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OpenPeak Makes Utilities Bypass Integrators
OpenPeak has launched an interactive display that shows homeowners their energy usage in real time, allowing them to change consumption.
Instead of being a system for custom installers, however, the Home Energy Management Solution is designed for utilities to deploy directly to customers.
That means utility companies are poised to “steal” money right out of your pocket.
The OpenPeak system “displays real-time energy usage and pricing in a graphic-rich centralized user interface that sits right on the kitchen counter, or anywhere else in the home, for easy access and monitoring. The interface allows users to make adjustments to household thermostats to optimize energy efficiency and take advantage of off-peak pricing opportunities.”
Sound familiar? It’s something integrators should be deploying for their customers integrating a whole-house control solution with line voltage monitoring.
The OpenPeak touchscreen interface also includes applications for news, sports, weather, social networking, calendaring and instant messaging. It can communicate with other devices ZigBee and Wi-Fi.
Sounds even more familiar!
Verizon and a phone company in the United Kingdom are already using OpenPeak products.
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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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Other than via utilities, the company’s sales channel is not clear from the Web site.
OpenPeak can be reached at:
OpenPeak Inc.
5355 Town Center Road
Suite 301
Boca Raton, Florida 33486
561.620.3580 Main
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let me know when / how you can buy this wonderful device ecosystem? zigbee support is not implemented yet… utilities will not supply this w/o stimulus funding.