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Smart Energy Device Testing Taking Off: Explosive Global Growth Predicted By SGN Staff Jun 4, 2010 - 12:45:35 PM
Engineering and testing services company National Testing Systems (NTS) announced that it has completed Zigbee Smart Energy certification testing for a versatile wireless electric load controller made by SimpleHomeNet, which makes energy management and home and building automation devices. But the big news is that smart energy device testing appears to be taking off as a hot growth segment of the flourishing Smart Grid technologies market. The announcement also signals continuing widespread acceptance of Zigbee as the leading wirelessly networked sensing and controlling standard for consumer electronics, home area networks, commercial and industrial applications. NTS CEO William McGinnis said the explosive growth of smart energy device testing is a global phenomenon and that the market can only keep growing as more companies dive into smart energy technologies.
Quick Take: The Smart Grid initiative has given birth to an incredible array of new markets and opportunities based on innovative technologies we probably wouldn't have imagined at the outset. That point also stresses how extremely important interoperability standards are to a functional, reliable Smart Grid.
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