Next week, senior executives of the company, which has just completed the roll out of 8000 automation systems in the new Las Vegas City Centre project, including Control4's energy management system, are set to meet with Australian utility companies in an effort to introduce the company's new EMS 100 system.
Mr Paul Nagel, Vice president Control4 energy solutions, will demonstrate the EMS 100 home energy management solution to utility companies that are looking to roll out new energy management control systems to Australian homes by 2013.
The Control4 system delivers customer usage data via the smart meter and a standards-based, secure platform that can control virtually every ZigBee device in the home.
"The ability to control devices in the home, particularly during peak load and demand response events, is the key component to energy management that only Control4 provides," said Will West, Control4's CEO.
"By providing an easy-to-use, engaging consumer experience that's coupled with automated device control, utilities can help their customers play a far more active role in managing energy use, which will contribute to generation and distribution efficiencies."
The system aggregates energy usage data from various loads and presents the information in an intuitive in home display so that customers can make changes in their home to reduce energy usage or set up their in-home device to automatically do it for them.
Control4 claim that the EMS 100 serves as a valuable communications tool, providing utilities an efficient means to alert customers of demand response events and send signals directly to devices in the home during peak times.
The EMS 100 solution features the following:
• The Control4®
Energy Controller EC-100 5-inch color touch screen display – The EC-100 delivers usage data and energy costs for the home and the ability for the customer to take such actions as powering down lights or adjusting shades to reduce energy use.
• Control4® Network Management Software – Control4® Network Management Software enables the monitoring, optimization and reporting of all deployed energy controllers. The network management tools provide cost effective Tier 1 technical support and remote diagnostic capabilities.
• Control4® ECO Software – Control4®
Energy Consumption Optimizer (ECO) Software collects, analyses and compresses energy use and behaviour data on the EC-100, then communicates with the utility's load management software to treat demand response events as a dispatchable resource.
• Control4® platform – The standards-based, secure Control4® software platform is based on industry standards of embedded Linux and Adobe Flash Lite. The platform is secured through ZigBee SE, SSL, and OpenSSH technology. The platform is extensible, allowing third parties to develop new applications, providing enhanced functionality to the system over time. For example, utilities can develop their own applications such as the monitoring of gas and water or a home's carbon dioxide output.
• Control4 Automation & Control -- Using ZigBee, Wi-Fi and Ethernet standards, Control4's solutions give homeowners the ability to control and automate their thermostats, lights, spa or pool, sprinklers and more, to manage power usage with one easy to use interface.
