In connection with climate change and rising energy prices, the discussion about improving energy efficiency has become paramount. In politics, business and other organizations, energy efficiency now has top priority. The goals are to save billions and to reduce CO² emissions by x-million tons per year. Insiders now use the term "Green IT". Furthermore, optimized cooperation between building services technology and IT offers enormous potential for improved energy efficiency. Recent discussions about performance-based energy usage, Smart Metering, and Smart-Grid - the intelligent electricity network of the future - will also have effects on the smart home market. Digital electricity networks open the way for new digital services for the mass market and will increase the demand for new types of technologies and digital products. ehome 2008 will discuss those possibilities and market prospects in a specially designed track on October 17, 2008.

Presenters:

• Special interest groups, Institutions, Research institutes
• Consultants
• Pilot projects
• Manufacturer Home Automaion and Bus Systems (new generations)

Participants:

• Politics
• Special interest groups, Institutions, Research institutes (e.g. ZVEH, KNX, LON, KNX User Clubs...)
• Consultants
• Pilot projects
• Manufacturers Home Automation, Bus Systems, IT (COOs, CEOs, Strategy, Marketing, Sales)
• Investors and "property developers" (Organizations, Housing associaitons...)
• Architects, Planner, Engineers