The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy, residential, commercial and industrial applications, has announced its members are joining forces and leveraging their global wireless and utility expertise to fight the predicted global energy crisis.
With this commitment, the Alliance has increased membership and expanded its ability to deliver solutions that are helping consumers, businesses and utilities improve efficiency, reduce the need for new power plants and save money.
Some of the world’s leading and innovative energy companies, ranging from utilities to suppliers, have recently joined the Alliance and are relying on ZigBee solutions. Utilities such as CenterPoint Energy, Southern California Edison and Sempra Utilities are working alongside member companies such as Cellnet, Phillips, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and Johnson Controls to use existing low cost, easily installable ZigBee products and services. As a result, more ZigBee products are being shipped now to utility companies around the world than ever before.
Advanced metering “The ZigBee standard provides a crucial link to make our advanced metering infrastructure upgrade an even more robust reality,” said Tom Standish, CenterPoint Energy Group President, Regulated Operations. “Our AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) program enhances the efficiency and reliability of our operations and, through the use of ZigBee enabled equipment in the home, ultimately gives consumers more ways to manage and use energy in a more cost effective and energy-efficient way.”
The ZigBee AMI Profile provides the critical "last foot" connection from a smart meter to existing ZigBee networks conducting home and commercial building automation. It also provides a standards-based approach for utility programs such as demand response and demand-based pricing programs which will drive global energy efficiency to unprecedented levels.
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