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Parks Associates is excited to feature insights from a speaker from our upcoming Smart Energy Summit , Dr. Matthieu Loos . Dr Loos is the Director of Decarbonization for Hoa Cleantech and has nine years of consulting and project management experience across North America and Europe in the electric vehicle infrastructure deployment and operations. Dr. Loos will be speaking in the panel, Building the Fast Charging Infrastructure: Speeding up EV Adoption , on Tuesday, February...

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...

Rand Bailin , Partner,  Sprosty Network  gave his insights on consumers and smart home devices prior to the Parks Associates’  CONNECTIONS Summit at CES . Rand will participate on the expert   panel  Energy Management Solutions: Smart Home Crossover on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 2 :00 pm .  Panelists who will join him on this session include: Christopher Brereton , VP of Product, Inspire Anna Demeo , President,...

In 2018, existing smart home households drove the market by expanding their adoption of devices. Households already owning at least one smart home device continued to purchase more devices, bringing the average number of devices in these households to six units compared to 3 devices in 2016. The latest trends and developments in smart home devices and services include expansion of smart technology into the home builder channel, large tech companies taking measures to increase their...

As technology moves forward, energy efficiency and “green” solutions—particularly in the residential space—continue to gain prominence. As of Q4 2018, about 25% of US broadband households own at least one smart home device, with smart thermostats leading the way and smart lighting solutions close behind. Still, overall adoption rates for individual energy management device categories remain at 10%, and product manufacturers struggle to push their products beyond high-income...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit , in Austin, Bob King, Vice President, Policy, Smart Energy Water, shared insights on how energy providers can generate revenue in the smart home. Bob will be participating on the Optimizing Control with Energy Data session on Wednesday, February 20, at 3:30 PM. Panelists joining him on this session include: Gary High, SVP Marketing and Product Management, Landis + Gyr Michael Phillips, Co-founder and CEO,...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 10th annual Smart Energy Summit , in Austin, Advisory Board member and conference speaker, Joel Miller, Principle Supervisor, DTE Energy shared insights on how energy providers can do more to move the market forward. Joel will be participating on the Incentivizing the Smart Home: Utility Marketplace session on Wednesday, February 20, at 8:45 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include: Brian McKee, Director of Online Store, AM...

Parks Associates research shows that saving money increases interest in smart home devices among 60% of broadband households with no previous purchase intentions . Utility and energy providers in particular can use this interest to their advantage in order to incentivize consumers to purchase energy-efficient devices like smart thermostats and cut back usage during peak hours, saving money and power. According to research from Parks Associates, over 11% of U.S. broadband households...