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HOGARES, EDIFICIOS Y CIUDADES INTELIGENTES

Febrero – Marzo 2016

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NOTICIAS

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1. 5 Herramientas open source para Automatización del Hogar 2

2. Investigadores del MIT ponen sensores en el alcantarillado de la ciudad 2

3. El empoderamiento de la Energía Solar a nivel mundial 2

4. Edificios inteligentes: un puntal en el Internet de las Cosas (IoT) 3

5. El "amanecer" del Vehículo Eléctrico 3

6. Se lanza uno de los mayores proyectos colaborativos de rehabilitación de edificios del mundo 3

7. Investigadores crean células solares tan delgadas y ligeras que flotan en una Burbuja de jabón 3

8. El coche conectado, claro dominador del Mobile World Congress 4

9. Tres pasos hacia una jerarquía de necesidades de las ciudades inteligentes 4

10. ¿Es Barcelona la ciudad más inteligente del mundo? 4

11. Nueva plataforma online para mejorar Eficiencia Energética de Edificios y Áreas Urbanas 4

12. El cuarto mayor hospital público de EE.UU. reduce el consumo y los costos de energía en un 20% ... 5

13. Fenacore impulsará la energía solar 5

14. Murcia, ¿potencia mundial en la producción de energías renovables? 5

15. El autoconsumo puede ser rentable 5

16. Récord Solar Mundial en el Tissot Arena de Biel, Suiza 6

17. El DOE de EE.UU. lanza nueva propuesta normativa sobre eficiencia de las bombillas 6

18. U.C. San Diego presenta un detector de peatones mejorado para coches 6

19. Cuatro razones para ayudar a otras ciudades a volverse inteligentes 7

20. Un pedal de bicicleta con GPS y sensores 7

21. Ciudades digitalmente conectadas e inclusivas 7

22. Un badén inteligente que genera electricidad cuando los vehículos pasan 8

23. Por una red eléctrica apropiada para un sistema 100% de energías renovables 8

24. Caos legal al aprobar el Gobierno dos normas opuestas sobre autoconsumo 8

25. Una plataforma para unir las comunicaciones sobre Agua, Energía y Smart Cities 9

26. ¿Por qué importan las Smart Cities? Pregunta a la industria energética 9

27. Baleares, un referente de la energía fotovoltaica 9

28. Cómo agilizar la transición de las ciudades a ciudades inteligentes 10

29. Dinamarca: Líder global en Ciudades Inteligentes 10

30. Servicios públicos acercan la Energía Solar a familias y negocios (EE.UU.) 10

31. Socios municipales y estatales en Plataforma Colaborativa Better Buildings SEED de EE.UU. 11

32. Los sistemas inteligentes de gestión de energía pueden mejorar la eficiencia de los vehículos h... 11

33. Se crea Asociación Nacional de comerciantes para Energía Solar Comunitaria (EE.UU.) 11

34. El Supremo sentenciará sobre el Decreto de Autoconsumo 11

35. Inauguran la planta solar más grande del mundo, construida por un grupo español 12

EMPRESAS Y MERCADOS

INDICE 36. Renault despliega flota de 150 Zoe EVs para proyecto de carga inteligente solar 13

37. El gigante electrónico Bosch lanza servicio en la nube de IoT 13

38. Celdas solares de First Solar rompen Récord de eficiencia 13

39. Zipcar considera la incorporación de coches autónomos en su flota 14

40. Los Vehículos Eléctricos de Nissan Leaf pueden ser hackeados, según investigador 14

41. Exclusiva de venta en España de TAB Batteries para Solar Rocket 14

42. SunPower muestra buenos resultados en el cuatro cuatrimestre y planea expansión 15

43. Cree revela su sistema de iluminación PoE LED para la solución de IoT de Cisco 15

44. Kaori presenta panel lumínico ahorrador de luz para aplicaciones en interior 15

45. AverLogic Technologies y Redpine Signals lanzan un solución de video Streaming WiFi en HD que p... 15

46. Análisis de las ventajas y desventajas de los vehículos de batería eléctrica y los vehículos de... 16

47. Modo fácil de ver lo limpio que es realmente tu coche eléctrico 16

48. SMA y TenneT colaboran para pronosticar mejor la inyección fotovoltaica 16

49. Convirtiendo el coche en un smart car según Verizon 17

50. MaxLite presenta LED retroajustada para iluminación arquitectónica 17

51. Por qué seguir estando conectado a la red, incluso con baterias solares 17

52. Dispositivo de Monitoreo del Hogar supone avance en el diagnóstico de la Degeneración macular 17

53. Equipo de antiguos ingenieros de Mozilla presenta “Sense,” un Hub Intelligente y Seguro para el... 18

54. Siemens expande su herramienta de análisis de datos para contadores inteligentes con opciones d... 18

55. Consolidated Edison elije a Aclara para proyecto de contadores inteligentes avanzados 18

56. Amazon Echo puede ahora controlar Termostatos 19

57. Siemens, NB Power y la Universidad de New Brunswick lanzan red de Innovación en Smart Grids 19

58. Driver de carga LED integrado para Automoción con capacidad de reducción de intensidad 19

59. Sunverge presenta sus nuevos sistemas de almacenamiento de energía e integración solar 20

60. LEDs multichip que ofrecen el doble de brillo por la misma superficie 20

61. Leviton Anuncia módulos de integración con Philips Hue y Z-Wave y nuevo partner para conectivid... 20

62. Worldcore: la primera institución de pago reglamentado por la UE en ofrecer autentificación por... 20

63. LUCIS vende consola para hogar inteligente, NuBryte Touchpoint 21

64. Nuevos termostatos inteligentes que ponen el ahorro energético al alcance de los residentes 21

65. Persianas controladas remotamente de Lutron Serena 21

66. Sonnen se alía con SolarWorld y PetersenDean 22

PATENTES 67. US20160061935(A1) Methods and systems for vehicle radar coordination and interference reduction 23

68. US9260244 (B1) Wireless visualization interface for autonomous ground vehicle signal coverage 23

INDICE 69. US9264136 (B2) Broadband wireless communication system and method 24

70. USD749661 (S1) Wireless smart network video camera 24

71. US2016039269 (A1) Portable Air Cooling System and Method 24

72. US2016042719 (A1) Pre-discharge circuit for multiplexed LED display 25

73. US2016044758 (A1) Dimmer and LED Driver with Dimming Nodes 25

74. AU2014301911 (A1) Low-light-failure high-power LED road lamp and manufacturing method therefor 25

75. AU2014301912 (A1) High-power led lamp cooling device and manufacturing method therefor 26

76. AU2014317801 (A1) A photovoltaic device 27

77. US2016040835 (A1) Adjustable solar charged lamp 27

78. US2016040836 (A1) Inflatable Solar Light 27

79. US2016040851 (A1) Wide Angle Optical System for LED Array 28

80. US2016040856 (A1) Solar Panel Assembly with a Lighting Pattern 28

81. US2016040859 (A1) LED Module, Luminaire Comprising Same And Method For Influencing A LightSpec...

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82. US2016040869 (A1) System and remotely controlled compact camera flash for camera enabled Smart 29

83. US2016040870 (A1) Light Emitting Diode (LED) display for a portable communication device 29

84. US2016042699 (A1) Light source device, driving method thereof and display device having the sam... 29

85. US2016043286 (A1) Arrangement for converting light emitted by an LED light source 30

86. US2016043288 (A1) Light-Emitting Diode module capable of reducing blue-light energy 30

87. US2016043650 (A1) Smart Power delivery system and related method 30

88. US2016043896 (A1) Home Network Manager for Home Automation 31

89. US2016043905 (A1) HOME NETWORK MANAGER FOR HOME AUTOMATION 31

90. US2016044755 (A1) DIMMING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR LEDS 31

91. US2016044756 (A1) Circuit arrangement for controlling a LED unit and method of operating the sa... 32

92. US2016044760 (A1) Method and Apparatus for Precise Temperature Brightness Compensation of LED 32

93. WO2016019675 (A1) PLUG AND PLAY SMART HOME PLAN 32

94. WO2016019882 (A1) VEIN RECOGNITION IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURITYAUTHENTICATION OF MOB...

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95. WO2016021218 (A1) Inspection apparatus for solar power generation system and inspection method...

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96. WO2016021761 (A1) HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR LED BULB USING CIRCUIT PATTERNLINE

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97. WO2016021853 (A1) LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM 34

98. WO2016021936 (A1) Integrated management server for remotely controlling home automation device...

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99. US9255675 (B1) Portable solar-powered devices 34

100. NREL patenta método para monitoreo continuo de Materiales durante la manufactura 35

101. WO2016015500 (A1) Smart LED lighting device and remote video chat system thereof 35

PUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICAS

INDICE 102. Energy management and planning in smart cities 36

103. A novel stochastic framework based on fuzzy cloud theory for modeling uncertainty in the micro-... 36

104. A low-carbon transport infrastructure in Taiwan based on the implementation of energy-saving me... 36

105. A red tandem organic light-emitting diode based on organic photovoltaic-type charge generation ... 37

106. Improving the performance of power GaN-based thin-film flip-chip LEDs through a twofold roughen... 37

107. Indenocarbazole based bipolar host materials for highly efficient yellow phosphorescent organic... 37

108. Optical performance of efficient blue/near UV nitropyridine-conjugated anthracene (NAMA) based ... 37

109. Polymer-based scattering layers for internal light extraction from organic light emitting diode... 38

110. A low-cost UWB sensor node powered by a piezoelectric harvester or solar cells 38

111. A pilot facility for analysis and simulation of smart microgrids feeding smart buildings 38

112. An intersection-to-intersection travel time estimation and route suggestion approach using vehi... 39

113. Mining Urban Data (Part B) 39

114. Model predictive energy control of ventilation for underground stations 39

115. Opportunistic communication in smart city: Experimental insight with small-scale taxi fleets as... 39

116. Investigation of performance and emission characteristics of a biogas fuelled electric generato... 40

117. Power loss due to soiling on solar panel: A review 40

118. Topologies for large scale photovoltaic power plants 40

119. City attachment and use of urban services: Benefits for smart cities 40

PUBLICACIONES SECTORIALES 120. ISO/CD 21219-24 Intelligent transport systems 41

121. ISO/CD 19453-1 - Road vehicles -- Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and elect... 41

122. Producción de Tecnología Solar Fotovoltaica 41

123. Smart Home, Efficiency Pace the Residential A/C Market 41

124. New energy vehicles in China 42

125. Worldwide Smart City Business Analytics Software 2015 Vendor Assessment 42

126. European solar market grows 15% in 2015 42

127. 12 Directrices ecológicas para ciudades sostenibles 42

128. Telecommunication Services Industry in Europe - Forecast 43

EVENTOS, FERIAS Y JORNADAS 129. III Congreso de Edificios de Consumo de Energía Casi Nulo (EECN) 21-22 Junio 2016 44

130. IoT Asia 2016 Singapur 30-31 de Marzo 44

131. Here's how the Internet of Things will explode by 2020 44

INDICE 132. Light + Building 45

133. CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference. 24-26 de Mayo San Francisco 45

134. Solar 2016: Call for participation and abstracts 45

Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesNOTICIAS5 Herramientas open source para Automatización del HogarPublicada en opensource.com, 29/03/2016.

