BeyWatch is pleased to share with you the information items collected as part of the watch activities carried out within the project in the field of ICT for energy efficiency in the home. The information provided below is limited to the public announcements made by the monitored organisations and selected, according to their relevance, by the watch team of the Beywatch project. If you wish you have your announcement published here, you are invited to send it to us and we will make sure to include it, provided it is relevant to the Beywatch field.
| June 25, 2010 |
Apple patent suggests move into smart-home energy management |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| June 25, 2010 |
ZigBee Smart Energy profile (SE 2.0) Draft 0.7 Specification released |
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- Europe
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| June 25, 2010 |
HomePlug Green PHY specification |
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- North America
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| June 25, 2010 |
Apple getting into Energy Management |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| June 25, 2010 |
AXcess News : bridging the gap between the smart grid green energy program and home appliances |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| June 24, 2010 |
Chris Huhne's efficiency drive to turn wasteful houses green |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| June 24, 2010 |
Energy efficient summer savings for your home |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| June 23, 2010 |
HP bakes automation into new servers, storage, energy-management wares |
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- Europe
- North America
- Market Information
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| June 23, 2010 |
Green watch : solar power will help cut costs at wastewater facility |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| June 22 ,2010 |
New report on nearly zero energy buildings in Europe perspectives and paths to 2020 |
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- Europe
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| June 18, 2010 |
Daikin Europe N.V. initiates cooperative venture for net zero energy office building - ready in July |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| June 15, 2010 |
Isover Energy Efficiency Awards 2011 |
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- Europe
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| May 14, 2010 |
HomePlug powerline alliance's green PHY specification for smart grid applications published |
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- Europe
- North America
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| June 7, 2010 |
The ZigBee Alliance and SunSpec Alliance collaborate on renewable energy management via ZigBee Smart Energy |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| May 28, 2010 |
Scientists to rebuild 'Coronation Street' house in lab to study energy use |
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- Europe
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
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| May 25, 2010 |
Energy performance of buildings Directive |
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- Europe
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| May 25, 2010 |
Green homes don't translate to sales success |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| May 24, 2010 |
Sony's energy saving TVs watch you while you sleep |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| May 24, 2010 |
How green is the iPad ? |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| May 18, 2010 |
A modem to distribute the energy between neighborhood |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| May 17, 2010 |
GE first to use ZigBee Protocols for smart appliances |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| May 05, 2010 |
Show Report : Home Automation at Light+Building 2010 |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| April 27, 2010 |
The new thinking on ICT, Energy consumption and the environment |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| April 27, 2010 |
Zero Carbon Homes need good tech and good tenants |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| April 23, 2010 |
49% of smart meters to include home area networking connectivity by 2013, according to Pike Research |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| April 22, 2010 |
DIN Rail PC offers choice of field business |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| April 20, 2010 |
Should we stay on British summer time all year round ? |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| April 19, 2010 |
Smart Grid : the European Commission plays prudence |
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- Europe
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| April 16, 2010 |
Ignite your energy creativity and generate green energy at home with DIY solar panels and wind turbines |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| April 16, 2010 |
Green home energy launches new solar power system |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| April 12, 2010 |
Inexpensive highly efficient solar cells possible |
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- North America
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| April 12, 2010 |
Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| April 12, 2010 |
How dangerous are air pollutants really? |
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- Europe
- North America
- Market Information
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| April 7, 2010 |
Abu Dhabi to build first full eco-city |
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- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
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| April 6, 2010 |
Proposed grid could make offshore wind power more reliable |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| March 23, 2010 |
Intelligent Energy Europe - Call to 24 June 2010 opened |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| March 22, 2010 |
ZigBee to Run Over Wi-Fi, Too |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| March 19, 2010 |
EU Sustainable Energy Week - 22 to 26 March 2010 |
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- Europe
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| March 19, 2010 |
Global Domestic Appliance Markets Resilient in Turbulent Times |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| March 18, 2010 |
Smart Software |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| March 18, 2010 |
Residential "renewables microgrid" goes live in Holland |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| March 18, 2010 |
EU could surpass renewable targets |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| March 18, 2010 |
Tendril's Vision: a Next Generation in-Home Energy display that promotes customer action |
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- North America
- Market Information
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| March 16, 2010 |
