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Siemens With ZigBee; Driving Volvo Towards the Future.
The need to reduce greenhouse gases while becoming more energy efficient is a
worldwide challenge that industrial plants are addressing aggressively. More than
one-third of all the energy used in the United States is utilized in industrial plants.
U.S. manufacturers also face an increasingly competitive environment, and need
ways to reduce production costs without negatively affecting the yield or the quality
of their products. Adding to this challenge, uncertain energy prices in today’s
marketplace are negatively affecting manufacturers’ once predictable earnings.
Energy efficiency has become not only an important environmental strategy, but
also a sound business strategy.
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Energate Implements ZigBee Smart Energy to Balance the Needs of Utilities and Empower Consumers.
Around the world, energy markets are being stressed to their limits during peak
demand periods. Fluctuating power flows and increasing price volatility add to the
unease about future energy supply security and also increase the potential for a
system reliability disaster. To reduce peak energy consumption and the risk of taxing
the existing power infrastructure to the point of blackouts, many energy services
companies are investigating how to provide their consumers with demand response
programs. Energate, a leading provider of home energy management controls, systems,
and services for the energy, HVAC, and home automation markets is now offering a
solution with its ZigBee® Smart Energy Certified Pioneer Z100 smart thermostats.
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MeshNetics and ZigBee Slash Industrial Facility’s Energy Bill By 37%.
As energy costs continue to skyrocket and environmental concerns move to
the forefront, running an energy efficient industrial facility becomes a missioncritical
practice. While more companies are increasingly scrutinizing their energy
consumption practices, companies with industrial facilities face even more difficult
energy challenges. These energy challenges range from keeping system installation
costs low to retro-fitting and creating a workable system in buildings which are
often made of concrete.
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GreenPeak Technologies and ZigBee: Harvesting Power In the Wireless Greenhouse of the Future.
The idea of growing crops or plants in an environmentally controlled area has
existed since Roman times. Some of the early attempts required enormous amounts
of work to exclude the elements – and even more work to provide adequate heat
and security. Today, greenhouses are high technology production facilities growing
crops managed by computer controlled systems.
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AlertMe.com and ZigBee: 21st Century Home Security and Awareness.
AlertMe.com wanted to create a modern security system addressing the needs of the 21st century consumer. The key to their new system is the use of the modern communication technologies already present in the majority of homes to alert the resident of a security breach. Since a majority of homes now have an always available broadband connection, AlertMe uses this as the base communication line between the home and AlertMe.com. Since almost everyone now carries a mobile phone, this mobile communication line completes the link, allowing automatic communication between home and resident almost anywhere in the world. But the innovation behind leveraging existing communication channels needed something else, and this is where ZigBee® provided the perfect solution.
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Comverge and ZigBee: Helping Utilities Define the Clean Energy Sector.
The 21st century has brought with it numerous challenges and also many
opportunities for the utility industry. More stringent environmental laws along
with a growing preference for clean energy fuels have created a strong focus on
clean energy. And, while the utility industry shares a common goal — making
more power while producing less carbon dioxide — there is no single simple
solution. Many utilities have begun including several elements of green energy in
their power portfolios including promoting energy efficiency. Instead of building
new transmission corridors or additional peaking plants, utilities are now focusing
some of their efforts and investments on demand response programs.
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Digi International with ZigBee: Perfect Ice Conditions Ensure Faster Speed Skating Times.
It is likely that ice skating originated in the Netherlands. The word “skate” originates
from the Dutch word “schaats,” which traces its origins to “schenkel,” the leg bone
of an animal – the first material used for skating blades. As early as the 14th
century, the Dutch were using leather straps to fasten wooden shoes to iron blades
and gliding across the frozen canals allowing isolated Dutch farmers a quicker way to
reach friends and relatives. Today, international speed skaters attain speeds up to 60
km/h (37 mph) at one of the world’s largest tracks, Thialf. And at Thialf, ZigBee®
gives skaters an edge their Dutch ancestors never dreamed of centuries ago.
