May 17, 2012: Smart Grid Standard on Automated Demand Response Successfully Tested
MORGAN HILL, Calif. — The OpenADR Alliance, a nonprofit corporation created to foster the development, adoption, and compliance of a smart grid standard known as Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR), has announced the successful testing of the OpenADR 2.0a profile standard. Using the new OpenADR Test Tool developed by QualityLogic, OpenADR members Akuacom, a unit of Honeywell, EnerNOC, IPKeys Technologies, and Universal Devices successfully tested their client and server devices, helping to further refine the standard.
According to the alliance, the OpenADR 2.0 technology is based on the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and builds on the OpenADR 1.0 specification supported by more than 60 organizations worldwide. Through the OpenADR 2.0 standard, the OpenADR Alliance will provide utilities, independent system operators (ISOs), regulators, and controls suppliers with a selection of certified products for cost-effective demand response implementation.