The Internet of Things isn't just a buzzword, it's a rapidly expanding reality. With an ever-expanding number ofdevices available to help you automate, protect, and monitor your home, it has never before been easier nor moretempting to try your hand at home automation. Whether you're looking to control your HVAC system remotely,integrate a home theater, protect your home from theft, fire, or other threats, reduce your energy usage, or justcontrol a few lights, there are countless devices available at your disposal.

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Investigadores del MIT ponen sensores en el alcantarillado de laciudadPublicada en www.theguardian.com, 27/03/2016.

Here in this small room within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, I am making theacquaintance of Luigi. As explorers go, he lacks charisma – not for him a winning smile, witty catchphrase and firmhandshake. But then, Luigi isn’t your typical pioneer. He’s a robot. And it isn’t curios he collects. It’s sewage. At firsttake, it seems an unlikely subject for Luigi’s creators – the Senseable City Lab – to embrace. Along twisting corridors,sleek black panels showcase the group’s off-the-wall ideas: LED-clad micro helicopters, location-tracked trash, theCopenhagen wheel – a motorised hub for bicycles that won a James Dyson prize. I am almost surprised to find thelab didn’t invent the flat white. “We usually say our top projects should be both in Nature and in MoMA [Museum ofModern Art],” admits the lab’s director, Professor Carlo Ratti, when we meet in his office, a room dominated by a vasttable covered with piles of paper.

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El empoderamiento de la Energía Solar a nivel mundialPublicada en weforum.org, 11/03/2016.

It's the largest power plant of its kind. Built in the Moroccan desert, the $765million Noor-Ouarzazate complex is set to power over a million homes. Even afew years ago, a project of this scale in the North African desert would almostcertainly have been an oil or gas power station. But the Noor-Ouarzazatecomplex runs on the power of the sun. It is a sign of how far solar power hascome that such large infrastructure projects are now being built. That the schemewas partly funded through a loan from the Word Bank also shows how solar isbecoming mainstream.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesEdificios inteligentes: un puntal en el Internet de las Cosas (IoT)Publicada en /t.co, 10/03/2016.

The undisputed leaders in Smart Cities are Smart Buildings. This category currently has a huge advantage over thefollowing categories – Smart Home and Transport. Even though Smart Buildings are expected to maintain the hugegrowth rate doubling their current number of connected devices, Smart Homes are expected to become a majorbehemoth in the connected scene, with year-to-year growth rates of almost 50%, slightly overcoming Smart Buildingsas the leader of the pack by 2018.

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El "amanecer" del Vehículo EléctricoPublicada en planetizen.com, 06/03/2016.

Tom Randall reports: "Battery prices fell 35 percent last year and are on a trajectory to make unsubsidized electricvehicles as affordable as their gasoline counterparts in the next six years, according to a new analysis of the electric-vehicle market by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)."

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Se lanza uno de los mayores proyectos colaborativos derehabilitación de edificios del mundoPublicada en buildup.eu, 01/03/2016.

The world’s largest collaborative project on building renovation has been officially launched 1 March, 2016 by GreenBuilding Councils across Europe, in a bid to tackle one of the region’s biggest climate challenges – its existingbuildings. After more than a year of preparations, the BUILD UPON project is launching a series of 80 Europeanevents that aim to bring together more than 1,000 organisations in a concerted effort to reduce emissions frombuildings. Emissions from existing buildings account for 36% of the EU’s total CO2 emissions.

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Investigadores crean células solares tan delgadas y ligeras queflotan en una Burbuja de jabónPublicada en .fastcompany.com, 29/02/2016.

Researchers at MIT have created the thinnest and lightest solar cells ever made,according to MIT News. The solar cells are so thin and light they can sit on asoap bubble without popping it. Their physical size means that they have thepotential to be used in everything from paper to clothing to air- and spacecraft. Inwearables, the solar cells are so light they would be virtually unnoticeable by thewearer.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesEl coche conectado, claro dominador del Mobile World CongressPublicada en blog.pivotal.io, 25/02/2016.

As Mobile World Congress wraps up, it is no surprise to us at Pivotal that the automotive industry grabbed thelionshare of attention. Having had the privilege of working with many of the car companies there to transform to digitalinnovators (check out some of our under-the-hood stories with Ford, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and how our datascience team is pushing this area forward), it is clear to us that auto manufacturers are banking on transforming thecar into a mobile PC and OS to reshape the consumer experience, and reshuffle market share.

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Tres pasos hacia una jerarquía de necesidades de las ciudadesinteligentesPublicada en .computerweekly.com, 19/02/2016.

Undeniably, smart cities are the wave of the future, providing one of the most intriguing and innovative applicationsfor the internet of things (IoT), and offering untold benefits for governments and citizens around service provision,quality of life, security and sustainability in an increasingly uncertain and dangerous world.

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¿Es Barcelona la ciudad más inteligente del mundo?Publicada en govtech.com, 19/02/2016.

Cities around the world are beginning to understand the huge potential of the Internet of Things (IoT). In Barcelona,those possibilities have started to become the reality. Starting in 2012, the city deployed responsive technologiesacross urban systems including public transit, parking, street lighting, and waste management. These innovationsyielded significant cost savings, improved the quality of life for residents, and made the city a center for the young IoTindustry.

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Nueva plataforma online para mejorar Eficiencia Energética deEdificios y Áreas UrbanasPublicada en Phys Org Energy green tech, 18/02/2016.

The platform, designed for city planners, industry and energy stakeholders, assesses and maps buildings' energybehaviour, and can also remotely control public street lighting. The platform has already succeeded in cutting energyuse in several cities across Europe where it has been tested.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesEl cuarto mayor hospital público de EE.UU. reduce el consumo ylos costos de energía en un 20% con una nueva tecnologíaPublicada en PR Newswire: Energy, 18/02/2016.

The fourth largest non-profit hospital system in the U.S. has installed AmiciMPTS, a new and proven electricityefficiency technology, into two of its hospitals in Colorado and successfully reduced their monthly electricity costs by20%. The hospital system is purchasing up to 25 additional systems for installation in hospitals in Colorado,California and other locations.

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Fenacore impulsará la energía solarPublicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 18/02/2016.

La Federación Nacional de Comunidades de Regantes de España (Fenacore) ha impulsado un proyecto financiadopor la Unión Europea (UE), con cinco millones de euros, para promover el uso de energía fotovoltaica en losbombeos y distribución del agua de riego, según ha informado el organismo mediante un comunicado.

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Murcia, ¿potencia mundial en la producción de energíasrenovables?Publicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 18/02/2016.

El secretario general del PSOE-RM y portavoz del Grupo Parlamentario Socialista, Rafael González Tovar, haasegurado que para la Región de Murcia, el Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático supone una oportunidadhistórica para impulsar el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación, y convertirnos así en unapotencia mundial en laproducción de energías renovables.

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El autoconsumo puede ser rentablePublicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 18/02/2016.

Un estudio de OCU sobre Kits fotovoltaicos muestra que el autoconsumo empieza a ser rentable incluso a pesar delos costes de legalización y las diversas trabas administrativas que hoy existen. En el estudio se pone en evidenciaque la tecnología está ya madura, tratándose de sistemas muy fiables, y que se adaptan muy bien a las condicionesclimatológicas de nuestro país. Los resultados se publican en el número de febrero de la revista OCU-CompraMaestra.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesRécord Solar Mundial en el Tissot Arena de Biel, SuizaPublicada en ABB, 18/02/2016.

The world’s largest in-stadium solar power plant has been built on the roof of theTissot Arena in Biel. Its capacity: 2.1 MW driven by 62 ABB TRIO inverters.Interestingly, this kind of milestone project was discussed for possibledevelopment in Zurich but Biel was able to bring it to fruition. The Tissot-Arena isa multifunctional sports arena for soccer and hockey. In addition, the facilitycontains a curling arena, a covered public space, restaurants, stores, and amultiplex cinema.

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El DOE de EE.UU. lanza nueva propuesta normativa sobre eficienciade las bombillasPublicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 18/02/2016.

The Department of Energy released a new proposed efficiency rule for General Service Lamps, better known aslightbulbs. This proposed rule will make it easier for consumers to make cost-effective, energy efficient choices forlighting their homes and offices. This proposal marks the next step of a public process that has been underway formore than two years and will continue over the course of this year.

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U.C. San Diego presenta un detector de peatones mejorado paracochesPublicada en govtech.com, 18/02/2016.

UC San Diego has created experimental software that's meant to make it faster and easier for self-driving cars todetect pedestrians, a hot area of technology dominated by such major companies as Ford and Google. Thedevelopment team's leader is beginning to use cameras instead of sensors to better identify nearby pedestrians.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesCuatro razones para ayudar a otras ciudades a volverse inteligentes

Publicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 17/02/2016.

If you're a city leader committed to a smart city transformation, you know the challenges well: It's a disruptive processto dismantle “traditional” processes and build in their place a livable, economically vibrant and sustainable city. Sowhy would you take on even more challenges by helping smaller communities become smart too? The author citedbelow names two: First, because it’s the right thing. Second, because smaller communities can act as soundingboards or even test beds.

