OpenADR Alliance tests OpenADR smart grid certification tool

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OpenADR Alliance tests OpenADR smart grid certification tool

Greentech Lead America: The OpenADR Alliance, which
promotes development, adoption and compliance of smart grid standard known as
Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR), announced it has successfully tested
servers and clients based on the OpenADR 2.0a profile standard.

The test was conducted by EnerNOC, IPKeys Technologies,
and Universal Devices on their clients using the OpenADR Test Tool developed by
QualityLogic, OpenADR members Akuacom, a unit of Honeywell,
helping to further refine the standard and increase its ability to lower the
cost, improve the reliability and accelerate the speed of automated demand
response implementations for the smart grid.

“We hosted several PlugFests over the past six
months to help members develop the first generation of interoperable products
based on OpenADR 2.0,” said Rolf Bienert, technical director of the
OpenADR Alliance. “As we get closer to formal certification testing, we’ll
continue to see the smart grid come to life with big improvements in energy
efficiency on the grid and in the energy users’ homes and offices.”

The OpenADR 2.0 technology is based on the Organization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and builds on
the successful OpenADR 1.0 specification supported by more than 60
organizations worldwide.

The “Smart Grid” – digital networks connecting
utilities, power-delivery systems and buildings – is designed to eliminate the
overtaxing of the power grid.

Through the OpenADR 2.0 standard, the OpenADR Alliance will provide
utilities, Independent System Operators (ISOs), regulators, and controls
suppliers with a selection of certified products for cost-effective demand
response implementation.

The process of finalizing the OpenADR standard involves
the qualification of the initial implementations and the validation of the test
harness. Both objectives were met using the now validated OpenADR 2.0a test
tool.  The test included three Virtual End Nodes (VENs or client implementations)
and two Virtual Top Nodes (VTNs or server implementations).

All products passed extensive testing from more than180
test cases. Upon release of the final test tool, Intertek the official test
service provider – will initiate certification testing using the validated test
harness to run tests on candidate devices.

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