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Echelon receives Home Automation Award
Echelon has received the first annual Net-atHome award for its continued commitment to the advancement of the home automation industry.
Echelon Corporation, a global networking company providing technology and solutions for controls, smart metering, and energy and environment management, announced today that has received the first annual Net-atHome award for its continued commitment to the advancement of the home automation industry Presented today by Homega Research at the 9th annual Net-atHome event in Cannes, France, the award recognizes contributions to the worldwide connected home markets made by particular companies or people
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We chose Echelon for the inaugural Net-atHome award because of its constant determination to offer to the worldwide market innovative solutions suited to consumer's needs," said Roger Torrenti, CEO of Homega Research.
"This determination combined with a philosophy and actions promoting openness and cooperation with the greatest number of players in the field, makes Echelon the ideal recipient of our inaugural award".
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Homega Research defines three categories for the Net-atHome 2006 Award companies, individuals and journalists and is presented as part of the Net-atHome event.
The event fosters cooperation between industry players and focuses on the home automation market, residential energy management, and developments in technology, standards, and regulations.
Net-atHome is the only event in Europe that covers the entire connected home domain and is considered by industry specialists and researchers as an essential meeting point to discuss products and services based on home communication infrastructures.
"Echelon is committed to creating an open, international market for home automation at both the product and the network levels," said Anders Axelsson, Echelon's senior vice-president of sales and marketing.
"Echelon's technology facilitates the creation of products that meet key consumer needs such as "plug and play" and "no new wires" installation, and provides a platform for service providers to easily deliver valuable services to homeowners".
"We are committed to working with industry groups and standards bodies to establish technology standards that foster open, competitive markets so homeowners can confidently purchase automation products and services from connected dishwashers to electricity".
Echelon's LONWORKS technology is embedded into consumer products for the home, enabling services such as energy management, security monitoring, and remote control and diagnostics.
A new generation of smart appliances that are more energy efficient and easier to use and maintain are being created based on the technology.
Leading companies such as Simon in Spain, Samsung Electronics in Korea, and a host of others, use the platform as the foundation for their control systems.
The LONWORKS platform is supported by leading standards organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
As an open standard it can connect to other home networking standards such as CECED, UPnPTM, OSGiTM, HANATM, IGRS and Ethernet.
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