Commentary
Trilliant launches Industry Interoperability Group
Smart Grid Leader, Trilliant has launched an Industry Interoperability Group, working in partnership with a number of key industry partners, including Onzo, in order to help UK households cut their energy bills by up to 10% by installing smart meters.
The group has been built around the Trilliant Communications Hub, which is the first generally available hub designed to support the initial deployment stage of smart meters and the first to address issues of multi-supplier and multi-device interoperability from the ground up. It is already being delivered through a partnership between Trilliant and one of the ‘big six’ UK utility companies.
The Communications Hub Interoperability Group is a robust alliance, providing a simpler, cost effective way for UK utilities to adopt smart metering and to expedite the benefits of money saving energy management technology to consumers.
Recent research commissioned by the European Smart Metering Industry Group has identified smart meters as a key energy efficiency technology, with the government aiming for 52 million smart meters to be installed in 30 million homes and businesses in the UK between 2014 and 2019. One of the obstacles to this deployment is the technical complexity of the various energy management devices on the market. Trilliant aims to limit the time and expense of separate standalone equipment roll-outs by unifying these manufacturers.
Joel Hagan, Onzo’s CEO, commented:
“Onzo is committed to providing products that empower consumers to take control of their energy, as well as meet the requirements of utilities and regulators. Onzo are delighted to be part of the Trilliant eco-system, which will create robust interoperability between different manufacturers, promoting innovation and customer choice, as well as significantly simplifying the complexities of the UK smart meter roll-out.”
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