Press Releases
Control4 Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Collaborate to Deliver Integrated Residential Energy Management Solutions for Utilities
Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today an agreement to integrate Lockheed Martin’s SEEload™ Demand Response Management solution with the Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100). The integrated solution will provide a complete residential energy management solution that will give consumers greater control over their energy usage and enable utilities to deploy a flexible and secure demand response (DR) platform.
Control4 Introduces Control4® Advantage Software and Development Tools for the Control4® Energy Management System 100
Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announced today the introduction of Control4® ADVANTAGE software, which will power the company’s award-winning Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100). Control4 ADVANTAGE will analyze residential usage data to help utilities optimize load management.
Control4® Energy Systems and itsa North America Join Forces to Bring Automation and Control to Multifamily, Commercial, and Military Industries
Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and ista North America, one of the world’s largest providers of submetering, utility expense management and retail energy services, today announced plans to integrate the Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100) with ista’s Energy Intelligence SM Platform (EIP). The integration will empower ista customers with real-time information about their energy usage and deliver the ability to control thermostats and other smart devices for further savings.
Control4® Energy Systems Receives 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com
Product of the Year Award
Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announced today that the Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100) has received a 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Intelligent Communications Partners.
Control4 Hires Seasoned Executive Richard Walker to Lead Energy Systems Division
Control4®, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announced today the appointment of Richard Walker to the post of President, Energy Systems. Walker is responsible for the growth and management of the company’s new operating division dedicated to bringing affordable energy management solutions to consumers, utilities, partners, and businesses.
APOGEE and Control4 Collaborate to Connect Consumers to the Smart Grid
Control4, the leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and APOGEE Interactive announced a strategic relationship today to incorporate Apogee's energy analysis software into the Control4 home area network solution, the Energy Management System 100. By analyzing and presenting the data gathered by the Energy Management System 100 in an easy-to-understand interface and linking that with control over home devices, consumers can see the impact of changing their usage and realize substantial energy savings in the home.
Control4, the leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, today announced that is has been selected as a finalist for the first Innovation Competition at GreenBeat 2009, the seminal conference on the Smart Grid. With its Control4 Energy Management System, which affords consumers and utilities unprecedented insight about and control over energy usage in the home, Control4 is making the next generation of the smart grid a reality.
Control4 Showcases Energy Management System at Autovation 2009
Control4, the leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, introduces the Control4 Energy Management System (EMS) 100 at Autovation 2009...
Texas Utility Chooses Control4 for Smart Grid Deployment
Control4, a leading developer of Home Area Network (“HAN”) and consumer energy management solutions, today announced that it has been selected as the HAN provider for...
Control4 Secures $17.3 Million to Fund Smart Grid Product Initiatives
Control4 has secured an additional $17.3 million in equity financing to accelerate Control4’s development in energy management systems and home energy displays for the company’s emerging Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) product initiatives...
In The News
Fast Company: Hot Times in Home Energy
The potential of the energy-management market is huge. By 2014, the global smart-grid market is expected to be worth $171 billion; if the U.S. fully utilized a smart grid, we could cut our carbon emissions 12% by 2030, the equal of eliminating 66 power plants, according to the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory…The trick is how to engage with customers today, when energy managers can supply information but can't really manage anything.
greentech media: Control4 Announces New Software, Partners With Lockheed Martin
Control4 releases new open-source software it says is geared towards the user experience, as well as the utility’s back end.
CNET: Control4 Pitches App Store for Energy Display http://news.cnet.com
In an effort to sell its home energy systems, Control4 is taking a page out of the iPhone playbook by designing a sleek device with a dedicated app store.
CNET: Home-Energy Monitoring Devices Could Be CES Bright Spot
A desire to cut household operating costs while being green, along with a government push for energy efficiency - could make home energy monitoring one of the hot areas at the 2010 International CES.
SmartGrid News: Texas Utility Chooses Control4 for HAN Control and Energy Management
Texas-based utility Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, which serves more than 65,000 customers between Austin and Houston, has selected Control4 as teh HAN provider...
Reuters: Smart Grid in a Box Courtesy of Foundation Capital
The venture firm is Foundation Capital, and an announcement this morning from Foundation-backed Contro4, A home automation firm,ilustrates how a vertical integration approach to smart grid is...
CNET: Control4 Displays to Monitor Energy in Smart-Grid Project
Control4 Energy Systems, one of a growing number of home energy display providers, said Tudsday it will supply energy monitors in a planned smart-grid project in rural...
SmartGrid News: Why Control4 is the Company to Beat in Home Energy Management
The announcement of a new round of financing for home control company Control4 makes this a good time to introduce you to the company and to the burgeoning home area network (HAN) market...
CNET: Control4 Adds Energy Monitoring to Home Network
Home-area network company Control4 wants you to control your energy consumption and home entertainment from the same box...
Strategic relationship will provide consumers with Advanced Energy Management while enabling utilities to balance supply and demand, creating a cleaner, more efficient grid...
Earth2Tech: Control4 Raises $17M to Connect With Smart Meters
Home automation company Control4 is already predicting annual revenue of around $70 million from its wireless home entertainment, security and lighting management products. Now the company...
greentech media: Control4 Gets $17.3M to Expand Home Energy Management
The maker of home entertainment and security automation systems has raised $17.3 million to create systems specifically for monitoring and controlling home energy use...
SmartGrid News: Can Control4 Lead the Way to Wireless HAN Access?
Today's article looks at a ZigBeebased home automation controller, Control4 Home Controller HC300, with an eye on its future capabilities to support utility need...
Control4 Nabs $17.3 Million for Energy-Saving Efforts
The way Glen Mella sees it, Control4's recent $17.3 million in funding is as much of an investment in the dealer channel as it is in the company...
Custom Retailer: Getting Smart About the Smart Grid
In a recent post, we discussed our latest round of funding, which will fuel development of our energy management solutions and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) product initiatives...
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