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Un pedal de bicicleta con GPS y sensoresPublicada en Amsterdam Smart City, 17/02/2016.

The Connected Cycle Pedal is a smart cycle pedal that can store informationabout your bicycle tour and route. With the Connected Cycle Pedal you can keeptrack of speed, route, burned calories and slopes. You can read this informationin the corresponding app. It can also be stored for a while in the pedals, so if youforgot your smartphone while cycling this is not a problem. It is possible tosynchronise the data through Bluetooth later.

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Ciudades digitalmente conectadas e inclusivasPublicada en Phys.org - Telecom News, 16/02/2016.

Popular visions of the "smart city" promise that with digital technology the power of the city "as a platform" is put inusers' hands. Whether real or imagined, digital connectivity 24/7 is a fundamental part of the city-fabric. Yet this is notthe case for the city's most marginalised and excluded.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUn badén inteligente que genera electricidad cuando los vehículospasanPublicada en blogthinkbig.com, 16/02/2016.

Enquanto um único carro passa, já é possível gerar energia suficiente paraalimentar uma lâmpada durante 30 segundos. Um dos avanços e inovaçõestecnológicas mais interessantes no campo da energia nos últimos anos estárelacionado com os denominados sistemas passivos de captura earmazenamento de energia a partir da energia mecânica. Esta lombadainteligente, capaz de gerar eletricidade quando um carro passa é um bomexemplo disto, e promete ser uma alternativa viável para alimentar a rede deiluminação pública com a energia gerada.

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Por una red eléctrica apropiada para un sistema 100% de energíasrenovablesPublicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 15/02/2016.

En un comunicado, la fundación indicó que se ha reunido en Madrid con los responsables de la plataforma europeaRenewables Grid Initiative (RGI), en la que también participa Red Eléctrica de España (REE), con el fin de acordariniciativas conjuntas para avanzar hacia la integración total de las energías renovables en la red eléctrica europea.

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Caos legal al aprobar el Gobierno dos normas opuestas sobreautoconsumoPublicada en elconfidencial.com, 15/02/2016.

Este sábado, el Gobierno en funciones publicaba en el BOE el Real Decreto 56/2016 sobre eficiencia energética, enel que se traspone la Directiva 2012/27/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo. Con esta decisión, el Ejecutivocumple con una exigencia que Europa llevaba más de un año y medio reclamando y amenazando con sanciones.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUna plataforma para unir las comunicaciones sobre Agua, Energía ySmart CitiesPublicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 12/02/2016.

Council Lead Partner Itron's OpenWay Riva communications platform promises quite a lot: interoperability, distributedintelligence and more -- in one unified multi-service network -- for smart cities and electric and water utilities. AsSimon Pontin, Itron chief technology officer, describes it "The OpenWay Riva communications platform redefines thesmart network. Utilities require a network that does more than collect reams of data for back office analysis. TheOpenWay Riva communications platform enables decision-making at the edge, optimizing analytics where they needto happen, enabling utilities to run multiple applications in edge devices, creating capabilities not available before inthe industry while opening the door for new revenue opportunities."

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¿Por qué importan las Smart Cities? Pregunta a la industriaenergéticaPublicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 12/02/2016.

A growing number of cities eager to ensure a safe and sustainable place for itscitizens to live and work are increasingly turning to the technologies andconcepts of smart cities to ensure a healthy economy, and environmentallyresponsible and efficient operations. They also want to deliver a broad range ofexpanded services: from traffic management to health care, public safety andmore.

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Baleares, un referente de la energía fotovoltaicaPublicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 12/02/2016.

La Unión Española Fotovoltaica (UNEF) reunirá el próximo 18 de febrero, en Palma de Mallorca, a los principalespartidos políticos, sindicatos, asociaciones de ciudadanos y expertos del sector para analizar la situación de laindustria fotovoltaica en Baleares y en el contexto de España.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesCómo agilizar la transición de las ciudades a ciudades inteligentesPublicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 10/02/2016.

Cities don’t need to be sold on the idea of becoming smarter. More than 90% seethe smart cities movement as being transformational with long-term lastingimpacts. Nearly 80% believe it should start with initiatives that have lastingbenefits — even if that work is largely behind the scenes (and therefore lesslikely for the public to notice.) A similar number also believe that data analyticswill significantly improve decision making. And nearly all believe it’s acomprehensive effort; it’s more than just buying some new technology.

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Dinamarca: Líder global en Ciudades InteligentesPublicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 10/02/2016.

Denmark may not be top of mind in the smart cities realm. But with the rightcombination of cooperation, collaboration and communication the country couldbecome a leader and a model for other cities in how they can live up to thepromise of more efficient, environmentally friendly and livable smart cities,according to a new report from consultants Arup and CEDI.

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Servicios públicos acercan la Energía Solar a familias y negocios(EE.UU.)Publicada en Wind and Hydropower Technologies Plan - NEWS, 10/02/2016.

As we work to make solar energy affordable for more Americans each day, we want to celebrate organizations thatoften don’t get adequate praise: electric utility companies. The SunShot Initiative works with utilities across thecountry on innovative projects that help generate, integrate, and distribute solar energy throughout the grid. Withoutthis work, those solar-powered electrons would never make it to your home or business. In fact, recently weannounced $18 million in funding for projects that will work with utilities to demonstrate storage solutions that wouldenable hundreds of gigawatts of additional solar energy to be added to the grid.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesSocios municipales y estatales en Plataforma Colaborativa BetterBuildings SEED de EE.UU.Publicada en Wind and Hydropower Technologies Plan - NEWS, 10/02/2016.

As part of the Better Buildings Initiative, the Energy Department on February 4 announced 12 new partnerships withcities, counties, and states to unlock the power of building energy performance data; the goal is to inform decisionmaking on energy efficiency opportunities in local communities. Through the Standard Energy Efficiency Data(SEED) Platform Collaborative, these partners will improve the quality and consistency of building energy data,fostering community-wide support to increase the value and use of building energy performance information.

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Los sistemas inteligentes de gestión de energía pueden mejorar laeficiencia de los vehículos híbridos enchufableen un 12 por cientoPublicada en Phys Org Energy green tech, 09/02/2016.

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared totheir gas-only counterparts. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineeringhave taken the technology one step further, demonstrating how to improve the efficiency of current PHEVs by almost12 percent.

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Se crea Asociación Nacional de comerciantes para Energía SolarComunitaria (EE.UU.)Publicada en Solar Novus today, 09/02/2016.

Leading energy companies in the solar market today announced the formation of the Coalition for Community SolarAccess (CCSA), the first-ever national trade association for community solar. The Coalition’s founding leadershipincludes Clean Energy Collective, Community Energy, Ecoplexus, Ethical Electric, First Solar, and Recurrent Energy.

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El Supremo sentenciará sobre el Decreto de AutoconsumoPublicada en cincodias.com, 08/02/2016.

El Tribunal Supremo ha admitido a trámite una demanda colectiva presentada por dode organizaciones, empresas yparticulares contra el Real Decreto 900/2015 de 9 de octubre, que regula el autoconsumo, porque los denunciantesconsideran que vulnera la normativa española y varias directivas comunitarias. El recurso fue admitido el pasadomartes, 2 de febrero, y fue presentado por Greenpeace España, Lasal del Varador, Solares-Solartys, Clústerd'Eficiència Energètica de Catalunya, Josep Puig Boix, Lluís Maria Coll i Ripoll, Andrés Montesinos Campos,Alternativa Verda, Dia de la Terra, Grup de Cientifics i Tecnics per un Futur no Nuclear, Eurosolar y Solar Tradex,según consta en el Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE).

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesInauguran la planta solar más grande del mundo, construida por ungrupo españolPublicada en elconfidencial.com, 05/02/2016.

El ministro español de Asuntos Exteriores en funciones, José Manuel García-Margallo, ha asistido en Uarzazate(Marruecos) al acto de inauguración que presidió el rey Mohamed VI de una planta solar, que será la más grande delmundo y que ha sido construida por un consorcio español. Se trata de la primera fase de esta megaplantatermosolar, construida por un consorcio en el que están Acciona, Sener, TSK y Aries y que comenzará a estaroperativa con una capacidad de 160 megavatios, suministrando energía a más de 135.000 hogares.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesEMPRESAS Y MERCADOSRenault despliega flota de 150 Zoe EVs para proyecto de cargainteligente solarPublicada en chargedevs.com/n, 22/03/2016.

Renault and several partners plan to develop a Franco-Dutch network of smart solar EV charging stations, inconnection with a car-sharing service and vehicle-to-grid capability. The city of Utrecht will be the testing ground forthe Smart Solar Charging Project. In phase one of the project, Renault will supply a fleet of 150 Zoe EVs for a localcar-sharing service. 1,000 charging stations will be powered by 10,000 photovoltaic panels in the region.

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El gigante electrónico Bosch lanza servicio en la nube de IoTPublicada en m.v3.co.uk, 11/03/2016.

Bosch has launched a cloud network for the Internet of Things (IoT) in a bid tosquare up to major technology companies in the connected devices arena. Themove is indicative of traditional companies providing digital services to diversifytheir product offerings. Bosch’s IoT cloud will be run from the company'sdatacentre in Germany, which puts it in a position to provide services to theEuropean market in the face of US companies looking to extend the reach ofcloud services on the continent.

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Celdas solares de First Solar rompen Récord de eficienciaPublicada en .technologyreview.com, 03/03/2016.

Driving forward in the race for highly efficient solar cells, First Solar says it has converted 22.1 percent of the energyin sunlight into electricity using experimental cells made from cadmium telluride—a technology that today representsaround 5 percent of the worldwide solar power market. The company’s commercial line of solar cells has reached anenergy conversion efficiency of 16.4 percent.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesZipcar considera la incorporación de coches autónomos en su flota

Publicada en .govtech.com, 29/02/2016.

Zipcar is very clear to say the Boston-based company is not working on its own autonomous car, but it has startedlaying the groundwork for adding self-driving cars to its fleet. Part of the foundation is Zipcar’s new technologyplatform that Mace said will allow the company to add new features easily.

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Los Vehículos Eléctricos de Nissan Leaf pueden ser hackeados,según investigadorPublicada en .fastcompany.com, 25/02/2016.

