Ember CEO Robert LeFort Joins Connected Home Interoperability Panel at Smart Energy Summit

AUSTIN, Texas and BOSTON, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing interest in Connected Home systems has given rise to an industry challenge: how will the different wireless standards enabling self-monitoring and home control devices interoperate. Ember's CEO Robert LeFort will join other industry leaders at Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit, February 28 – March 1, 2012 in Austin, TX at the Hyatt Regency Austin - Downtown, On The Lake, to discuss the topic of home controls and standards interoperability.

Research firm Parks Associates brings together industry leaders annually at the Smart Energy Summit to examine technical and business opportunities made possible by smart grid and residential energy management (REM) solutions. According to the firm's research, more than 14 million U.S. households will have some form of self-monitoring capability by 2015. In this panel, LeFort and other executives will present new business opportunities and address the issue of interoperability, including the impact of SEP 2.0, OPENADR, and other standards efforts designed to expedite deployment of Connected Home devices.

"The Connected Home will allow consumers to have more control over everything from entertainment and lighting to climate, security and smart appliances," said LeFort. "We at Ember believe enabling the different devices in the home to work together while simplifying the user interface by shielding consumers from the underlying technical complexities will be the secret to truly making the Connected Home a reality. I look forward to addressing this topic with my peers at this year's Summit."

The panel, moderated by Parks Associates' Director of Research for Home Controls and Energy Tom Kerber, will be held on Thursday, March 1 at 9:45 a.m., Texas Ballroom 1. For more information visit: http://www.parksassociates.com/events/smart-energy-summit.

Ember's ZigBee and IP-based wireless technologies enable devices like lights, thermostats, security sensors, smart meters and in-home displays to form an "Internet of Things" that create safer, greener, more comfortable living environments.

About Ember
Ember Corporation (www.ember.com) develops wireless mesh networking technology – chips, software and tools - for Smart Energy, connected homes, and many other monitoring and control applications enabling greener living and work environments. The Boston-based company is a promoter of the ZigBee Alliance with an IC design center in Cambridge, England, an office in Hong Kong and sales channels and distributors worldwide. Follow Ember on twitter @EmberCorp.

SOURCE Ember Corporation