ecobee’s Award-Winning Smart Thermostat Now Compatible with Tendril’s Cloud Platform via Tendril Device Developer Program
BOULDER, Colo., and TORONTO, Ontario–Sept. 13, 2011— Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, and ecobee, the leading solutions provider in energy automation, announced today they have partnered to integrate ecobee’s Smart Thermostat on Tendril’s extensible energy platform, Tendril Connect ™. Utilities and energy service providers that have deployed Tendril Connect can now easily install ecobee’s Smart Thermostat amongst their user base.
“At the end of the day, in order to produce meaningful benefits and value for both consumers and energy service providers, consumers must be given more than just information about their energy consumption; they need the tools to control it and the freedom to choose the smart energy applications that meet their unique needs,” said Kent Dickson, chief technology officer, Tendril. “ecobee’s easy-to-use Smart Thermostats are a perfect fit for our energy service provider customers that want to provide energy programs that move beyond Energy Efficiency to Demand Response and Load Control.”
As utilities and energy service providers seek to drive consumer engagement and facilitate ongoing dialogue with customers, both consumer-friendly energy management tools and a robust back-end infrastructure are needed. This partnership provides increased information, choice and control to consumers, and enables energy service providers to move consumers from energy awareness programs to Demand Response and Load Control programs, driving more value and choice to consumers, as well as improving operational efficiencies, grid operations and environmental sustainability.
“The integration of our Smart Thermostat with Tendril’s extensible cloud platform expands our reach among utilities and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to deliver the best possible user experience to our customers,” said Stuart Lombard, president and CEO of ecobee. “At ecobee we are constantly innovating with new product developments and cutting-edge web tools that are literally changing an industry by providing the easiest way to understand, manage and reduce energy use.”
ecobee’s Smart Thermostat allows energy service providers to engage consumers and provide greater control and choice of how and when they consume. The Tendril Connect platform provides the crucial infrastructure to enable dialogue between consumers, energy service providers and third party hardware devices and applications. An open, secure, scalable cloud platform, Tendril Connect enables standards-based communications to support millions of networked devices, immense amounts of data and intelligence, enable remote management capabilities and support an emerging marketplace of new services.
As a Tendril Device Developer, ecobee joins the growing Tendril Connect Platform Partner program, which consists of more than 25 partners that span the energy ecosystem. From large industry players like Siemens Energy, to the leading smart meter makers and top advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) vendors, to cutting-edge smart device and appliance producers like Whirlpool Corporation, Tendril’s partners are utilizing the power of the Tendril Connect cloud platform to capitalize on new revenue and market opportunities, differentiate products and services, increase customer satisfaction, accelerate time to market and improve margins.
Tendril Device Developer partners, like ecobee, can be found in numerous in-market devices, including in-home energy displays, programmable thermostats, smart plugs, appliances, load control switches and more.
About ecobee
ecobee delivers intelligent energy management solutions for real people. Installed in tens of thousands of homes and businesses across North America, the ecobee Open Energy Management Platform is the easiest way for residential and business customers to understand, manage and reduce their energy consumption. To better serve their customers, utilities across the country have chosen ecobee as an integral component of their energy efficiency and demand response programs. The ecobee Open Energy Management Platform delivers a superior user experience, the ability for rapid innovation and a lower long term cost of ownership all in a future proof platform. For more information please visit www.ecobee.com
About Tendril
Tendril provides the cloud platform for the energy industry, delivering end-to-end consumer engagement products, applications and services powered by Tendril Connect™—an open, secure and scalable platform that takes the complexity out of the Energy Internet and creates a dialogue between energy service providers, product and service providers and consumers. Delivering consumer engagement software, in-home products and applications as well as easy to integrate utility solutions such as Demand Response and Energy Efficiency, Tendril offers unparalleled insight into energy decisions, making the Energy Marketplace a reality. The company is venture backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Good Energies, RRE Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) and GE. For more information, visit www.tendrilinc.com.
Gina Manassero
Schwartz Communications
415-512-0770
tendril@schwartzcomm.com
Sheila O’Neill
Tendril
303-324-7310
soneill@tendrilinc.com
Katherine Hague
ecobee
416-987-1024
Katherine@ecobee.com