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 to get and share historical energy usage.

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

A proliferation of systems and standards. 

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

Promoting energy efficiency and demand response in a consumer-first method.

What impact will smart products and smart home services have on consumer adoption of energy solutions? 

A very significant positive impact is happening around usage, engagement and ultimately savings.

Brad Paine will be speaking during the “Building Energy Management Offerings through Smart Devices and Services” at 1:00 PM during Smart Energy Summit in Austin, TX, February 17, 2015. Other speakers include representatives from Emerson, Nest, Rheem, and Sprint.

For more information on Smart Energy Summit speakers, sessions, or topics, visit www.ses2015.com. Register to attend today!

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