Labs

Visit www.smartenergysummit2010.com for more information or to register for the event.

Parks Associates Research Findings

Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer examines the roadmap for the in-home energy management technology market, offering consumer and industry research and strategic insight. Parks Associates research finds:

· Over 80% of consumers are very interested in learning about how to cut their energy costs, but less than half want to learn more about smart grids.

· 80% to 85% of households are willing to pay $80 to $100 for cost saving equipment if they are guaranteed to save 10% to 30% off their monthly electricity bill.

· Only 15% to 20% of consumers are likely to sign up for time-of-use or demand response programs; 35% do not want utilities to control systems in their home no matter what the potential savings.

· Less than 5% of households have any type of electronic lighting system, but 55% are very interested in light dimming systems that can save them money.

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New Verizon Keynote Announced, Smart Energy Summit

Parks Associates is proud to welcome Robert Heffron, Utility Market Manager of Verizon as a keynote presenter at the SMART Energy Summit on January 27th.

Robert Heffron is responsible for coordinating and developing the company’s utility and network enabling intelligent initiatives. In this role, he works with multiple organizations and disciplines across Verizon to develop and deliver key utility and energy market capabilities that leverage the strengths of Verizon and provide market changing solutions. In the last year, Mr. Heffron has been developing Verizon’s efforts to address Smart Grid requirements as they relate to information technology. In this capacity he has worked across Verizon’s diverse business units, with key utility customers and with various state and federal agencies to understand the challenges and explain Verizon’s direction and capabilities as it relates to utility industry direction.

Direct Energy, Whirlpool Corporation, Best Buy, Lennox, OpenPeak Launch 'Home Energy Manager' prototype for consumers

Energy consumption is a hot topic but, despite the hype around being more efficient and "going green," the market has yet to deliver a one-stop, cost-saving, home energy management solution that's easy for consumers to understand and use. Direct Energy, Whirlpool Corporation, Best Buy, Lennox International and OpenPeak - all leaders in their respective industries - are hoping to change that tomorrow when they unveil a prototype of the Home Energy Manager (HEM) at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

The HEM is also designed to serve as an information and entertainment center in the home, providing access to news, weather, health, social networking, music and movie applications. In addition, there will be an online application store where consumers can build on the platform by downloading other applications that interest them. According to preliminary data, the HEM prototype could save consumers up to 25 percent per month on their energy bill.

The HEM leverages the opportunity created by the deployment of smart meters to residential homes, allowing consumers to track and control their energy use and costs on an easy-to-use, touch-screen device with an intuitive, graphic user interface. With the HEM, consumers will be able to manage their energy spending proactively by setting pre-determined budget limits and ensuring that appliances operate within specific parameters. Consumers will also be able to program the system directly or remotely to avoid energy consumption during peak periods.

For the full press release, click here.

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION TO DEMONSTRATE SMART GRID-COMPATIBLE DRYER DURING INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

Whirlpool Corporation is showcasing a smart grid-compatible clothes dryer during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7-10, 2010. The Whirlpool smart dryer demonstration illustrates how smart grid-compatible dryers will operate in consumers’ homes, reacting intelligently to peak-demand signals from a smart electrical grid and automatically modifying energy consumption.

Whirlpool Corporation’s commitment to produce one million smart appliances by the end of 2011 is a significant step toward the company’s larger commitment to make all the electronic appliances it produces, throughout the world, smart grid-compatible by the end of 2015. This timeline is dependent on the development by the end of 2010 of an open, global standard and appropriate policies to reward consumers, manufacturers and utilities. Helping to accelerate the work the company is doing, Whirlpool Corp. was recently awarded a $19.33 million-dollar federal matching grant by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart Grid Investment Grant program.

Considerable energy efficiency improvements have been made to individual appliances during the past several decades. By connecting household appliances, homes and communities to a smart grid, smart appliances can easily and conveniently shift a portion of household energy use to “off peak” hours, drastically reducing peak energy consumption without compromising core product performance and while keeping control in the hands of consumers. In markets where utilities offer variable or time-of-use pricing, a typical consumer could save up to $40 per year, per appliance, while also benefiting the environment.

