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, Thermokon’s 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 today’s 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 telegram’s 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 entity’s press release.