The Nissan Leaf, the Japanese automaker's popular electric car, could fall preyto remote attacks by hackers, according to security researcher Troy Hunt. Inresponse to Hunt's discovery, Nissan has temporarily pulled the app that Leafowners can use to control the car.

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Exclusiva de venta en España de TAB Batteries para Solar RocketPublicada en ECOticias - Energías Renovables, 18/02/2016.

La empresa valenciana Solar Rocket, dedicada a la comercialización de productos solares fotovoltaicos paraaplicaciones domésticas, industriales y terciarias, y el fabricante Esloveno de baterías TAB Batteries, anuncian hoyque han firmado un acuerdo de distribución exclusiva en España de baterías para aplicaciones solares.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesSunPower muestra buenos resultados en el cuatro cuatrimestre yplanea expansiónPublicada en PV Magazine, 18/02/2016.

Despite a heavy GAAP loss, SunPower reported strong progress in all business segments in Q4, and is planning amajor expansion of manufacturing capacity including a novel module design.

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Cree revela su sistema de iluminación PoE LED para la solución deIoT de CiscoPublicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 18/02/2016.

Cree, Inc. introduces SmartCast Power over Ethernet (PoE), an intuitively simple, scalable and open platform thatenables the Internet of Things (IoT) for buildings through better light. SmartCast PoE is the first LED lighting platformthat makes the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework ready for mass deployment and adoption.

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Kaori presenta panel lumínico ahorrador de luz para aplicacionesen interiorPublicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 17/02/2016.

An illumination system incorporates the applications of a reflecting panel and an optical lens array. Its uniquesecondary optics design allows the illumination range of the light generated from the light-emitting diode to expandevenly: 100% indirect light, plus 30% reflected light, produce a uniformly diffused luminance effect on a surface.

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AverLogic Technologies y Redpine Signals lanzan un solución devideo Streaming WiFi en HD que pretende hacer las carreteras mássegurasPublicada en Home Toys, 17/02/2016.

AverLogic Technologies and Redpine Signals launched the complete high performance HD video WiFi streamingsolutions created with AverLogic's H.264 HD A/V Codec SoC and Redpine's Wi-Fi Module. The reference designsutilize the high capacity 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi bands for outstanding user experience in applications such as car cameras,video door bells, home security systems, baby monitors, medical imaging, conferencing equipment, and videodisplays among others.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesAnálisis de las ventajas y desventajas de los vehículos de bateríaeléctrica y los vehículos de celdas de combustiblePublicada en Inside EVS, 17/02/2016.

Electric cars have an edge over FCVs because they entered the market earlier and there are more and more modelsavailable on the market, that are sold in volume. Home charging infrastructure is already there and mostly requiresonly the install of an EVSE, while the public infrastructure also is growing. BEVs will be soon reinforced by newlonger-range models (200 miles), and the public fast charging power is to increase to 150 kW in the coming years.

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Modo fácil de ver lo limpio que es realmente tu coche eléctricoPublicada en Inside EVS, 17/02/2016.

Electric cars tend to produce less carbon pollution than gas-powered ones—butjust how much less? Enter your ZIP code below to see how different types ofvehicles stack up in your area. Entering a make, model, and year will narrowresults to a specific EV model.

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SMA y TenneT colaboran para pronosticar mejor la inyecciónfotovoltaicaPublicada en SMA Solar Technology AG, 17/02/2016.

SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) y el gestor de red de transporte TenneT TSO GmbH (TenneT) han firmado uncontrato de colaboración para mejorar la integración de la energía fotovoltaica en la red mediante la facilitación dedatos actuales de potencia de plantas fotovoltaicas.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesConvirtiendo el coche en un smart car según VerizonPublicada en Xataca móvil, 17/02/2016.

Así se llama el servicio, Hum. Se trata de un dispositivo que podemos instalar nosotros mismos en nuestro cochegracias al cual podremos controlarlo desde el móvil. No lo entendáis mal, no podremos conducirlo desde el propiomóvil pero sí limitarlo y localizarlo, además de poder acceder a información útil como el recorrido que ha hecho.

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MaxLite presenta LED retroajustada para iluminación arquitectónica

Publicada en LEDinside LED, LED Lighting, LED Price Trends, Global LED News and Market Research - Industry Info, 17/02/2016.

Expanding its portfolio of specification-grade LED lighting solutions, MaxLite introduces the DLR Series ofArchitectural Recessed Downlight Retrofits as a simple, cost-effective way to upgrade commercial interiors to moreefficient lighting.

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Por qué seguir estando conectado a la red, incluso con bateriassolaresPublicada en Phys Org Energy green tech, 16/02/2016.

Anything that can help cut our electricity bill is to be welcomed, and Tesla's solar rechargeable batteries, nowavailable in Australia, are just the latest option.

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Dispositivo de Monitoreo del Hogar supone avance en eldiagnóstico de la Degeneración macularPublicada en DeviceSpace, 16/02/2016.

Damage to the macula caused by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can develop slowly or quickly, and theearly and intermediate stages often pass without symptoms. While a complete dilated eye examination will allow anophthalmologist to detect the disease earlier, a patient often does not notice disease progression until central vision issignificantly deteriorated. Unfortunately, outcomes of AMD treatment are correlated to baseline visual acuity, area,and characteristics of choroidal neovascularization (CNV).1 Though new pharmaceutical treatment options havemade strides in terms of maintaining patients’ vision, restoration of significant vision loss is rare.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesEquipo de antiguos ingenieros de Mozilla presenta “Sense,” un HubIntelligente y Seguro para el Hogar InteligentePublicada en , 16/02/2016.

With the emerging ecosystem of connected devices – often dubbed the “Internet of Things” – consumers are rightlyworried about the security and privacy implications associated with always-on hardware in their homes that listen,watch, observe and then store data in the cloud. Today, a company called Silk Labs, co-founded by former MozillaCTO Andreas Gal, is launching a device that aims to address those concerns with its smart home sensor dubbed“Sense” that interoperates with your home’s connected devices, and automatically adapts to your needs over time bylearning from your behavior and patterns.

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Siemens expande su herramienta de análisis de datos paracontadores inteligentes con opciones de big dataPublicada en siemens.com, 16/02/2016.

Siemens is making it possible for utilities and power grid operators to gain deeper insights into their smart grid data.For this, Siemens has added a big data option to EnergyIP Analytics, an application that runs on Siemens' highlyscalable EnergyIP smart grid application platform. The Analytics application now uses various big data options for thedata-intensive processes used to administer smart meter gateways and meter data processing for external marketparticipants on the German market. This includes the analysis of complex data patterns for the identification of energytheft, the identification of vulnerable or overloaded devices and plants in the distribution network, and the creation ofload forecasts for different levels in the distribution grid based on finely granulated meter data.

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Consolidated Edison elije a Aclara para proyecto de contadoresinteligentes avanzadosPublicada en Electric Light & Power - Metering, 12/02/2016.

Aclara Meters won a contract by Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Inc. and Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc., bothregulated operating companies of Consolidated Edison Inc. to supply electric smart meters for an advanced meteringinfrastructure (AMI) project covering New York City and Westchester County, and Orange & Rockland counties.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesAmazon Echo puede ahora controlar TermostatosPublicada en forbes.com, 12/02/2016.

Amazon Echo has become a surprise hit among the tech crowd. The $180 tube-shaped speaker gives users accessto Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, Alexa. It’s especially won over the smart home as an easier means ofcontrolling devices. Rather than having to pull out a smartphone to simply switch a light on, just talk. Now the Echo isexpanding its role as the centerpiece of the smart home by directly integrating WiFi-connected thermostats into itssystem. The first partner here is with Toronto, Canada-based thermostat maker Ecobee.

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Siemens, NB Power y la Universidad de New Brunswick lanzan redde Innovación en Smart GridsPublicada en Electric Light & Power - Smart Grid, 11/02/2016.

The Smart Grid Innovation Network was officially launched in Fredericton, NewBrunswick, Canada by founding partners Siemens Canada, New BrunswickPower and University of New Brunswick. SGIN is a joint testing platform thataims to serve as a catalyst for innovation and the development of a nextgeneration electricity eco-system in New Brunswick, Canada, while supportingopportunities for innovation that can be applied to the global energy marketplace.

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Driver de carga LED integrado para Automoción con capacidad dereducción de intensidadPublicada en Power Electronics Technology , 10/02/2016.

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces two new single-IC switching regulators that provide constant-current output todrive high-power LEDs. Allegro's A6214 and A6216 devices integrate a high-side N-channel DMOS switch for DC-to-DC step-down (buck) conversion. A true average current is output using a cycle-by-cycle, controlled on-time method.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesSunverge presenta sus nuevos sistemas de almacenamiento deenergía e integración solarPublicada en Solar Novus today, 10/02/2016.

Sunverge Energy, a specialist in intelligent energy storage and distributed energy resource management, todayannounced the next generation of its Solar Integration System (SIS), offering customers a cost-effective package ofmore battery options and a streamlined design with even more system intelligence than the original SIS.

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LEDs multichip que ofrecen el doble de brillo por la mismasuperficiePublicada en Power Electronics Technology , 09/02/2016.

Osram Opto Semiconductors' new Osram Ostar Stage LED features four high-power chips with thin-film and UX:3technologies in red, green, blue and white. Providing higher brightness with no increase in package size, this LED isideal for use in stage spotlights. The four chips of the new high-power LED can be operated at up to 2.5 amperes(DC). This leads to twice the output of 30 watts (electric) from the same chip and package area compared to theexisting version, adding another output class to the Osram Ostar Stage product family.

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Leviton Anuncia módulos de integración con Philips Hue y Z-Wavey nuevo partner para conectividad KNX, MindBoxPublicada en Home Toys, 09/02/2016.

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) Tradeshow Attendees Can Learn More at Stand DL-280. Amsterdam, February 9,2016 - Leviton today announced, from the Diamond Lounge of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) Tradeshow,several enhancements for the international automation marketplace pertaining to the Omni security & automation andBitWise audiovisual control system platforms.

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Worldcore: la primera institución de pago reglamentado por la UEen ofrecer autentificación por biometría vocalalPublicada en PR Newswire: VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), 08/02/2016.

