Overview of the Standards Ecosystem
Interoperability is one of the biggest challenges as we seek to integrate large numbers of complex technology “bricks” to build the Smart Grid ecosystem. It will be key to enabling utilities and consumers to easily install interactive and ideally interchangeable parts from technology and device providers worldwide. This is where international standards make a major difference and overcome the extreme fragmentation of the ecosystem. The U.S. Department of Energy GridWise Architecture Council has developed foundational concepts of interoperability. The National Institute of Science and Technology is empowered by Congress to establish a framework of standards to be the reference for U.S. projects. The complexity explodes quickly by the very nature of the electric system, which operates 24/7 and which was built with components with different levels of sophistication over many decades. The electric grid will become smarter by successive steps. The challenge for the industry at large is to organize so that synergistic projects can be planned and managed, while respecting the independence of the stakeholders and allowing freedom for innovation. The G2H-SE2 Software is architected from the ground up to enable maximum interoperability across standards, hardware architectures and device types.
Grid2Home's participation in the standards
Grid2Home is active in driving standards related to two-way data transmission within the Smart Grid.
Grid2Home’s CTO serves as Chair of OpenSG SG Communications, a group responsible for defining communication requirements for the Smart Grid from a utility perspective as well as serves as Chair of ZigBee Core Stack Working Group responsible for the IP stack used in ZigBee SEP 2.0
Grid2Home ‘s VP Business Development contributed to the market requirements for SE 2.0 and actively participates in SAE Electric Vehicle Charging Standardization efforts
Grid2Home has successfully participated in all SE 2.0 related testing events on multiple platforms including ZigBee IP test events, the SEP2.0 Application Support test events and the ZigBee SE 2 Application Proof of Concept Testing