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Derek Okada , Senior Manager, Policy & Planning, Southern California Edison (SCE), provided insight on several key industry trends for Parks Associates’  eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which will be held February 20-22 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market? Customer adoption of energy management technologies...

David Meyers , CCO, Grid4C, provided insight on several key industry trends for Parks Associates’  eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which will be held February 20-22 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: What are the major barriers impacting consumer adoption of energy related products and services? Most energy products and services don’t make enough of an impact on consumers’ lives to capture their attention. Rehashing...

Olaf Lohr, Director of Business Development at Sonnen, Inc., provided insight on several key industry trends for Parks Associates’  eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which will be held February 20-22 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market? Managing and maintaining the growth. We are entering an established...

Rob Munin , President and CEO, LUX Products, provided insight on several key industry trends for Parks Associates’  eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , which will be held February 20-22 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market? The biggest impact that smart thermostats offer consumers is their ability to put home comfort...

Major appliances have always offered convenience, reduction of labor, and better results over formerly manual tasks, such as washing clothes in the river or cooking over an open fire. International research firm Parks Associates will join Appliance Design to host the webinar “ Advancing Ease of Use through Sensors and Appliance Automation ,” which will examine how today’s smart appliances are leveraging innovative sensor technologies to evaluate appliance task status,...

The annual SPEER Summit , a premier energy efficiency conclave for Texas and Oklahoma, will return to Austin on February 7-8 for two full days of industry strategy sessions, plus keynotes, plenary panels, and networking. The 2017 Summit, which will be held at the Westin in Downtown Austin, will cover topics including lighting innovation, industrial efficiency trends, commercial buildings automation, connected homes, and utility regulation and incentives. Hear from industry...

We recently released a  complimentary whitepaper  examining the top trends in the connected home, health, and mobile industries.  Top 10 Consumer IoT Trends in 2017 , which features insight from Parks Associates’ analyst team, examines key topics driving growth and monetization of the IoT. To cross the chasm, the smart home industry will continue to develop new use cases for security, peace of mind, and energy management. Despite years of collective...

Prior to serving on the Advisory Board for the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) will host an industry webinar “NEEP HEMS Report: The Smart Energy Home” on Friday, October 28 at noon CT. The webinar will provide a walk through on NEEP’s latest report, The Smart Energy Home: Strategies to Transform the Region , and will address how the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic can set a path to harness the excitement...