ZigBee Today

While the global economic upheaval continues to impact us in many different ways, ZigBee has made enormous gains in securing substantial new endorsements and solidifying a broadly based market position.

When the Alliance set its sights on establishing itself as the leading standard supporting energy management and efficiency and created the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile, we did so to establish a presence not only in the home, but in the hearts and minds of consumers around the world. We knew that once we got ZigBee strongly positioned in this important market segment – one that solves a very real problem in a very visible way– it would drive the use of ZigBee in other areas.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

The Alliance welcomes the following new members during the past quarter.

Participants
AT&T
MeshWorks Wireless Ltd.
Pioneer Corporation
Secure Electrans Limited
SK Telecom
SP AusNet
Ubilogix
X-Ped Holdings Pty Ltd.

Adopters
4Home Inc.
Accenture
Adura Technologies
ATTUNE, RTD
CEDO
CLEODE S.A.
Ellips, B.V.
EnergiMidt A/S
Energy Hub
Ergon Energy
Freebox
G4S Justice Services (Canada) Inc.
Green Energy Options
Göteborg Energi AB
Hong Kong Applied Sciences and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd
ICM Control Corporation
iControl Networks
Jetlun Corporation
Lund Science AB
NETGEAR, Inc.
RF Micro Devices
Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
Schauenburg Product Innovations
Seiko Epson Corporation
Sengital Ltd
Sercomm Corporation
Tokyo Electron Device Ltd
Tulecom Group, S.L.
Universal Remote Control Inc.
Velvetwire, LLC

The ZigBee Alliance Salutes the Itron® 2.4GZ OpenWay® Gas Module
Itron - 2.4GZ OpenWay Gas Module accurately measures natural gas consumption and supports two-way communication with the Itron OpenWay CENTRON® meter for meter reading and remote programming. Using the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile, the OpenWay Gas Module offers consumers and utility companies a global open standard for implementing secure, easy-to-use wireless home area networks for managing energy. The OpenWay CENTRON meter and OpenWay Gas Module join a growing list of the profile’s compatible devices including programmable communicating thermostats, in-home energy displays, load control switches and more.

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ZigBee Today

While the global economic upheaval continues to impact us in many different ways, ZigBee has made enormous gains in securing substantial new endorsements and solidifying a broadly based market position.

When the Alliance set its sights on establishing itself as the leading standard supporting energy management and efficiency and created the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile, we did so to establish a presence not only in the home, but in the hearts and minds of consumers around the world. We knew that once we got ZigBee strongly positioned in this important market segment – one that solves a very real problem in a very visible way– it would drive the use of ZigBee in other areas. By taking this longer view, and acting to make it happen, we have built a strong foundation. Here are some of the recent results:

Smart Energy:

• The ZigBee/HomePlug Smart Energy profile was named by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as one of the 16 consensus standards in their initial standards roadmap framework for the Smart Grid.
• A recent report from the research firm, Chartwell, confirmed ZigBee as the preferred smart metering technology for North American utilities.
• ZigBee Smart Energy is in active deployment with an estimated 40 million ZigBee equipped smart meters by 16 utilities in North America.
• ZigBee Smart Energy is the first open standard to be listed by the European Smart Metering Industry Group.

• The Continua Health Alliance endorsed ZigBee Health Care as Continua’s new low power local area network (LAN) standard. Their endorsement so far touches on one part of ZigBee Health Care’s wide array of services designed for a variety of locations and purposes, including portable applications, gyms and use at home. If history is any guide we can expect more in the future. We welcome our deepening partnership with the Continua Alliance and its members.
• ZigBee Health Care offers secure, robust, battery-efficient wireless connectivity for patient and facilities monitoring. It provides full support for IEEE 11073 devices including glucometers, pulse oximeters, electrocardiographs, weight scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors and respirometers. These health care devices, and the many other fitness and independent living devices covered by the standard, also offer the freedom of wireless operation outside of buildings. It peacefully coexists with other wireless technologies, a critical issue for patient safety and use in healthcare facilities.

• Over the last month, we have taken the next big step forward in broadening the market adoption of ZigBee RF4CE in remote controls and consumer electronics with the announcement that both Freescale Semiconductors and Texas Instruments have been certified as ZigBee RF4CE Golden Units. Manufacturers can now easily certify their ZigBee RF4CE products in the test house of their choice. Forthcoming ZigBee RF4CE-based certified products will include a variety of consumer electronics, including televisions, set-top boxes and many other kinds of audio/video equipment.

