Green Energy Options specializes in consumer-facing displays, energy management hubs, associated sensors and energy apps for smart phones, PCs and iPads which enable homeowners to take control of their energy consumption.
The company has integrated Ember’s ZigBee chips, ZigBee PRO networking software, and ZigBee SE (Smart Energy) Suite into its family of wireless devices, and is now working with meter manufacturers and utilities worldwide to help deliver these Ember-enabled “push” energy monitors that feed energy information directly into a consumer’s front room over a ZigBee network.
Smart meters for Scottish Power
For example, Green Energy Options has developed a new connected home product for its customer Scottish Power, a leading UK energy company, using Ember’s technology to communicate with the utility’s smart meters. Green Energy Options also offers an Ember-enabled one-touch controller that gives users the ability to control appliances simply from the display so that they can react immediately to real-time energy information.
“Ember’s ZigBee chips and software are the best in the industry. But what really sold us on Ember was its Smart Energy Suite of tools and software that enabled us to rapidly develop ZigBee-certified solutions for our customers,” said Green Energy Options Chief Executive Officer Patrick Caiger-Smith. “The easy-to-use graphical tools and highly secure environment offered us the fastest way to bring great products to market.”
Rapid development is critical for Green Energy Options because the company develops custom displays for many of its customers. It offers three flexible prototype systems customers can use to test out different functions, and then GEO engineers design a solution based on a customer’s unique requirements.
“Few people have any idea how much energy they are using, let alone wasting. While there are many energy display systems on the market, Green Energy Options stands out with products designed specifically to engage people’s interest in their own energy consumption,” said Bert Lutje Berenbroek, Ember’s vice president of sales for EMEA. “Green Energy Options’s technology makes energy consumption, and consequently savings, visible, attractive and relevant to consumers. ZigBee wireless connectivity is critical to that unique, simple user experience.”
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