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TÜV Initiates Creation of New ANSI Standards, Seeks Participation in Working Groups

TÜV Rheinland PTL, a standards developing organization (SDO) for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has successfully initiated the creation of three new American National Standards and is seeking the industry participation in the respective standards working groups. The new … Continue reading

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nVoy Certification to Usher Hybrid Home Networking into the Mainstream

Hybrid home networking will move from specification to reality with the introduction of a new nVoy™ certification and marketing program for HomePlug®, MoCA®, Wi-Fi® and Ethernet products implementing the IEEE 1905.1 hybrid networking standard. By providing a common communication protocol, … Continue reading

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ZigBee Alliance and ECHONET Consortium Sign Liaison Agreement

The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, and the ECHONET™ Consortium, an organization promoting the development of basic software and hardware for home networks, today announced a liaison agreement to collaborate … Continue reading

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M2Mi joins OASIS to Advance MQTT Standard for M2M / IoT Reliable

Machine-To-Machine Intelligence Corporation (M2Mi) announced that M2Mi have joined OASIS as a sponsoring member to advance a lightweight reliable messaging transport protocol for the Machine-To-Machine (M2M(/Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. The new OASIS Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) Technical Committee … Continue reading

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ANSI EESCC Begins Development of Energy Efficiency Standardization Roadmap

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC) is moving into the next phase of its effort to develop a standardization roadmap advancing energy efficiency in the built environment. The Collaborative’s five working groups (WGs) have … Continue reading

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MStar Supports the Newly-Ratified IEEE 1905.1 Powerline Communications Standard

MStar Semiconductor, Inc. announced its support of the newly ratified IEEE 1905.1-2013 standard for Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies and congratulates the IEEE P1905.1 Working Group on its completion. Starting with MStar’s HomePlug powerline solution, IEEE 1905.1 will … Continue reading

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Smart Energy Profile 2 Standard Completed by ZigBee Alliance

The ZigBee® Alliance announced it has completed development and ratified the Smart Energy Profile 2 (SEP 2) standard. SEP 2 provides IP-based information and control for energy management in Home Area Networks (HANs), for both wired and wireless networks. SEP 2 … Continue reading

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OASIS Members to Advance MQTT Standard for M2M/ IoT Reliable Messaging

Organizations from around the world are collaborating at the OASIS open standards consortium to advance a lightweight reliable messaging transport protocol for the Machine-to-Machine (M2M)/Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. The new OASIS Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) Technical Committee will … Continue reading

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ACEEE: New Department of Energy Transformer Standards Are a Mixed Bag

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued new energy efficiency standards for electric distribution transformers. In the final rule, relative to a draft standard issued a year ago, DOE improved the standard for “dry-type” transformers (those primarily used in … Continue reading

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Standards Group for the Internet of Things over TV White Space Launches Zero-G

The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced that it has welcomed over 600 Members worldwide in the rapidly growing M2M ecosystem. To mark the milestone achievement the group today announced the launch of the inaugural issue of Zero-G, the … Continue reading

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