ZigBee Announces an IP Specification to Meet the Smart Energy Market Needs

The recent announcement about the development of an Internet Protocol (IP) based stack specification called ZigBee IP has created added interest in the Smart Energy market, and supports ZigBee’s ever-widening acceptance as the standard in the Home Area Network (HAN). ZigBee IP is being developed to meet requirements in the Smart Energy market. Like the ZigBee RF4CE stack specification, it is specific to a single application profile. With nearly 40 million ZigBee-enabled meters announced in the United States alone, the implications for this stack specification are far-reaching in the market it creates for new products and solutions.

Smart Energy Market Demands
To date, the emphasis in Smart Grid efforts worldwide has been clearly focused on the use of international accredited standards. The ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile has been seen as the leading application standard for the HAN part of a Smart Grid. However, evolving requirements in the U.S. are favoring options based on native IP. Given ZigBee’s leadership position in this industry, the Alliance announced it will meet these needs with an IP stack specification option built on Internet Engineering Task Force RFC documents. It also announced it is offering ZigBee Smart Energy as the basis of an International Electrotechnical (IEC) Smart Metering standard.

ZigBee IP is being developed specifically for use with the enhanced ZigBee Smart Energy Profile. As is currently the case with ZigBee Smart Energy running on the ZigBee/ZigBeePRO stack, because of the high level of security implemented, there can be no direct interoperability between ZigBee Smart Energy devices and other devices. The same secure interface, as needed today, is required to exchange information between the two environments. As a result, no additional complexities are introduced as a result of the ZigBee IP and where needed, public information like energy pricing, temperature or energy consumption data are exchanged in this way. Current and future public application profiles will continue to use the ZigBee/ZigBee PRO stack specification environment.

Solutions based on the current ZigBee Smart Energy Profile are being widely deployed in meters, in home displays and other ZigBee Smart Energy devices. These devices all utilize the ZigBee/ZigBee PRO stack. In the future these devices might want to run on ZigBee IP and the enhanced ZigBee Smart Energy application profile. Because ZigBee supports over-the-air upgrades, current deployments can continue without fear of stranding any assets. Current hardware supports the new environment.

Growing the ZigBee Ecosystem
This new effort, together with the ZigBee RF4CE stack announced last March, have changed the face of ZigBee from a standards organization promoting a single stack solution to one with integrated suite of solutions aimed at meeting the needs of key market segments. While this may initially look confusing, very little has actually changed in terms of brand integrity, interoperability and the ZigBee value proposition.

ZigBee still provides a clear solution. ZigBee Smart Energy appropriately requires a secure interface whether operating over a ZigBee/ZigBee PRO network or a ZigBee IP network. The ZigBee/ZigBee PRO stack specification remains the work horse and provides the scalable; mesh oriented, wireless network solution optimized for home automation, building automation, health care, telecommunications, and ZigBee Smart Energy. The ZigBee RF4CE stack provides a low cost, very light weight wireless network solution for consumer electronic remote controls but needs a proxy when communication with the broader HAN is required. This function can easily be integrated on the same device or a nearby device. Since the respective profiles remain specific to their stacks, there is no branding issue or confusion.

This is an exciting time for the Alliance, and the millions of nodes, meters and chips being delivered bear the proof that the members of the Alliance are working hard to ensure the standard meets a relevant and profitable market need.

ZigBee News ReleasES

THE ZIGBEE ALLIANCE AND EUROPEAN SMART METERING INDUSTRY GROUP

(ESMIG) AGREE TO WORK TOWARDS INTEROPERABLE EUROPEAN SMART METERING

ZigBee Smart Energy is the first open industry standard endorsed by ESMIG

San Ramon, Calif. & Brussels, Belgium – May 28, 2009 – The ZigBee® Alliance, and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG), are working together to define interoperable communications standards for smart metering technology across the European Union (EU). The ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile is the first open standard to be endorsed by ESMIG. The ZigBee Alliance is a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, and ESMIG is the organization for smart metering in Europe.

ESMIG members determined that the ZigBee Alliance and its ZigBee Smart Energy provide a solid, open standards approach to smart metering communication. ESMIG provides impartial expertise to key stakeholders including EU institutions, EU Member State governments, authorities, regulators, electric, gas and water utility providers on all aspects related to Smart Metering. The ZigBee Alliance and ESMIG will collaborate and identify where ZigBee Smart Energy can be rolled out across the 27 Member States of the EU. The two organizations will evaluate ways to maximize the benefits of a standardized smart metering program for consumers, utility service providers and the environment.