Après l'ouverture d'un compte de paiement Worldcore, le client enregistre une empreinte vocale de 3-4 secondescontenant des expressions de 10 à 12 syllabes. En respectant ces paramètres, l'utilisateur nous offre suffisammentd'informations pour procéder à une analyse vocale. Une fois l'empreinte vocale enregistrée, l'utilisateur devraprononcer l'expression approuvée pour accéder à son compte ou pour confirmer une transaction en fonction desoptions actives dans VoiceKey.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesLUCIS vende consola para hogar inteligente, NuBryte TouchpointPublicada en Connected Home World Magazine, 06/02/2016.

If you were at this year’s CES and visited the connected home section youwould have seen this new connected home solution from Lucis Technologies.Only available in the U.S. at the moment, the NuBryte smart home console offersa range of connected home services, such as home security, Intercom andautomated lighting. NuBryte also has an accompanying iPhone app that extendsits functionality to your phone for ease of use.

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Nuevos termostatos inteligentes que ponen el ahorro energético alalcance de los residentesPublicada en Phys Org Energy green tech, 05/02/2016.

Researchers from the University of Southampton are aiming to develop a 'smart' thermostat to help UK householdssave money on their energy bills. The prototype autonomous device allows users to control their heating based onthe price they want to pay rather than setting it by temperature alone, which existing smart thermostats such as Nest,do. To understand how users interact with smart energy systems, a team of researchers from Electronics andComputer Science (ECS) at Southampton and the University of Zurich produced three different smart thermostatsthat automated heating based on users' heating preferences and real-time price variations: a manual one throughwhich participants explicitly specify how the heating should respond to price changes, and two learning-based onesthat employed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to automate the temperature settings based on learnedhouseholds' preferences.

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Persianas controladas remotamente de Lutron SerenaPublicada en cnet.com, 03/02/2016.

Automated shades can be a cool feature for any living space, but when you start looking at the market, you might besurprised how expensive outfitting a whole home can be. That said, smart shades and blinds have a lot of potential.They can make windows in hard-to-reach places more accessible, and can be important tools for the disabled orelderly. Lutron's Serena Remote Controlled Shades can't solve the price problem (each unit costing around $350 atthe least, plus $150 for the Caseta Bridge that integrates with Apple HomeKit). But their hefty price tag makes a littlemore sense than what you'll pay for other smart shades. Not only do they boast features like Siri voice control andgeofencing-based automation, they also integrate with plenty of other smart home gadgets, like thermostats andlights. Despite the pricing and a few performance hiccups, those who need smart shades for a few vaulted windowsor a particular bedroom will find a helpful solution in Serena.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesSonnen se alía con SolarWorld y PetersenDeanPublicada en Solar Novus today, 01/02/2016.

Sonnen, a specialist in smart storage systems, announced a partnership withSolarWorld, a crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer and PetersenDean, aresidential roofing company with more than a million roofs under its belt. Thisnew package brings best-in-class solar-plus-storage technology to the US marketand gives people a straightforward access for using renewable energy.Additionally sonnen is working with Spruce, an expert in residential solar andefficiency financing, to develop new financing for energy storage.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesPATENTESUS20160061935(A1) Methods and systems for vehicle radarcoordination and interference reductionPublicada en freshpatents.com, 03/03/2016.

Solicitante: Google Inc.[US]A method is provided that includes a vehicle receiving data from an externalcomputing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in an environment of thevehicle. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to detect the environmentof the vehicle. The at least one other vehicle may include at least one sensor.The method also includes determining a likelihood of interference between the atleast one sensor of the at least one other vehicle the sensor of the vehicle. Themethod also includes initiating an adjustment of the sensor to reduce thelikelihood of interferences between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least onesensor of the at least other vehicle responsive to the determination.

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US9260244 (B1) Wireless visualization interface for autonomousground vehicle signal coveragePublicada en Espacenet_TELECO, 15/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): AMAZON TECH INC[US] +A system for analyzing the network traffic health of an inventory management system that includes an autonomousvehicle and a plurality of access points. The autonomous vehicle interacts with access points in an inventorymanagement system, and network traffic information related to network connectivity between the autonomous vehicleand the access points is obtained. The autonomous vehicle or the access points transmit(s) the network trafficinformation to a computer system that can generate a graphical user interface that represents the network trafficinformation for the inventory management system. The network traffic information can include a variety of informationabout the interactions between autonomous vehicles and access points, such as roam time of the autonomousvehicles between access points as the autonomous vehicles navigate within the inventory management system.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS9264136 (B2) Broadband wireless communication system andmethodPublicada en Espacenet_TELECO, 15/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): VAANANEN MIKKO KALERVO[FI] +Free space optical communication is plagued by interruptions in the connectionscaused by atmospheric phenomena, such as weather. A wireless beamtransmission system includes at least one transmitter (110) and accommodatesseveral wavelengths, and at least one transmission wavelength is arranged to bechosen based on spectral absorption measurements of the atmosphere in thecarrier beam path of communication. The invention concerns also a transceiverfor repeating wireless optical communication signals.; The long range and highreliability of spectroscopically sensitive light beams at a penetrating frequencyallow the affordable provisioning of high bandwidth optical or IR communicationconnections to devices and buildings that were previously either very expensivelyconnected to the fiber optic backbone networks, expensive low bandwidth radioor microwave networks, or unreachable by traditional free space optics solutions.

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USD749661 (S1) Wireless smart network video cameraPublicada en Espacenet_TELECO, 15/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): AMARYLLO INTERNAT B V[TW] +Resumen no disponible para USD749661 (S1)

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US2016039269 (A1) Portable Air Cooling System and MethodPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): KUMAR SIVATHANU B[US] +A portable air cooling system and method for providing cooled air for mobile use for a user including in a golf cart hasan insulated portable casing, an air cooling assembly, a primary air blower fan, a secondary air blower fan, acomputer control unit, switches including variable resistance switches, a portable power source including batteriesand solar panels, and a secondary casing for housing the portable power source.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart Cities US2016042719 (A1) Pre-discharge circuit for multiplexed LEDdisplayPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC[US] +A system includes an output driver circuit configured to operate a light emitting diode (LED) display having a pluralityof columns of LED devices. The output driver circuit is configured to drive a given column output for the plurality ofcolumns of LED devices in response to being activated based on data and an driver on signal supplied to the outputdriver circuit. A pre-discharge circuit includes a separate discharge circuit connected to each of the column outputs.The pre-discharge circuit is configured to discharge the given column output for a predetermined period of timebefore the output driver circuit is activated.

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US2016044758 (A1) Dimmer and LED Driver with Dimming NodesPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): KONINKL PHILIPS NV[NL]; PHILIPS GMBH[DE] +Drivers (2) comprise converters (21) for converting input signals from dimmers(1) into output signals destined for light emitting diode circuits (3) and controllers(22) for detecting dimming levels of the input signals and for bringing the drivers(2) from first, normal dimming modes into second, eco dimming modes inresponse to detection results defining the dimming levels being equal to/smallerthan threshold levels. In the first/second dimming modes, the first input signalsare converted into first/second output signals according to first/second curves (I,II). The second curves (II) define higher light outputs than the first curves (I) formost of the dimming levels. Dimmers (1) comprise indicators (11, 2, 13) forindicating to users the dimming levels of the input signals being equal to/smallerthan the threshold levels. The indicators (11, 12, 13) may comprise light emittingdiode 10 apparatuses (11), mechanical clicks when turning knobs (12) andmarkers or markings (13) on the dimmer.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesAU2014301911 (A1) Low-light-failure high-power LED road lamp andmanufacturing method thereforPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): CHEN ZHIMING; SUZHOU WEIYUAN NEW MATERIALTECHNOLOGY CO LTD; GU WEI +Disclosed are a low-light-failure high-power LED road lamp and a manufacturingmethod therefor. The method comprises: making a colour mark in advance on atail end surface used for manufacturing N-type semiconductor elements (6) or P-type semiconductor elements (7); and arranging the N-type semiconductorelements (6) and the P-type semiconductor elements (7) in a matrix formbetween an upper beryllium-oxide ceramic chip (8) and a lower beryllium-oxideceramic chip (9) which are provided with conductive circuits, to make the headend of each column of N-type semiconductor elements (6) connected in seriesconnect to the tail end of the P-type semiconductor elements (7) or the tail end ofeach column of N-type semiconductor elements (6) connect to the head end ofthe P-type semiconductor elements (7), then attaching the lower beryllium-oxideceramic chip (9);

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AU2014301912 (A1) High-power led lamp cooling device andmanufacturing method thereforPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): GU WEI; CHEN ZHIMING; SUZHOU WEIYUAN NEW MATERIALTECHNOLOGY CO LTDDisclosed are a high-power LED lamp cooling device and a manufacturingmethod therefor. The method comprises: manufacturing a semiconductor crystalbar used for manufacturing N-type semiconductor elements or P-typesemiconductor elements in advance into a cone-shaped crystal bar of which oneend has a large diameter and the other end has a small diameter, and thenmaking a colour mark on each wafer as the large-diameter end surface of the tailend when the cone-shaped semiconductor crystal bar is cut into slices

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesAU2014317801 (A1) A photovoltaic devicePublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): DYESOL LTD +Photovoltaic devices are described including: a region of perovskite materialwhich is in electrical contact with a mesoporous region of hole transport material,wherein the hole transport material is at least partially comprised of an inorganichole transport material.

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US2016040835 (A1) Adjustable solar charged lampPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 10/02/2016.

Applicant(s): KATSAROS STEPHEN[US] +An adjustable solar-charged lamp configured to collect and store energy from thesun and to illuminate the lamp with the stored energy, the lamp including ahousing, a lens engaged with the housing; a solar collector attached to thehousing; a battery and a light emitting device disposed within an interior of thehousing and in communication with the solar collector; and a hanger assemblypivotally attached to the housing, wherein the solar collector is repositionable tothe hanger assembly to provide maximum exposure to a light source, such as thesun.