For more information, please visit http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/.

GE Smart Home-Energy Panel Tells Consumers What’s Happening with Their Power Profile

GE is introducing an in-home, multi-function energy information panel that will give consumers insight and control to help them manage energy usage and understand costs. The panels are the result of a development effort between GE and OpenPeak, Inc., a leading communications technology developer. The device looks like a tabletop picture frame and can be placed virtually anywhere within a home. The panels are available to consumers through their utilities today. Functionality is dependent on the utility’s selection of applications.

With information from GE smart meters combined with dynamic pricing programs* from utilities , the panel will tell consumers the best times to perform high-energy-consumption tasks, such as drying clothes, running pool pumps and washing dishes. The panels even will be able to be programmed to control smart appliances, thermostats and heating and cooling devices—reacting to pricing and demand changes instantly.

Through industry collaborations, GE will deliver one of the broadest portfolio offerings of carbon-smart technologies in the industry to modernize electrical systems from the power plant to the consumer.

For the full press release, click here.

OpenFrame 7E MultiMedia Home Energy Management Device Achieves

OpenPeak Inc., a leading provider of VoIP multimedia touch-screen device and telephony systems, announced today that its OpenFrame® 7E VoIP multimedia home energy management and communications platform has achieved ZigBee Smart Energy Certification by the ZigBee® Alliance. The OpenFrame 7E uses the ZigBee Smart Energy home area network standard to help consumers improve their energy efficiency by giving them the tools to manage their energy consumption more precisely by using automation and near real-time information.

The device collects consumption and usage data from various meters and devices within each home. OpenFrame 7E then filters and aggregates the data to transmit only the required or most relevant information about usage patterns back to the utility to eliminate the overburden of transmitting all household consumption data. Additionally, the OpenPeak platform provides an application-driven system to enable the release new energy management services to customers. By leveraging OpenPeak's back-end services platform, a utility can roll out new or updated applications that could include renewable energy monitoring, electric vehicle charging, prepaid utility bills and more.

OpenPeak's world-class, end-to-end design, engineering and delivery system allows telecom and utility providers to deliver a rich, interactive media experience to customers with the convenience and comfort of a durable touch-screen interface, along with VoIP telephone, where applicable.

For the full press release, click here.

HomePlug® Powerline Alliance Announces HomePlug "Green PHY" Specification for Smart Grid Applications

At the 2010 International CES, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance, the world's leading industry group for powerline network solutions, announced expected finalization of the HomePlug "Green PHY" (HomePlug GP) specification in the first quarter of 2010. HomePlug GP is a low power, cost-optimized powerline networking specification targeting Smart Grid applications such as HVAC, smart meters, home appliances and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. HomePlug GP is developed as a profile of the IEEE 1901 powerline communications standard and will be included in HomePlug's well-established Compliance and Interoperability Certification Logo program.

Intellon Corporation (now Atheros Communications, Inc.) was recently selected for award negotiation by the U.S. Department of Energy for a $4.9 million matching grant for its HomePlug GP development. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has also worked with the ZigBee Alliance to develop the ZigBee/HomePlug Smart Energy Profile, a common application layer enabling interoperability between applications which may run in ZigBee wireless and HomePlug powerline devices.

HomePlug devices account for 75 percent of the world's broadband powerline communications market, and over 40 million devices have shipped to date. The program has certified more than 190 products and will also begin certifying IEEE 1901 products in 2010.

For the full press release, click here.

HomePlug Sponsors SES 2010

Parks Associates welcomes HomePlug as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is an industry-led initiative with more than 70 member companies that creates specifications and certification logo programs for using the powerlines for reliable home networking and Smart Grid applications. The Alliance accelerates worldwide adoption for HomePlug technology by collaborating with international standards organizations such as the IEEE and through market development and user education programs. Sponsor members include Atheros Communications (ATHR); Cisco (CSCO); Comcast (CMCSK); GE Energy, an affiliate of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE); Gigle Networks; Motorola, Inc. (MOT); NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723); and SPiDCOM Technologies. Contributor members include Arkados (OTCBB: AKDS); Corporate Systems Engineering; Renesas Technology Corp., Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) and Yitran Communications Ltd.

