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EnOcean Alliance founded to standardize wireless sensor systems |
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
A group of key companies
across Europe and North America have united to form the EnOcean Alliance with the mission
to enable intelligent green buildings based on EnOcean energy harvesting
wireless technology. Together with Chairman Graham Martin from the technology
providing company EnOcean, Thermokons
export manager Frank Neudecker will lead the new alliance.
The foundation of the EnOcean Alliance, which took place during the light +
building show in Messe Frankfurt, in April 2008, addresses the demand in
todays environment for a wireless eco-system that combines a broad range of
interoperable, flexible and uncomplicated monitoring and control products for
use in and around residential, commercial and industrial buildings. In wireless
building automation EnOcean self-powered wireless technology has the largest
install base worldwide. EnOcean nodes harvest energy from ambient light,
thermal energy or motion to supply ultra efficient radio transmitters. The
radio telegrams structure is designed to be as short and effective as
possible, to enable living from that little amount of energy harvested from the
ambient. EnOcean nodes does not use the popular 2,4 GHz band but the frequency
of 868.3 Mhz which is restricted to short range devices with limited duty cycle
only. This avoids all possible problems with permanently active systems.
Founding promoters of the Alliance
include Distech, MK Electric, a Honeywell Business, EnOcean, Masco, Omnio and
Thermokon. Additional member companies are joining from over 70 product
partners currently deploying EnOcean enabled products, reveals the entitys
press release. |