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US2016040836 (A1) Inflatable Solar LightPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): LUMINAID LAB LLC[US] +A solar rechargeable light is disclosed. In some embodiments, the solar lightinclude the following: an expandable inner bladder including at least front andbottom surfaces; a solar rechargeable light assembly joined with the front surfaceof the inner bladder, the assembly including a thin-film photovoltaic, a batterycharger in electrical communication with the thin-film photovoltaic, arechargeable battery in electrical communication with the battery charger, and alight emitting diode in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery;and an expandable outer bladder configured to contain the inner bladder. Theinner and outer bladders are substantially transparent, flexible, inflatable, andcollapsible.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS2016040851 (A1) Wide Angle Optical System for LED ArrayPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): WHELEN ENG[US] +An optical system includes a lens and reflector configured to form a wide anglebeam from light emitted from an array of LEDs by modifying only the componentof emitted light that diverges from a reference plane. A central portion of the lenscollimates emitted LED light relative to the reference plane containing the opticalaxes of the LEDs. A peripheral portion of the lens re-directs emitted LED lightinto an orientation perpendicular to the reference plane. The reflector surroundsthe periphery of the lens and re-directs light from the peripheral portion of thelens into a direction parallel with the reference plane. The linear array of LEDsmay include sub arrays projecting away from a support plane to enhance visibilityof a resulting light signal from vantage points close to or aligned with the supportplane.

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US2016040856 (A1) Solar Panel Assembly with a Lighting PatternPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): CHEN TSAI-HUI[TW]; LI TSUI-HUANG[TW] +A solar panel assembly with a lighting pattern includes a solar panel and an energy storage device. Anelectroluminescence layer is disposed on a light receiving face of the solar panel. The electroluminescence layerincludes a plurality through-holes. The number and the overall area of the plurality of through-holes are configured topermit incident light rays entering the electroluminescence layer to activate the solar panel to proceed with optical-electrical conversion, providing a light receiving effect and a light emitting effect on the same area of the solar panel.A patterned light-transmittable layer is coated on a face of the electroluminescence layer.

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US2016040859 (A1) LED Module, Luminaire Comprising Same AndMethod For Influencing A Light SpectrumPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): EATON PROT SYSTEMS IP GMBH & CO KGÖ[DE] +The invention relates to an LED module (1) for a luminaire (2) comprising at leastone LED carrier (3) and a plurality of LEDs (4) (light-emitting diodes) arranged onthis LED carrier. In particular, intensities of different-colored LEDs (4) areselected to emit a total light emission spectrum (6) being composed of individuallight emission spectra (5) of each LED. The invention further relates to aluminaire (2) comprising a luminaire housing (10), at least one LED module (1)arranged as light source (13) in the luminaire housing (10), a light emergenceopening (11) formed in the luminaire housing (10), and a glare-limiting device(12) assigned in particular to the light emergence opening (11), as well as to amethod for influencing a light spectrum of a light source (13).

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS2016040869 (A1) System and remotely controlled compactcamera flash for camera enabled SmartPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): LUKASHEVICH ALEX[US]; WALNES JOSEPH[US] +A system and device for providing additional flash for use with an application on a camera enabled smart deviceincludes a remotely controlled compact camera flash having a printed circuit board. The system further includes atleast one light emitting diode attached to the printed circuit board. The system further includes a universal serial buscharging connection attached to the printed circuit board. The system further includes a microprocessor attached tothe printed circuit board. The system further includes a wireless communicator attached to the printed circuit board.The system further includes a power source attached to the printed circuit board. The compact camera flash iscontrolled by the application on the smart device.

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US2016040870 (A1) Light Emitting Diode (LED) display for aportable communication devicePublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC[US] +A light emitting diode (LED) display assembly is formed of a translucent plastic housing, a light diffuser film coupled tothe translucent plastic housing, a light barrier gasket coupled to the diffuser film, and an LED module coupled to thelight barrier gasket. The LED module comprises a plurality LEDs individually controlled for generating a light source toform a graphic on the surface of the translucent plastic housing.

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US2016042699 (A1) Light source device, driving method thereof anddisplay device having the samePublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD[KR] +A light source device capable of preventing luminance from being decreased, a driving method of the light sourcedevice and a display device having the light source device are disclosed. Alight source device includes a plurality oflight-emitting diode ("LED") strings and an LED driving circuit. The LED strings include LEDs emitting lightsconnected in serial. The LED driving circuit supplies a driving voltage to the LED strings. The LED driving circuitmaximizes the driving voltage supplied to the LED strings by using the minimum string current of string currentssupplied to each LED string in an initial driving period. The LED driving circuit supplies the maximum driving voltageto the LED strings by blocking a current flowing through a sensing resistor disposed to sense the minimum stringcurrent in a normal driving period.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS2016043286 (A1) Arrangement for converting light emitted by anLED light sourcePublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH[AT] +An arrangement for converting light emitted by an LED-light source. The arrangement includes a color conversionelement which is designed to convert at least partially the light coming from an LED-light source into anotherwavelength, and a preferably plate-shaped light emission element which is arranged downstream of the colorconversion element. The plate-shaped light emission element forms on one side facing away from the colorconversion element, a structured light emission surface.

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US2016043288 (A1) Light-Emitting Diode module capable ofreducing blue-light energyPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): BRIGHT LED ELECTRONICS CORP[TW] +The present invention provides an LED module capable of blue-light energy, which mainly comprises a blue LED chipand a packaging glue. The blue LED chip emits blue light. The packaging glue covers the light-emitting path of theblue LED chip. The packaging glue further includes a fluorescent powder. The amount of the fluorescent powderoccupies 10% to 40% of the amount of the packaging glue. After the blue light excites the fluorescent powder, thewhite light is generated. The hue of the white light falls in hue coordinates (CIE 1931) and 8 nominal CCT ranges inthe chromaticity diagram. The present invention controls the proportion of the fluorescent powder in the packagingglue, so that the blue light consumes most of its energy on exciting the fluorescent powders. Thereby, the proportionof the blue light in the white light is fewer.

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US2016043650 (A1) Smart Power delivery system and relatedmethodPublicada en Espacenet_Power Electronic, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): BROADCOM CORP[US] +According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart power delivery system includesa power conversion unit having a communication module and a powermanagement module that can convert mains power into an optimized voltageand limited current used to power an electronic device. In one embodiment, apower conversion unit can optimize an output voltage by communicating with aconnected electronic device and exchanging parameters representing desiredcharacteristics of the output voltage. In one embodiment, an electronic devicereceives power from a power conversion unit through a wired power conduit. Inanother embodiment, an electronic device receives power from a powerconversion unit through a wireless power conduit. In one embodiment, an optimalvoltage is selected after negotiation between multiple electronic devices and apower conversion unit.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS2016043896 (A1) Home Network Manager for Home Automation

Publicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): FIBAR GROUP SP Z O O[PL] +A home network manager may be operable to provide management of one or more network elements which may becoupled to the home network manager for home automation. One or more add-on devices, which are newlyconnected to the home network manager may be detected by the home network manager. The home networkmanager may be operable to configure the newly connected one or more add-on devices. The Home networkmanager may then be operable to provide, with inclusion of the one or more add-on devices, the management for thehome automation. The home network manager may be operable to couple to the one or more network elementsusing Z-wave wireless communication and/or other communications methods and/or protocols. The home networkmanager and the coupled one or more network elements may communicate with each other in a networkenvironment.

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US2016043905 (A1) HOME NETWORK MANAGER FOR HOMEAUTOMATIONPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): FIBAR GROUP SP Z O O[PL] +A method and/or system of managing a plurality of elements of a premise having a plurality of areas via an electronicmanagement interface. The method and/or system includes grouping via the electronic management interface anumber of said elements consuming one or more commodity within said areas, and displaying via the electronicmanagement interface a list of said areas. The method and/or system also includes selecting via the electronicmanagement interface one or more of said areas from said displayed list, monitoring via the electronic managementinterface commodity data indicative of commodity consumed by said number of elements within said selected one ormore areas, displaying via the electronic management interface a plurality of visualization modes of said monitoreddata, and displaying via the electronic management interface said monitored data based on one or more of saidvisualization modes.

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US2016044755 (A1) DIMMING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR LEDSPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): SILERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY HANGZHOU LTD[CN] +The present disclosure relates to dimming circuit and method for LEDs. The dimming circuit obtains a DC voltagefrom an external AC power supply by using a TRIAC, an electronic transformer, and a rectifier bridge sequentially.The dimming circuit comprises a first power stage circuit, a second power stage, a first control circuit, and a secondcontrol circuit. The first power stage circuit has an input terminal configured to receive the DC voltage. The secondpower stage has an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the first power stage and an output terminalcoupled to an LED load. The first control circuit is configured to generate a first control signal in accordance with afirst output voltage generated at the output terminal of the first power stage circuit, a first reference voltage and anupper threshold voltage to maintain an average value of the first output voltage to be consistent with the firstreference voltage.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesUS2016044756 (A1) Circuit arrangement for controlling a LED unitand method of operating the samePublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): KONINKL PHILIPS NV[NL] +A circuit arrangement (3, 3') for controlling the brightness of at least one LED unit(2) is provided, comprising an input (8) for receiving a phase-cut operatingvoltage from a power supply (4), a signal processor (14, 14'), connected with saidinput (8) and adapted to provide a dimming signal (12) for said at least one LEDunit (2) from said operating voltage. To allow an efficient reduction of noise in thedimming signal (12) but simultaneously to allow an improved dimming of saidLED unit (2), said signal processor (14, 14') is being configured to operate atleast in a noise suppression mode (30) and a dimming mode (31). A controldevice (15, 15') is provided, connected with said signal processor (14, 14') andconfigured to set the mode of said signal processor (14, 14') in dependence ofthe variation in said operating voltage.

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US2016044760 (A1) Method and Apparatus for Precise TemperatureBrightness Compensation of LEDPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): EDEN SVETLANA[US] +The invention is a method and apparatus to provide a temperature compensation for LED brightness utilizingtemperature dependence of voltage-current characteristic of the LED. Methods ensure the precise compensation ofbrightness of LED using two or more temperatures to tune an LED driver circuit without the use of thermistors orother temperature sensor. This method also allows for circuits that compensate brightness not only of a single LEDbut of an assembly of LEDs. The method allows to manufacture LED modules with built-in temperature brightnesscompensation circuit. These modules can be used in a variety of illuminating equipment including but not limited tohome lights, vehicle turn or brake signals, traffic lights, and a backlight for LCD display.