New EU-funded project targets 'home-made' energy |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| March 15, 2010 |
Yorkshire 'visionary' housing development biggest of its kind in UK |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| March 15, 2010 |
Impulses for modern smart meters for electricity and gas in Germany |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| March 15, 2010 |
Spanish Government launches a plan to reduce by 20% the energy used in 330 public buildings |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| March 11, 2010 |
National winners of GreenBuilding Award programme in Croatia |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| March 11, 2010 |
Ex-Tiscali Boss takes the helm at home energy monitoring service AlertMe |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| March 11, 2010 |
EUFORES Presidents ask for Strong National Renewable Energy Action Plans |
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- Europe
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| March 10, 2010 |
ENERSIP: cutting domestic energy consumption in Europe |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| March 8, 2010 |
Energy performance contracting providing 35% reduction of energy consumption in 14 secondary schools in Alsace (France) |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| March 1, 2010 |
EU Commission adopts biomass sustainability report |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| March 1, 2010 |
Europe 2020: a new economic strategy |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| February 26, 2010 |
SMARTER - a DEHEMS further development project launches |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| February 26, 2010 |
Intel forays into Home Energy Management |
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- Europe
- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| February 26, 2010 |
Notable domestic energy savings thanks to Home Energy Report programme |
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- North America
- Market Information
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| February 17, 2010 |
Commission creates two new Directorates-General for Energy and Climate Action |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| February 12, 2010 |
Energy Saving |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| February 2, 2010 |
European Local ENergy Assistance (ELENA) |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| February 1, 2010 |
Raising the Efficiency of Boilers Installation (BOILEFF) |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Technology development
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| January 19, 2010 |
Apple files patents for smart home energy management dashboard |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| January 15, 2010 |
Making it easier to save energy |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| January 12, 2010 |
New tariffs in France for electricity produced from renewable energy sources |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| January 16, 2010 |
German federal state Baden-Württemberg requires renewable energy also for heating system renovations |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
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| January 11, 2010 |
Are you ready for the Growth of Home Energy Management Networks? |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| January 5, 2010 |
Home energy management |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| December 23, 2009 |
EPIA congratulates EC on new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| December 16, 2009 |
17 Million Home Energy Management Systems Forecast to ship in 2014, according to ABI Research |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| December 16, 2009 |
Planning, building and the environment |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
- Home Networks
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| December 12, 2009 |
Market Drivers for Home Energy Management |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Technology development
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| December 7, 2009 |
Copenhagen starts at home |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Home Networks
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| December 7, 2009 |
Cop15 Opening Session: Let's get it done |
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- Europe
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| December 7, 2009 |
News from the industry: highlights from December 2009 |
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| November 17, 2009 |
A Common Carbon Language for All |
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- North America
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| September 23, 2009 |
IPSO Alliance Certification and Compliance Initiative |
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- Consumer Electronics
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Home Networks
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| December 7, 2009 |
ITU-T United Nations' G.hn Networking Standard Fortifies its Smart Grid Capabilities |
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- Regulation & Standardisation
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| November 16, 2009 |
HomeGrid Forum Strengthens Smart Grid Commitment Through New Liaisons with Z-Wave Alliance and DRSG Coalition |
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- North America
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| November 2, 2009 |
Electrolux, Enel, Indesit and Telecom Italia: Energy@Home smart energy management |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| November 19, 2009 |
OpenPeak obtains first ZigBee RF4CE certification |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Networks
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| December 4, 2009 |
Preparing for the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| December 4, 2009 |
US Companies pledge to reduce energy intensity by a quarter |
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- North America
- Market Information
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| December 4, 2009 |
1.1 Million Managed Home Automation Systems to ship in 2012 |
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- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| December 3, 2009 |
2010: The Year of the Smart Grid |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Market Information
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| December 3, 2009 |
UK Opens First European Smart Grid Center |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| December 3, 2009 |
Indesit company wins a 2009 Ecohitech Award in the "Eco-virtuous Enterprise" category |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| November 30, 2009 |
The Key Event on ICT for Energy Efficiency |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| November 18, 2009 |
E.U. to Mandate "Nearly Zero" Power Use by Buildings |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Market Information
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| October 28, 2010 |
Powermeter:Google's household energy monitor arrives in UK |
