Consumers are interested in smart home technologies. Parks Associates research shows that 66% of consumers are specifically interested in smart home bundles, where services like home automation, energy management, and security are combined in a single solution.

For seamless integration into homes, then, interoperability is key. Recently, the OpenADR Alliance and the Wi-SUN Alliance announced an agreement that would allow a faster rollout of utility demand response programs. Working together, both alliances would help enable interoperability between networks and utilities, with new energy efficiency programs based on OpenADR specifications.

The Wi-SUN Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power wireless utility products based on open global standard IEEE 802.15.4g. The OpenADR Alliance fosters the development, adoption, and compliance of the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) standards through collaboration, education, training, testing and certification. The OpenADR Alliance is also a sponsor of the Smart Energy Summit, hosted by Parks Associates.

For more information on the partnership, click here.

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