Smart Energy Insights

Brad Paine, Director of Product Marketing, Honeywell Environmental & Combustion Controls, at Honeywell, answers several questions about the challenges and opportunities currently affecting the energy management market:

What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market? 

We have terrific opportunities to partner with utilities that requires some sharing of energy data. It is difficult for homeowners ...read more

Jacob Nielson, Business Development Leader for Emerson, answers industry questions prior to speaking at Smart Energy Summit in February:

What are the biggest opportunities for the smart home industry to work with the electricity industry?

There are major opportunities–especially now that some of the more energy-hungry industries are adopting smart technologies. For years upgraded lighting and upgraded HVAC systems have been the answer. Now the great opportunity is to hav ...read more

Parks Associates welcomes and thanks the newest sponsor of the Smart Energy Summit in Austin. NRG will be joining the three-day executive conference as an Event Sponsor.

Sicily Dickenson, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for NRG Energy will be a keynote speaker during the event. Her presentation, "Love Your Power," will take place the morning of Tuesday, February 17, and will examine consumer engagement and marketing strategies for utilities.

NRG is lead ...read more

Sujata Neidig, VP of Marketing at Thread Group, discusses the challenges the smart energy market is facing:

What are the major challenges that your business must address in 2015? 2020?

Interest in the connected home has been rapidly increasing, yet there are a few challenges that must be overcome in order to make the smart home a reality. First, a simple and reliable network must be put in place that will allow multiple devices to easily connect and work together seamles ...read more

Barry Haaser, Managing Director for the OpenADR Alliance and President at Lakeview Group, answers several industry questions about issues that are currently affecting the energy management market:

What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?

The most challenging issue for the OpenADR Alliance involves development of automated demand response (ADR) programs by utilities based on the OpenADR sta ...read more

Gene Wang, CEO at People Power, responds to the industry question: “What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?”

An inconvenient truth about the average consumer today is that they are not passionate about inconveniencing themselves in order to save a few dollars. And they are generally not willing to pay money for a lower priority benefit of energy conservation. This was a tremendous challenge w ...read more

Parks Associates would like to thank ecobee for joining the 2015 Smart Energy Summit as an Event Sponsor. The sixth-annual Smart Energy Summit will take place February 16-18, 2015, at the Four Seasons Resort in Austin, Texas. Follow the event on Twitter at @SmartEnergySmt.

ecobee is an award-winning provider of energy solutions that helps people understand, manage and reduce their energy consumption. Our Wi-Fi thermostats, online web portals and smart phone apps are not only ...read more

Parks Associates welcomes and thanks Smart Utility Systems for sponsoring the 2015 Smart Energy Summit in Austin, TX. SUS will be joining the event as the Reception Sponsor and will host the event's only networking reception on Tuesday, February 17 at 5:15pm. 

Smart Utility Systems (SUS) is a business solutions company that leverages cutting-edge technology to help the utility industry maximize value from their current and planned investments. SUS solutions include Smart Cus ...read more