The partnership agreement will integrate UISOL’s utility-focused enterprise Demand Response Management System (DRMS) with the Tendril platform, which leverages an ecosystem of energy management partners.
UISOL’s DRBizNet and the Tendril platform are based on OpenADR, one of the first standards adopted and ratified by the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability. Tendril utilizes the ZigBee Smart Energy Profile to provide additional open standards to support Home Area Networks and consumer-based energy management devices.
Using the Tendril platform within the home, customers can monitor and manage their energy usage through products like in-home displays, smart thermostats and smart outlets that track energy costs and consumption by appliance, electronic or household device, the company said.
The platform also extends to new devices such smart appliances, residential electric vehicle chargers, and distributed energy resources such as renewables and storage.
Meanwhile, UISOL’s DRBizNet Demand Response Management System allows utilities to fully automate all Demand Response management business and operational processes with greater efficiency and transparency – from planning, registration, event dispatch, tracking, verification, documentation, and settlement, the company added.
When integrated together, the systems enable Demand Response across a larger and more diverse load base, with greater customer participation and buy-in.
Adrian Tuck, CEO of Tendril, said: ”The integration of the two companies’ products and services provides proof that open standards, and the flexibility provided by a ‘best-of-breed’ approach, will lead to true smart grid innovation.”