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WO2016019675 (A1) PLUG AND PLAY SMART HOME PLANPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): CHANGSHU ANZHI BIOLOG IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD[CN] +A plug and play smart home plan, being suitable for electric appliances of various models; based on distributedapplication technology, respective controllers are mutually independent, can be processed in batches or can becontrolled individually, and changes in one controller do not affect another; a server is an easily loadable andunloadable application program and can be readily installed on different computers and mobile phonessimultaneously to control all controllers. In addition, in order to ensure private control for each controller, a featurecode for the controller and a security code are set for corresponding verification to ensure security.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesWO2016019882 (A1) VEIN RECOGNITION IMAGING DEVICE ANDMETHOD FOR SECURITY AUTHENTICATION OF MOBILEPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): SUZHOU SIYUAN KEAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD[CN] +A vein recognition imaging device for security authentication of a mobile terminal. The vein recognition imagingdevice comprises a vein recognition imaging device disposed on a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises aprocessor chip (5) and the like. The vein recognition imaging device is composed of a near-infrared LED illuminationlight source and a vein recognition imaging module optical component (1). The near-infrared LED illumination lightsource is driven by a near-infrared LED current driver (2). The vein recognition imaging module optical componentcomprises a near-infrared optical filter (11, 14) used for filtering scattered and reflected light rays of an irradiation lightsource of the near-infrared LED illumination light source, an optical imaging lens (12) used for focusing the light raysfiltered by the near-infrared optical filter, an image imaging sensor (15) used for imaging the light rays focused by theoptical imaging lens, and a vein recognition imaging module substrate (16) used for conducting signal transmissionon images of the image imaging sensor. The processor chip (5) is in signal connection with the near-infrared LEDcurrent driver (2) and the vein recognition imaging module substrate (16).

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WO2016021218 (A1) Inspection apparatus for solar powergeneration system and inspection method for solar powergeneration systemPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO[JP] +Provided is a small configuration by reducing a requested withstand power value. An inspection apparatus (12) for asolar power generation system (1) determines whether there is an abnormality by comparing measured IVcharacteristics with reference IV characteristics. A control unit (33) obtains the measured IV characteristics in thecases where the power generation quantity or power generation current value of a solar cell panel (11) is within therange of values at which inspection can be performed.

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WO2016021761 (A1) HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR LEDBULB USING CIRCUIT PATTERN LINEPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): HONG SEONG NAM[KR] +The present invention relates to a heat dissipation structure for an LED bulb driven through a driving substrate havinga circuit pattern line provided with an LED driving electric, electronic element and, particularly, to a heat dissipationstructure for an LED bulb using a circuit pattern line, the heat dissipation structure for an LED bulb comprising: aplurality of mutually connected parallel-arranged LED bulbs which are driven; and a driving substrate having a circuitpattern line for driving the plurality of LED bulbs, wherein the plurality of LED bulbs and a circuit layer of the drivingsubstrate are spaced from each other and thus have a space part for air cooling, natural heat dissipation, each of theLED bulbs having a connection member which is connected, for driving, to a plus (+) circuit pattern line and a minus(-) circuit pattern line of the driving substrate, and the driving substrate having a connection structure in which theminus (-) circuit pattern line and the plus (+) circuit pattern line are electrically connected between neighboring LEDbulbs through the circuit pattern line.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesWO2016021853 (A1) LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHTINGSYSTEMPublicada en Espacenet_LED, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): LG INNOTEK CO LTD[KR] +An embodiment relates to a light-emitting diode and a lighting system comprising the same. The light-emitting diode,according to an embodiment, can comprise: a first electrode having a plurality of patterns on the upper surfacethereof; a texture structure having a plurality of patterns corresponding to the plurality of patterns of the firstelectrodes and making contact with at least one of the plurality of patterns of the first electrode; a first conductivesemiconductor layer disposed on the texture structure; an active layer disposed on the first conductive semiconductorlayer; a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; and a second electrode disposed onthe second conductive semiconductor layer.

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WO2016021936 (A1) Integrated management server for remotelycontrolling home automation device by using sns and homeautomation device remote control system and method using SNSPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 10/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): KYUNG DONG ONE CORP[KR] +A home automation device remote control system using an SNS, according to the present invention, comprises: anintegrated management server connected to an SNS server, on the Internet, which receives a command signal forremote control of a home automation device into which the command signal is inputted by a user terminal, receiving,from the SNS server, and analyzing the command signal, performing remote control by generating a remote controlsignal according to the analyzed command and transmitting the generated remote control signal to the homeautomation device, receiving a response signal according to a result of performing remote control of the integratedmanagement server from the home automation device, and generating comment information on the basis of theresponse signal so as to provide the generated comment information to the user terminal through the SNS server

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US9255675 (B1) Portable solar-powered devicesPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes sobre energía solar fotovoltaica, 08/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): MPOWERD INC[US] +Solar-powered lighting devices that may be portable and/or collapsible aredescribed. The devices may include a housing including a first wall, a secondwall, and one or more side walls between the first wall and the second wall, atleast one solar panel to generate solar energy, and a rechargeable battery tostore the solar energy generated. The devices may include a plurality ofoperating modes for controlling lights within the housing, and a microprocessorfor controlling the operating modes.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesNREL patenta método para monitoreo continuo de Materialesdurante la manufacturaPublicada en NREL Newsroom, 04/02/2016.

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was recently issued a patent for a novelmethod that rapidly characterizes specialized materials during the manufacturing process. This approach significantlyimproves on standard quality control techniques by allowing for complete monitoring of materials without interruptingworkflow.

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WO2016015500 (A1) Smart LED lighting device and remote videochat system thereofPublicada en Espacenet_Patentes, 03/02/2016.

Solicitante(s): ZHEJIANG SHENGHUI LIGHTING CO[CN] +A smart LED lighting device includes an LED light-emitting unit, a power supply unit, a wireless communication unit,an audio and video processing and controller unit, a projection unit, a video acquisition unit, a voice input unit, and avoice broadcast unit. The audio and video processing and controller unit receives, parses, and processes audio andvideo information from the wireless communication unit, the voice input unit, and the video acquisition unit. Theprojection unit projects the processed video data in projectable format to a screen. The voice broadcast unit plays theprocessed audio information. The disclosed device can play audio and video resources from local terminal or thecloud in the Internet, perform remote video chat freely, integrate with indoor environment, and enhance the smarthome life experience. A remote video chat system is also disclosed.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesPUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICASEnergy management and planning in smart citiesPublicada en sciencedirect.com, 01/03/2016.

A smart city is a sustainable and efficient urban centre that provides a high quality of life to its inhabitants throughoptimal management of its resources. Energy management is one of the most demanding issues within such urbancentres owing to the complexity of the energy systems and their vital role. Therefore, significant attention and effortneed to be dedicated to this problem. Modelling and simulation are the major tools commonly used to assess thetechnological and policy impacts of smart solutions, as well as to plan the best ways of shifting from current cities tosmarter ones.

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A novel stochastic framework based on fuzzy cloud theory formodeling uncertainty in the micro-gridsPublicada en ScienceDirect _TELECO, 18/02/2016.

This article proposes a novel stochastic framework based on cloud theory to handle the uncertainty effects in theoptimal operation of microgrids. In respect of the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method, cloud theory can containmore uncertainty of the problem using the cloud drops. The main concept is to include the fuzziness and randomnessof qualitative parameters and then change them to the quantitative form. Due to the high difficulty and nonlinearity ofthe problem, a new optimization algorithm based on krill herd (KH) is devised to search the problem space globally.

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A low-carbon transport infrastructure in Taiwan based on theimplementation of energy-saving measuresPublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

Transport is the lifeblood of a nation’s economy. Because fossil fuels are being gradually depleted and globalwarming phenomena are becoming more and more serious, the aim of this article is to study a low-carbon transportinfrastructure based on existing energy efficiency indices and green transport policy formulated by TaiwaneseDepartment of Transportation. First, via data collection and analysis, we observed that small passenger cars andlarge trucks are the largest energy users in the transport sector due to their high energy intensities and largetransport volumes. Therefore, the energy-conserving potentials of these vehicles are the focus of this study.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesA red tandem organic light-emitting diode based on organicphotovoltaic-type charge generation layerPublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

In this paper, a significant enhancement in current efficiency of a red tandem organic light-emitting diode (OLED),which is based on an organic photovoltaic-type charge generation layer (CGL) of fullerene carbon 60/copper ()phthalocyanine, is introduced. The CGL can absorb a part of photons, radiated from emission zone, then formexcitons, which are dissociated into free charges.

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Improving the performance of power GaN-based thin-film flip-chipLEDs through a twofold roughened surfacePublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

To further enhance the light extraction efficiency of GaN-based thin-film flip-chip light-emitting diodes (TFFC-LEDs), asurface roughening technique using KrF excimer laser ablation and chemical wet etching is demonstrated. Bothoptical ray-tracing simulations and experimental results of the light emission characteristics are presented anddiscussed.

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Indenocarbazole based bipolar host materials for highly efficientyellow phosphorescent organic light emitting diodesPublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

We report bipolar host materials with robust indenocarbazole and biphenyl moiety as hole-electron-transporting unitfor phosphorescent yellow organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). New host materials demonstrated an excellentmorphological stability with high glass transition temperature of 207 °C.

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Optical performance of efficient blue/near UV nitropyridine-conjugated anthracene (NAMA) based light emitting diodePublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

9-[(5-nitropyridin-2-aminoethyl) iminiomethyl]-anthracene (NAMA) wassynthesized for the first time from the reaction between 9-antracenecarboxaldehyde and 2-(2-aminoethylamino)-5-nitropyridine under mild reactionconditions. The structure of the nitropyridine-conjugated anthracene (NAMA) wascharacterized using 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and elemental analysis techniques.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesPolymer-based scattering layers for internal light extraction fromorganic light emitting diodesPublicada en ScienceDirect_LED, 18/02/2016.