"The ZigBee Alliance is both a valuable and experienced partner who can provide ESMIG with expertise and solutions for smart metering in Europe," said Dr. Howard Porter, managing director at ESMIG. "ESMIG believes that a handful of proven and open standards, like ZigBee Smart Energy, will play a key role in EU smart metering projects because they deliver the most value for all parties, and allow utility service providers with flexibility in choosing standards that fit their specific requirements."

There are an estimated 2,000 electric, water and gas utility service providers in the EU. Each has unique needs that will require standardized approaches to deliver the numerous efficiency, cost savings and environmental benefits expected from smart metering.

"ESMIG is working to speed the adoption of smart metering in Europe and ZigBee Smart Energy can play a strong role in helping Europe achieve its smart metering goals today," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "ZigBee Smart Energy was designed to work in any country. It provides a standardized approach that can reduce implementation costs as well as the flexibility for customization by utilities."

ZigBee Smart Energy – The Standard for Energy Management and Efficiency
ZigBee Smart Energy enables wireless communication between utility companies and common household devices such as smart thermostats and appliances. It improves energy efficiency by allowing consumers to choose interoperable products from different manufacturers giving them the means to manage their energy consumption more precisely using automation and near real-time information. It also helps utility companies implement new advanced metering and demand response programs to drive greater energy management and efficiency, while responding to changing government requirements.

About ESMIG
ESMIG covers all aspects of Smart Metering, including electricity, gas, water, and heat measurement. Member companies cover the entire value chain from meter manufacturing, software, installation, consulting, to communications and system integration. By giving support to European Union Institutions and Member State governments the industry group aims to assist in the development of national and European-wide introduction, rollout and management of Smart Metering solutions. ESMIG membership is open to any company supplying utility metering products or services within Europe. For more information and membership details visit: www.esmig.eu.

ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer electronic, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: www.ZigBee.org.

ZIGBEE ALLIANCE CERTIFIES FIRST GOLDEN UNITS FOR ZIGBEE RF4CE

ZigBee RF4CE standard for advanced remote controls now ready for adoption by manufacturers

San Ramon, Calif. – June 2, 2009 – The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of ZigBee Golden Unit platforms that implement the ZigBee RF4CE specification. ZigBee RF4CE was designed to replace infrared (IR) remote controls with radio frequency (RF) and thereby offer non-line-of-sight operation, longer range and battery life for consumer electronic (CE) devices like HDTV, home theater equipment, set-top boxes and other audio equipment.

Freescale Semiconductor and Texas Instruments are the first members to have successfully implemented the new ZigBee RF4CE specification and pass independent testing conducted by NTS Corporation, TRaC Telecoms & Radio and TUV Rheinland to achieve Golden Unit status. This milestone enables original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to create ZigBee RF4CE certified products that allow for advanced interoperable communications between components and remote controls while providing interoperability between OEMs. Other platform suppliers are now able to seek ZigBee RF4CE platform certification and further broaden the already strong ZigBee supply chain.

"Having the Golden Units so soon after approval of the ZigBee RF4CE specification shows that its adoption within the Alliance is a success story," says Eddy Odijk, vice president of standardization at Royal Philips Electronics. "This milestone enables innovative remote controls for HDTVs, home theater equipment, set-top boxes and other CE products that the industry has been waiting for."

To maintain the highest quality, the ZigBee Alliance requires Golden Units for all new specifications. This process ensures all platforms demonstrate full interoperability for future ZigBee RF4CE products. Golden Units also prove all technical aspects of the specification can be implemented and perform as intended using multiple independent implementations.

"We believe the key to delivering a successful wireless standard lies in the creation of a technology that advances the entire consumer electronics industry," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "With ZigBee RF4CE Golden Unit availability, the ZigBee Alliance provides a standard wireless platform enabling CE manufacturers to create innovative products and features for the consumer that will be secure, low-cost and easy to deploy."

Announced in March 2009, ZigBee RF4CE is a standardized specification for RF remote controls that will enable faster, more reliable and greater flexibility for devices to operate from larger distances, effectively removing the line-of-sight and field-of-vision barriers in today’s IR remotes. The ZigBee RF4CE specification is designed for a wide range of products, including home entertainment devices, lighting control, security monitoring, keyless entry systems and many more.

ZigBee RF4CE: More flexibility and control
The ZigBee RF4CE specification is based on IEEE 802.15.4. MAC/PHY radio technology in the 2.4GHz unlicensed frequency band and enables worldwide operation, low power consumption and instantaneous response time. It allows omni-directional and reliable two-way wireless communication, channel agility for enhanced co-existence with other 2.4GHz wireless technologies, simple secure set-up and configuration. During the next quarter, the Alliance will develop a test program consistent with existing policies for specifications and public application profiles. Once complete, products using a public application profile based on the ZigBee RF4CE specification can be submitted to an authorized test house for certification.

ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer electronic, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: www.ZigBee.org.

EMERSON JOINS ZIGBEE ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Leading manufacturer of energy efficiency solutions is latest to support ZigBee

San Ramon, Calif. – June 22, 2009 – The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced Emerson is now a Promoter level member and the newest member of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.

Emerson is a diversified global manufacturing and technology company offering a wide range of innovative products and services that help deliver productivity and energy efficiency to industrial, commercial and consumer markets worldwide. Several Emerson business platforms are expected to become active in the Alliance, starting with Emerson Climate Technologies, a leading provider of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions for residential, industrial and commercial applications, and its White-Rodgers division, which specializes in climate-control technologies.

"Emerson is pleased to become a part of the Alliance’s strong network of corporate members and to collaborate with our suppliers, partners and customers who are using ZigBee’s open global standards for wireless technology," said Tom Fredricks, division vice president of Emerson. "ZigBee Smart Energy and ZigBee Home Automation profiles will help Emerson achieve its goals of providing innovative and energy-efficient solutions to numerous worldwide markets."

Emerson joins Ember Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Huawei Technologies, Itron Inc., Landis+Gyr, Philips Electronics, Reliant Energy, Samsung, Schneider Electric, STMicroelectronics, Tendril, Inc. and Texas Instruments on the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.

"The ZigBee Alliance welcomes the active support of Emerson and its expertise in the development and manufacture of a wide range of technologies used in industrial, commercial and consumer markets," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "The ZigBee Alliance continues to achieve success in energy, building management and health care because of the strength of our ecosystem and the support of our members. Emerson is a leading manufacturer of a variety of global products and will provide valuable support to advance ZigBee further."

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to create innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion, and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.

ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer electronic, energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: www.ZigBee.org.

ZIGBEE®, HOMEPLUG ® ALLIANCES PREVIEWS FUTURE DIRECTION OF SMART ENERGY HAN STANDARD

Smart Energy is Key Smart Grid Standard and Champions Consumer Control

San Ramon, Calif. & Portland, Ore. – June 24, 2009 – The ZigBee® AllianceAlliance and HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced public availability of the next generation market requirements for Smart Energy, and supporting use cases. Smart Energy enables both wired and wireless communication between utility companies and everyday household devices such as smart thermostats and appliances. Captured in the market requirements document are details for the next generation of functionality envisioned for the Smart Grid with accompanying consumer control. It includes insight to a variety of use cases including plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging, installation, configuration, firmware download for home area network (HAN) devices, prepay services, user information and messaging, load control, demand response, and common information and application profile interfaces for wired and wireless HANs.

The Smart Energy market requirements document is available for review at http://www.zigbee.org/smartenergy. It was jointly developed by ZigBee Alliance members, HomePlug Powerline Alliance members, utilities, regulators, suppliers and technology providers as a foundation for an enhanced ZigBee Smart Energy profile and as the basis for global standards development by other organizations. On May 18, the ZigBee/HomePlug Smart Energy profile was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an initial interoperable standard for HAN devices and communications and information model.

The development of the Smart Energy profile drew upon the collective experience of members involved in the current development and deployment of the existing wireless ZigBee Smart Energy standard. Certified products and services based on this standard are available for use today from a variety of ZigBee members. The standard is supported by a comprehensive certification process that delivers secure, robust, reliable, plug and play interoperability with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Grid applications.

Chartwell’s recent “Smart Metering Technology” report found that “…40 percent of electric utilities prefer ZigBee compared to other in-premise standards.” No other technology standard garnered such a large share of preference. To date, ZigBee Smart Energy has been selected by leading utilities to reach approximately 40 million homes and businesses across North America in the next few years as part of ongoing Smart Grid and Advanced Metering Infrastructure deployments. ZigBee Smart Energy has also been selected as the HAN technology standard by utilities and regulatory agencies in the European Union, Australia and Asia.

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is the leading industry group in the development of multi-vendor, global standards and certification for powerline communications. With more than 70 percent of the cumulative worldwide market share (per recent reporting from In-Stat), HomePlug technology is rapidly becoming a key element of the Smart Energy HAN and is already being integrated into AMI applications by utilities and meter manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe.

"We are sharing these new requirements as part of ZigBee’s outreach to assist the many Smart Grid standardization efforts underway around the world," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "As a global and open standards group, the ZigBee Alliance fully understands the benefits of cooperating and lending our expertise to multitude of governmental and standards groups involved in the development of Smart Grids. We hope this early visibility will help those efforts."

