Matter and OpenADR team up to connect smart homes to the grid
Smart energy management just took a step closer to becoming simpler. This week, the organizations behind Matter, the smart-home interoperability standard, and the OpenADR protocol, which sends signals between the grid and the home, announced an agreement to work together. This should make it easier for connected appliances to participate in demand response programs (DR) and, hopefully, save you money.
In demand response programs, a customer agrees to reduce or shift their electrical usage in exchange for utility bill credits or other incentives. The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which runs Matter, and the non-profit OpenADR Alliance have outlined how the two protocols will work together to automate this process.
Matter will handle in-home communication between a smart, connected electrical appliance, such as an EV charger, heat pump, or solar install, and an energy gateway that collects real-time data. Then the OpenADR 3 protocol will handle communication between the...
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