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Paul Williams , General Manager of Product Management and Growth for GE Lighting , shared his thoughts on strategies for increasing consumer engagement ahead of the eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit . He will be participating in the Energy Management Platforms: Adding Value session along with: Shawn Barry , VP Strategic Sales, Alarm.com Roger Gregory , VP, Product, Ezlo Innovation Adam Justice , Founder and CEO, ConnectSense Christopher Keefe ,...

Ahead of the Smart Energy Summit , we asked Håkan Ludvigson , CEO and Founder of Eliq , to share his thoughts with us on renewable energy markets, consumer adoption and the shift toward clean energy. He will be joining us for the Energy Management Platforms: Adding Value panel, in addition to: Shawn Barry , VP Strategic Sales, Alarm.com Roger Gregory , VP, Product, Ezlo Innovation Adam Justice , Founder and CEO, ConnectSense Christopher Keefe ,...

Parks Associates' eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit , held February 17-19 in Austin, Texas, will address the challenge and opportunity for utilities as consumer adoption of connected products and participation in renewable power generation increase. Ahead of the conference, we asked one of our speakers, Justin Berghoff , Director of Business Development and Product Management for Leviton , to share some of his insights with us. Mr. Berghoff will be a panelist during the ...

The eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit will take place February 17-19, 2020, at the Omni Downtown in Austin, Texas. The Smart Energy Summit addresses the challenge and opportunity for utilities as consumer adoption of connected products and participation in renewable power generation increases. It also dives in to new approaches and solutions that are using connectivity and data to transform how energy is delivered. Ahead of the event, we asked Anna Demeo , President of...

  Peter Butler , General Manager of Trusource Labs/Everise , shared his thoughts with us on electric vehicles, distributed energy and renewable energy options ahead of Parks Associates' eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit . We are excited to feature him as a panelist in the session, Voice, AI, Machine Learning, Diagnostics: Impacting Energy Efficiency on Tuesday, Feb 18 5:00 pm, along with the following speakers:   Eric Danziger , Chief Revenue Officer,...

Smart bathroom products are emerging New product demonstrations at CES 2020 along with brand announcements throughout this quarter reveal that bathroom products are among the next wave of products in the home to become smart. Several companies including Kohler, Electric Mirror, and TOTO, provided displays for products such as smart shower heads, baths, mirrors, and toilets. Along with the smartening up of bathroom fixtures, Shine has developed a bathroom assistant robot that...

Allison Neves , President of A7 Advisors , shared some insights with us as a sneak peek for her presentation at the upcoming Smart Energy Summit in Austin this month. Allison will participate on the expert panel Lessons Learned: Partnerships and Adoption of Smart Energy Solutions on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 1:15 pm. Her panel will discuss how new business models and technologies provide opportunities to change the customer relationship and drive engagement and...

At CES 2020, many robot announcements were made with a focus around education, service, and emotional care or support. Last week, Samsung introduced two separate robot form factors: A tennis ball sized robot called Ballie. Ballie has a camera and is designed to patrol the home. It can serve as a fitness assistant, prompting consumers to get active, it can also interact with other devices in the home. For example, Ballie can instruct a smart vacuum cleaner to clean up messes throughout the...