For more information on HomePlug, please visit http://www.homeplug.org/.

Parks Associates welcomes HomeGrid Forum, Intamac, ista, People Power, and Watteco as sponsors of Smart Energy Summit

Leaders in smart grid and energy management announce support for event, January 25-27

Parks Associates today announced HomeGrid Forum, Intamac Systems, ista, People Power, and Watteco as the latest sponsors for Smart Energy Summit on January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency, Austin, Tex. They join a growing list of sponsors including Direct Energy, Exceptional Innovation, HAI Smartgrid Solutions, iControl Networks, INSTEON, and OpenPeak Inc.

Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, hosted by Parks Associates in cooperation with Austin Energy, focuses on the opportunities and challenges in residential energy technologies.

The conference features research from Parks Associates' Residential Energy Management project, which reports that almost one-third of all U.S. households recently purchased an energy-efficient appliance or CE system. For the majority, the main motivation for the purchase was to save money on electric bills. Only 11% purchased primarily because the device was environmentally friendly.

Other supporters include AltEnergyMag, CABA, CEDIA, Energy Priorities, Home Toys, Mercom Capital Group, PHOTON, Smart Grid Today, VB/Research, and WinSmartGrid.

For more information, visit www.smartenergysummit2010.com.

Pecan Street Project Director to discuss Austin’s smart-grid demonstration and Energy Internet project at Smart Energy Summit

Parks Associates announced the Smart Energy Summit will feature a special session focusing on the Pecan Street Project, with a presentation from the project’s executive director Brewster McCracken on January 27, 3:30 p.m. Mr. McCracken will discuss the activities of the Pecan Street Project, which was awarded $10.4 million in federal stimulus money in November 2009 for its proposed Energy Internet project.

Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, hosted by Parks Associates in cooperation with Austin Energy on January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency, Austin, Tex., focuses on the opportunities and challenges in residential energy technologies.

The Pecan Street Project in Austin, Texas, is a city-wide laboratory devoted to revolutionizing the delivery, use, and generation of energy. It provides a place where researchers and entrepreneurs can develop, test, and implement the urban power system of the future.

Watteco sponsors SES 2010

Parks Associates and the Smart Energy Summit welcomes Watteco as a new sponsor for 2010.

Watteco is a leading French-based worldwide company providing “no-new-wire” extremely low cost PLC modem solutions for the intelligent home control and energy efficiency emerging markets. Watteco has operated since 1998 in the field of PLC technology for command and control and has developed the worldwide patented technology WPC™ (Watt Pulse Communication), which is currently revolutionising the residential command and control market.

For more information about Watteco, please visit http://www.watteco.com/.

HomeGrid Forum Sponsors SES 2010

Parks Associates welcomes HomeGrid Forum as a Smart Energy Summit sponsor in 2010.

HomeGrid Forum is a global, non-profit trade group promoting the International Telecommunication Union’s G.hn standardization efforts for next-generation home networking. HomeGrid Forum promotes adoption of G.hn through technical and marketing efforts, addresses certification and interoperability of G.hn-compliant products, and cooperates with complementary industry alliances.

For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit http://www.homegridforum.org/.

People Power sponsors SES 2010

Parks Associates welcomes People Power as a new SMART Energy Summit sponsor for 2010.

People Power gives people the power to save money on their electric bills while going green. We empower our customers to control energy consumption at the appliance level and compare their usage with others while reducing their carbon footprint. People Power is a “greentech” company that enables residential consumer energy efficiency and conservation. We give people the power to save money by comparing electricity consumption to an energy budget, controlling home energy usage, and allowing them to compare their success within their social network and beyond.

For more information about People Power, please visit www.peoplepowerco.com.