Efficient light extraction for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) using scalable processes and low-cost materials areimportant prerequisites for the future commercialization of OLED lighting devices. The light-extraction technologyexhibited in this paper uses polymer-based high-refractive index scattering layers processed from solution. Thescatter matrix formulation incorporates two types of nanoparticles for refractive index tuning and scattering,respectively.

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A low-cost UWB sensor node powered by a piezoelectric harvesteror solar cellsPublicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

We propose an autonomous battery-less wireless sensor node that combines on a single printed circuit board anultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter and its printed antenna, together with a piezoelectric cantilever and a solar cellarray to harvest vibrations and light energy, respectively. The co-design of the solar cell array with the printed UWBantenna allows a prototype size of only 85 × 35 mm2, i.e., less than 65% of a credit card size. Low-cost is achievedby using inexpensive FR4 dual-layer substrate, standard-ceramic capacitors, and low-cost harvesters. The vibrationalenergy scavenger is fabricated at the wafer scale based on commercially available bulk polycrystalline LeadZirconate Titanate (PZT), and the solar cells are fabricated by depositing amorphous-Si on 0.5 mm thick glasssubstrate.

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A pilot facility for analysis and simulation of smart microgridsfeeding smart buildingsPublicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

In this paper, the economic and environmental assessment of a system composed by a Smart PolygenerationMicrogrid (SPM) and a Sustainable Energy Building (SEB) is performed, with specific reference to a pilot facilityinstalled at the Savona Campus and managed by the University of Genoa Power Systems Research Team.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesAn intersection-to-intersection travel time estimation and routesuggestion approach using vehicular ad-hoc networkPublicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

Estimation of time-dependent travel time in an urban network is a challenging task due to the interrupted nature ofvehicular traffic flows. A novel concept of intersection-to-intersection (I2I) real-time travel time estimation (TTE) androute suggestion model based on vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) technology is proposed for enabling the smarttransportations in smart city.

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Mining Urban Data (Part B)Publicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

Modern cities are flooded with data. New information sources like public transport and wearable devices provideopportunities for novel applications that will improve citizens quality of life. From a data science perspective, dataemerging from smart cities give rise to a lot of challenges that constitute a new interdisciplinary field of research. Thisarticle introduces the second part of a special issue on the topic ‘Mining Urban Data’ published in the journalInformation Systems.

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Model predictive energy control of ventilation for undergroundstationsPublicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

Smart building systems are opening up new markets, nevertheless the implementation of these novel technologiesstill lacks suitable and proven whole engineering solutions in complex buildings. This paper presents a detailedapproach for the ventilation control of an underground space, as an example of application of the developed solutionto a very harsh environment but also highly demanding in terms of energy consumption. The underground spaces arecharacterized by a particular thermal behavior, because of the continuous and huge thermal exchange they have withthe outside, via the openings and the ground surrounding the majority of the building.

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Opportunistic communication in smart city: Experimental insightwith small-scale taxi fleets as data carriersPublicada en ScienceDirect_Publications, 18/02/2016.

How to deliver data to, or collect data from the hundreds of thousands of sensors and actuators integrated in “things”spread across virtually every smart city streets (garbage cans, storm drains, advertising panels, etc.)? The answer tothe question is neither straightforward nor unique, given the scale of the issue, the lack of a single administrativeentity for such tiny devices (arguably run by a multiplicity of distinct and independent service providers), and the costand power concerns that their direct connectivity to the cellular network might pose.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesInvestigation of performance and emission characteristics of abiogas fuelled electric generator integrated with solar concentratedphotovoltaic systemPublicada en Science Direct_Publicaciones Fotovoltaica, 18/02/2016.

Integration of renewable energy systems with the appropriate technology plays a pivotal role in resolving the problemof sustainable energy supply. This paper is aimed to describe the concept of integration of biomass and solarconcentrated photovoltaic (CPV) energy system. The present study focused particularly on the investigation ofperformance and emission from a 1.4 kVA Spark Ignition, constant speed generator using raw biogas integrated inhybrid energy system.

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Power loss due to soiling on solar panel: A reviewPublicada en Science Direct_Publicaciones Fotovoltaica, 18/02/2016.

The power output delivered from a photovoltaic module highly depends on the amount of irradiance, which reachesthe solar cells. Many factors determine the ideal output or optimum yield in a photovoltaic module. However, theenvironment is one of the contributing parameters which directly affect the photovoltaic performance. The authorsreview and evaluate key contributions to the understanding, performance effects, and mitigation of power loss due tosoiling on a solar panel.

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Topologies for large scale photovoltaic power plantsPublicada en Science Direct_Publicaciones Fotovoltaica, 18/02/2016.

The concern of increasing renewable energy penetration into the grid together with the reduction of prices ofphotovoltaic solar panels during the last decade have enabled the development of large scale solar power plantsconnected to the medium and high voltage grid. Photovoltaic generation components, the internal layout and the accollection grid are being investigated for ensuring the best design, operation and control of these power plants.

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City attachment and use of urban services: Benefits for smart cities

Publicada en sciencedirect.com, 01/02/2016.

Increasing uses of urban services enhance urban management efficiency and also favor social, environmental, andeconomic sustainability. This research analyzes how users' city attachment levels and other personal determinantscontribute to their uses of urban services. Focusing on the city of Zaragoza (Spain), the empirical study reveals thatpersonal attitudes and needs, possession of user cards, and education levels have positive influences on the use ofurban services. City attachment affects use indirectly through attitude. This study also presents some innovativeapproaches to advance the development of smart cities and suggests implications for managing citizen-orientedurban services to achieve higher living standards.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesPUBLICACIONES SECTORIALESISO/CD 21219-24 Intelligent transport systemsPublicada en .iso.org/, 07/03/2016.

Intelligent transport systems - Traffic and travel information (TTI) via transport protocol experts group, generation 2(TPEG2) -- Part 24: Light encryption (TPEG2-LTE)

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ISO/CD 19453-1 - Road vehicles -- Environmental conditions andtesting for electrical and electronic equipment for drive system ofelectric propulsion vehicles -- Part 1: GeneralPublicada en .iso.org, 01/03/2016.

Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment for drive system of electric propulsionvehicles -- Part 1: General

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Producción de Tecnología Solar FotovoltaicaPublicada en Solar Power - Research and Markets, 29/02/2016.

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governanceprovides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supportingthem.

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Smart Home, Efficiency Pace the Residential A/C MarketPublicada en .achrnews.com, 22/02/2016.

Energy efficiency, integration with smart home technology, and the ongoing impact of the U.S. Department ofEnergy’s (DOE’s) regional efficiency standards are major trends influencing products in the residential air conditioningmarket. Tom Goodnight, senior manager of residential product management, unitary products group, JohnsonControls Inc., said the market is working to adapt to the new regional aspect of the efficiency standards that becameeffective Jan. 1, 2015.

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesNew energy vehicles in ChinaPublicada en Electrive, 17/02/2016.

China saw a 144 percent surge in new energy vehicle production this January compared to the same month last year.In total, 16, 100 electric and plug-in hybrid cars were made with almost half of them (7,952 units) being fully electric.shanghaidaily.com

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Worldwide Smart City Business Analytics Software 2015 VendorAssessmentPublicada en SMART CITIES UPCOMING EVENTS, 12/02/2016.

Business intelligence (BI) and analytics are central to smart city initiatives. These solutions are what puts the "smart"in smart cities, and cities need to have an independent assessment of which vendors can provide the best solutionfor their needs. This report brings to light several important factors about vendors in the smart city business analyticssoftware space and features Council Lead Partner SAS Institute as one among a small group of leaders in the field.With vast amounts of data available and more to come, the products and services of BI providers becomeincreasingly important for cities that want to get the most useful information they can from their data.

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European solar market grows 15% in 2015Publicada en Refocus_Photovoltaics (PV), 12/02/2016.

In 2015, European countries connected around 8 GW of solar power systems to electrical networks, according toestimates by SolarPower Europe.

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12 Directrices ecológicas para ciudades sosteniblesPublicada en OVACEN, 09/02/2016.

En este artículo se indaga en un guía que abarca 12 directrices ecológicas quepueden establecerse como puntos clave en la construcción de las característicasde las ciudades sostenibles en base a un informe denominado “12 GREENGUIDELINES” desarrollado por CDBC’s (International Advisory Group for Greenand Smart) para intentar definir unas reglas o normas para el desarrollo urbanointeligente. Estos indicadores ecológicos se diseminan en tres grandes grupos:La forma urbana, el transporte y la energía, y los recursos que describen demanera concisa las bases de la ciudad sostenible:

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Eficiencia Energética y Smart CitiesTelecommunication Services Industry in Europe - ForecastPublicada en Telecommunication Services Industry Market Research Reports, 03/02/2016.

Reportlinker. This statistic shows the forecasted annual growth in worldwide spending in the telecom servicesindustry from 2014 to 2019. Global telecom services spending is projected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2015 comparedto 2014.

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The Internet of Things is opening up a world of opportunities for everyone fromconnected cars to connected healthcare to smart cities and even homeautomation. The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2020, about 50 billionthings will be connected. In short, the Internet of Things adds an entirely newdimension to transform governments, businesses and societies and advancinghumanity in ways we cannot yet imagine.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has been labeled as "the next Industrial Revolution"because of the way it will change the way people live, work, entertain, and travel,as well as how governments and businesses interact with the world.In fact, the revolution is already starting. That brand new car that comespreloaded with a bunch of apps? Internet of Things. Those smart home devicesthat let you control the thermostat and play music with a few words? Internet ofThings. That fitness tracker on your wrist that lets you tell your friends and familyhow your exercise is going? You get the point. But this is just the beginning.

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Smart system solutions and modern design are the foundation for enhancing thequality of life. Therefore, the motto of Light + Building 2016 is ‘digital – individual– networked’. These three aspects are the keystones for the creation of ‘modernspaces’ that also contribute to an improved quality of life.

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Executive Conference Addresses Key Topics in Connected Entertainment and Smart Home Markets includingConsumer Engagement, Partnerships, Technology Integration, and Strategies for the Internet of Things

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Solar 2016 @ Intersolar North America takes place 11 to 13 July 2016 in San Francisco, California (US). Thedeadline for abstracts is 22 February 2016. Created by solar enthusiasts and professionals, for solar enthusiasts andprofessionals.

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