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Light Corporation and ZigBee: The Future of Lighting and Workspace Management Today. Imagine walking into a warehouse and having the lights go on automatically as you
walk, creating a lighted path to your office. At the same time, the HVAC starts up
and cools your office to your desired temperature. The building also recognizes your
laptop and other equipment you have with you, providing an inventory and security
checklist. And, you are notified of any security breaches or equipment issues with
time and location provided whether you are on or off site.
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S3C and ZigBee, Going Where Wireless Technology Has Never Gone Before
Information is power. Companies worldwide understand the value of information and many
invest heavily in gathering, incorporating, and analyzing data to reduce costs, refine quality,
boost revenue, and improve customer satisfaction. Today, many of these same companies
are looking for ways to create more “eyes” and “ears” that gather data and delve ever
deeper into information and processes.
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Siemens With ZigBee Deploys First Wireless Building Automation System
Commercial building owners have a list of issues to deal with daily. They want to provide
potential tenants with the latest in technology. Building owners of historically significant
structures want to offer the same capabilities as new buildings but without destroying
historical architecture. And lately, more and more building owners and tenants alike want
to “go green” and use energy more efficiently.
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ZigBee and Develco Enable Energy Management and Efficiency
A new world of possibilities in energy efficiency exists today because of wireless communication.
Over the years, the number of digital devices in homes and businesses has multiplied.
With the increased number of devices came increased awareness that many of these
devices, appliances and systems are unable to communicate with one another.
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Itron and ZigBee: Energy Solutions That Combine Reliability and Efficiency
A recent report from the International Energy Agency indicates that if government energy policies
do not change, global primary energy demand will grow by 1.6 percent per year from 2004 to
2030. Worldwide electricity demand will rise to 30,116 billion kilowatt-hours in 2030, more than
double the 2003 level.1 Today, ZigBee® is addressing global concern for substantially improved
energy efficiency through an open and interoperable standard for demand response, energy
management and metering services. This approach will increase energy efficiency in homes, commercial
buildings and industrial facilities around the world.
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Cellnet+Hunt and ZigBee Advanced Metering for the Intelligent Electric Grid
In 2000, Californians found out the hard way what it was like to face rolling blackouts every
day. In the wake of the 1996 deregulation of its utilities market, California’s residents and
commercial sectors endured the reality of a long, hot summer as rolling blackouts plagued
the state. While not only a nuisance and an inconvenience, the blackouts temporarily slowed
one of the world’s largest economies and had strong political repercussions. Many individuals
may think rolling blackouts are a thing of the past, but they actually give us an ominous
indicator of our future if global energy efficiency programs are not implemented soon.
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AMX Delivers “Instant–On” Home Automation With ZigBee
AMX, a subsidiary of Duchossois Industries, Inc., is a worldwide leader in advanced
control system technology. The company’s hardware and software products simplify
the way people interact with technology in commercial and residential markets.
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Eaton’s Home Heartbeat Forges New Home Awareness Market with ZigBee
Eaton's Home Heartbeat advances a new segment in the home automation market –– home
awareness. Leveraging the ZigBee wireless standard, it provides consumers with anytime
knowledge of their home. The “plug–and–use” system monitors activity and alerts
homeowners remotely if a window or door opens, a washing machine leaks or a coffee
pot is left on while the owner is away from home.
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ZigBee Gets TAC Solutions to Market Faster
TAC, a Schneider Electric company, is a world leader in building automation, security
systems and energy solutions. TAC's mission is to provide added value through
building environment services for indoor climate, security and use of energy, delivered
with advanced technology to end users and property owners throughout the world.
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ZigBee Enables Control4 To Deliver Home Automation to Broad Market
Control4, a rapidly growing leader in affordable and easy-to-use home control and entertainment systems, recognized that better and more affordable wireless standards, combined with an Internet Protocol (IP) based system architecture, would allow existing everyday homes to become candidates for home automation. The goal was to develop products that could be retrofitted into the 99 percent of U.S. households that aren't both high-end and new construction.
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