"The Smart Energy market requirements document reflects the consensus of many utility companies to maximize both the consumer benefits and ROI of the HAN and Smart Grid,” said Rob Ranck, HomePlug Alliance president. “This is another benchmark in our key objective to collaborate with other organizations to make the Smart Grid a reality."

ZigBee Smart Energy – The Standard for Energy Management and Efficiency
ZigBee Smart Energy enables wireless communication between utility companies and common household devices such as smart thermostats and appliances. It improves energy efficiency by allowing consumers to choose interoperable products from different manufacturers giving them the means to manage their energy consumption more precisely using automation and near real-time information. It also helps utility companies implement new advanced metering and demand response programs to drive greater energy management and efficiency, while responding to changing government requirements.

ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: www.ZigBee.org.

About the HomePlug Powerline Alliance
Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is an industry-led initiative with more than 70 member companies that creates specifications and certification logo programs for using the powerlines for reliable home networking and smart grid applications. The Alliance accelerates worldwide adoption for HomePlug technology by collaborating with international standards organizations such as IEEE and through market development and user education programs. Sponsor members include Cisco (CSCO); Comcast (CMCSK); GE Energy, an affiliate of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE); Gigle Semiconductor; Intellon Corporation (ITLN); Intel Corporation (INTC); Motorola (MOT); NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723); and SPiDCOM Technologies. Contributor members include Arkados (OTCBB: AKDS); Corporate Systems Engineering; Renesas Technology Corp., Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN and Yitran Communications Ltd. Additional information about the Alliance, including a complete listing of certified products, is available at www.homeplug.org.

NEW ZIGBEE GREEN POWER FEATURE SET REVEALED

New energy harvesting, no battery required feature set expands ZigBee networks

San Ramon, Calif. – June 29, 2009 – The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced development of the ZigBee Green Power feature set to establish a global, standard technology for self-powered devices operating through energy harvesting techniques. These devices will communicate seamlessly with existing ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks and will enable maintenance free, environmentally friendly products that eliminate the need for wires and batteries.

ZigBee Green Power enables new capabilities available to the ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks. When the ZigBee Green Power standard is made available to Alliance members at the end of 2009, only ZigBee will offer an established, competitive marketplace for deploying switches, sensors and controllers using harvested energy in residential, commercial and industrial environments. Its energy harvesting capabilities will give manufacturers greater flexibility when designing innovative ZigBee products and solutions. Because ZigBee Green Power will work seamlessly with ZigBee and ZigBee PRO networks, it will enjoy all of ZigBee’s numerous strengths, including:

• Physical Radio – Uses popular IEEE 802.15.4 standard radios available from numerous suppliers
• 2.4 GHz Band – Offers simple global operation vs. country specific radio frequency
• Interference Avoidance – Demonstrates robust performance in noisy radio frequency environments
• Robust Mesh Networking – Makes network set-up and maintenance easy, along with large coverage areas, and renowned reliability
• Security – Takes full advantage of ZigBee’s robust security suite
• Certification – Unbiased, independent certification of ZigBee products
• Open Standard – Strong, cost competitive environment vs. single-vendor solutions

ZigBee Certified Product highlight

The ZigBee Alliance Salutes the Itron® 2.4GZ OpenWay® Gas Module
Itron - 2.4GZ OpenWay Gas Module accurately measures natural gas consumption and supports two-way communication with the Itron OpenWay CENTRON® meter for meter reading and remote programming. Using the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile, the OpenWay Gas Module offers consumers and utility companies a global open standard for implementing secure, easy-to-use wireless home area networks for managing energy. The OpenWay CENTRON meter and OpenWay Gas Module join a growing list of the profile’s compatible devices including programmable communicating thermostats, in-home energy displays, load control switches and more.

“Interoperable communication in advanced metering is crucial for energy management and conservation,” said Philip Mezey, senior vice president and COO of Itron North America. “Itron depends on ZigBee Smart Energy to provide the foundation for demand response and to support a competitive marketplace of energy management devices.”

Key Product Features:

• Can be read by OpenWay CENTRON meters without need for additional infrastructure
• Enables 2-way communications with the OpenWay CENTRON meter, allowing remote reprogramming of non-measurement parameters
• Continually stores and updates the last 40 days of hourly and daily data
• Offers programmable Daily Freeze Time read for any hour
• Operates in bubble-up mode and does not require an FCC license
• Designed for a maximum 20-year battery life to ensure low operating and maintenance costs, while providing battery replacement as an option
• Updated housing optimizes antenna performance and maximizes RF signal
• Improved wriggler design for American and Sensus residential models makes installation faster and easier than ever before, especially when gas is flowing through the meter.