Panasonic and SEAS-NVE collaborated to improve house energy usage remotely

Panasonic and SEAS-NVE have collaborated to develop home energy management combined with Smart Grid Intelligent energy management suitable for lighting and heating applications.

The SEAS-NVE Smart Grid is based upon the Echelon suite of integrated electronic electricity meters accessed via a web services based network system over an IP networking infrastructure. Multiple meters can share a single IP connection enabling the system to easily incorporate new wide area networking technologies.

"This European collaboration represents the first step towards deploying the Panasonic Energy Management System on a broad scale," said Laurent Abadie, CEO Panasonic Europe. "The Panasonic Energy Management System incorporates our latest technologies to save, create and store energy in the home and reduce harmful emissions. Combined with Smart Grid, our smart management of home energy consumption will help realize a greener lifestyle without intruding on day-to-day lifestyles."

Panasonic says, networked sensors and appliances cooperating with Lifinity's core HEMS technologies keep on improving entire house energy usage without losing comfort.

"Lifinity HEMS will give future energy consumers full control of their electricity and heat consumption", says Mr Thomas Mikkelsen, Head of Marketing, SEAS-NVE. "The system also connects directly to their smart phones, making it possible to switch home appliances on and off remotely. Panasonic have long been pioneers in environmentally-friendly home technology and we are looking forward to this cooperation and the great opportunities it will provide for our customers".

SEAS-NVE says, in may 2009 it began the Smart Grid-project which will lead to installation of Smart Meters in approximately 350.000 Danish homes

Explaining why the eco-home collaboration was being unveiled at COP15, Abadie commented: "As one of the largest and most successful electronics businesses in the world, Panasonic's founding principles have been based upon living in harmony with the global environment. COP15 provides Panasonic with a platform to demonstrate our leadership in helping the public manage energy usage as well as showcasing how the technology can make a difference in achieving the goals of COP15."