Smart Homes 2012 will track the shift from utility and energy led smart home concept to a broader focus on the world of the connected home. Over the past 3 years this event has tracked the evolution of smart home from EU led technology trials to real deployments.
Trailblazers such as RWE and Deutsche Telekom will present on the performance of their already established products whilst other key stakeholders such as Indesit, Enexis, Vattenfall and Whirlpool will present first-hand results from their new projects after initial market deployment.
With 21st century energy challenges coupled with an increasing volume of ‘smart’ gadgets and appliances in the home, telecoms, utilities, appliance manufacturers and solution providers are realising they can supply the interoperability to bring these devices together, creating new convenience and control for the customer. Underpinning all of this is of course a global need, and desire on the part of the customer, to maintain energy output and save money at a time of inexorable price rises.
The event highlights:
Connect with 500+ smart home market shapers and build the connections you need to help deploy an end-to-end smart home solution
- Explore the full potential of the smart home and understand the role of new services such as healthcare, media and security in defining future revenue streams
- Debate with 45+ high level industry speakers on the future of the future of the smart home, market dynamics and consumer preferences
- Offering cutting edge technology and expertise in the smart home? Gain leverage over your competitors by participating in the exclusive supplier pavilion that will showcase the leading solutions providers
Project highlights for 2012 include:
- Building on the relationship first developed at Smart Homes 2011, Indesit-Enexis will report on initial findings from a project taking place in Breda and Zwolle. The Netherlands. Around 600 households are connected to a demand side management system where users can monitor their electricity consumption and local production through displays and via washing machines.
- As one of the leaders pushing for a collaborative approach to smart home development, Deutsche Telekom present their views on the means and benefits to 'creating a winning partnership'
- DONG Energy delivers initial feedback from a project being pioneered in and around the suburbs of Copenhagen. It aims to create a value proposition for those consumers who are typically not engaged with HEM strategies, and modifies their energy consumption habits.
- The Dallas programme run by the Technology Strategy Board is delivering independent living for over 10,000 participants in 3-5 communities across the UK. This programme builds upon the experience and success of a range of projects that were part of the Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) in the UK. A real-life project that goes beyond pilots to deliver innovation and interoperable technology solutions at scale.
- The new 6th Sense Live project being piloted by Whirlpool and partners is testing a variety of energy management solutions for domestic customers.
- The latest results from Vattenfall on their pioneering projects EManager and EnergyWatch in the Netherlands and Sweden which is illustrating the power of consumer information to manage energy usage.
- News from RWE one year on from the introduction of their pioneering smart home product in Germany offers feedback on results achieved so far on changes in consumer behavior. It assesses software and hardware developments and sets plans for continued roll out.
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