More Industry Collaboration Sought for Energy Management To Grow in Smart Homes
More collaboration from the cable and other industries is needed for energy management in smart-tech households to take off, a Parks Associates conference in Austin was told. Dennis Mathew, vice president of Comcast Cable's Xfinity Home, said many consumers aren’t…
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aware of the value of energy management in a smart home ecosystem. To increase engagement, the key is “finding a direct path to deliver the automated energy solution at little cost or effort,” he said, citing Xfinity’s interactive EcoSaver tool that consumers can use to measure energy savings. Forty-nine percent of U.S. broadband households plan to buy a smart home device by the end of the year, said Parks Associates Tuesday.