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- Europe
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Home Networks
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| October 28, 2009 |
Intellon Corp. Proposal selected by US Department of Energy for Smart Grid Investment Grant Award |
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- North America
- Home Gateway
- Home Networks
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| September 21, 2009 |
Enel Considering Google’s PowerMeter for Pilot Project |
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- Europe
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| July 23, 2009 |
GE Brings Benefits of the Smart Grid to Homeowners |
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- North America
- White Goods
- Technology development
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| June 29, 2009 |
OpenPeak Debuts New Home Energy Management Solution for Utilities. |
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- North America
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| June 2, 2009 |
News from the industry: highlights from May 2009 |
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| June 2, 2009 |
China warms to greener refrigerators and air-cons |
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- Asia
- White Goods
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| May 27, 2009 |
United Nations ITU-T Progresses Next-Gen Wired Networking Standard G.HN on Track for Consent in 2009 |
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- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| May 19, 2009 |
Sigma’s Z-Wave Technology Reaches New Milestone with IP Interoperability for Home Control over the Internet |
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- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| May 19, 2009 |
Oracle Launches ‘End-to-End’ Smart Grid Software |
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- North America
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| May 11, 2009 |
Texas Instruments delivers industry's most complete low-power RF solution for ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee RF4CE and smart energy |
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- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| May 18, 2009 |
ZigBee to propose market leading ZigBee Smart Energy as basis for an IEC standard |
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- Regulation & Standardisation
- Technology development
- Home Networks
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| May 6, 2009 |
EDF Energies Nouvelles: First-quarter 2009 revenues: up 66.4% to €231.8 million |
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- Europe
- Market Information
- Power distribution infrastructure
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| May 8, 2009 |
Release of the AHAM 2008 Energy Efficiency and Consumption Trends data for home appliances |
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- Market Information
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| May 6, 2009 |
Whirlpool Corporation to Make All Electronically Controlled Appliances 'Smart Grid' Compatible by 2015 |
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- North America
- White Goods
- Technology development
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| April 28, 2009 |
News from the industry: highlights for April 2009 |
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| April 24, 2009 |
Report: Green Awareness High Among LCD TV Purchasers |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
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| April 1, 2009 |
New EU Energy Labelling and Ecodesign Measures Will Boost Innovation and Information Transparency |
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- Europe
- White Goods
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| January 27, 2009 |
LonMark Enters Agreement with GreenLink Alliance |
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- North America
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| September 16, 2008 |
New Industry Alliance Promotes Use of IP in Smart Objects |
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- Consumer Electronics
- White Goods
- Home Gateway
- Market Information
- Regulation & Standardisation
- Home Networks
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| April 27, 2009 |
Texas Instruments supports ZigBee Alliance plan to integrate Internet Protocol standards for smart energy applications |
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- North America
- Home Networks
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| April 27, 2009 |
ZigBee Alliance plans further integration of IP standards |
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- Regulation & Standardisation
- Home Networks
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| April 6, 2009 |
Momentum in ZigBee Smart Energy Fuels $8 Million in New Financing for Ember |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| April 22, 2009 |
Edelia launches the Energy Box for energy control |
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- Europe
- Home Gateway
- Technology development
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| April 20, 2009 |
Miele’s Independence™ Series refrigerator is the greenest |
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- White Goods
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| April 12, 2009 |
HGI switches on to European Energy Saving Regulations |
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- Europe
- Home Gateway
- Regulation & Standardisation
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| February 26, 2009 |
European Energy Providers Experience Future of Energy Management at ZigBee Smart Energy Forum |
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- Europe
- Market Information
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| February 3, 2009 |
EPRI Collaborates with ZigBee and HomePlug to Define Smart Energy Standard for Consumer Applications |
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- North America
- Consumer Electronics
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| January 26, 2009 |
Echelon and Wonderware Partner to Bring Energy Solutions to Buildings |
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- Power distribution infrastructure
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| January 23, 2009 |
Sony Bravia V5 TVs takes energy saving to next level |
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- Consumer Electronics
- Technology development
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| January 22, 2009 |
Fostering "green" energy technologies: Leading EU research institutes launch the European Energy Research Alliance |
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- Market Information
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| November 28, 2008 |
Studies revealed by the KNX Association show how networked home and building control based on KNX allows up to 50% energy savings. |
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- Europe
- White Goods
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