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The Continental Automated Buildings Association, through its Connected Home Research Council, has completed a report that develops a better understanding of digital video consumption by examining the habits, practices, and desires of current consumers in regard to TV, computers, and mobile devices.  Learn more.

CABA invites you to attend its webinar, held in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan, on its North America Intelligent Buildings Roadmap project. Register now free.

CABA, through its Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council, will hold a webinar on its Intelligent Buildings in North America Roadmap research project on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1 pm ET. Through a collaborative process, the primary objectives of the project will be to: strengthen the existing industry knowledge base and perspectives on intelligent buildings; understand the collective influence on the roadmap for intelligent buildings of emerging trends in the industry such as, energy efficiency, renewable technology, IT convergence and the integration of buildings with the smart grid; understand the influence of current and emerging trends on smart technologies and solutions, market preference and acceptance; and investigate the current and future direction of the intelligent buildings market in North America, and the opportunities it represents for participants of the value chain. For more information about the webinar call or project, please contact Don O'Connor, CABA Business Development Manager, at 613.686.1814 x226 or oconnor@caba.org.

CABA's Connected Home Research Council's Advisory Board has decided to move the CH-RC Digital Home Ecosystem Forum to a new date. It was scheduled for March 3 and will now be held Wed, May 5, 2010. We are pleased that the event will still be hosted by Microsoft Corporation and have also been able to confirm that Orly Cocco, from Procter & Gamble, will be attending and moderating the ideation roundtable session. Contact Don O'Connor, CABA's Business Development Manager at 613.686.1814 x226 or oconnor@caba.org for more information.

CABA, through its Connected Home Research Council, will hold a webinar on its NextGen Widgets research project on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 3:30 pm ET. Through a collaborative process, the primary objectives of the project will be to understand consumers' opinions, attitudes, and beliefs, and to determine generational differences and adoption enablers, to examine daily utilization of widgets (the seamless integration of screen content and interactivity on PCs, phones, and TVs), and to discover how potential solutions with a multi-screen strategy could provide value to consumers and what their evolutionary trajectory could be. For more information about the webinar call or project, please contact Don O'Connor, CABA Business Development Manager, at 613.686.1814 x226 or oconnor@caba.org.

CABA's Connected Home Research Council will be proceeding with its next collaborative research project: "Energy Management as a Managed Service".  The following organizations have committed: Direct Energy, TELUS, Tyco Electronics, Sigma Design (Z-Wave Alliance/CopperGate), Trane/Ingersoll Rand/Schlage and Whirlpool Corporation.  The Council is actively inviting two more companies to become active in the project.  Contact Don O'Connor, CABA's Business Development Manager at 613.686.1814 x226 or oconnor@caba.org for more information.

The Continental Automated Buildings Association will be exhibiting at AHR Expo in Orlando, FL.  Visit us at booth #1222  to learn about the services we offer to our membership and about collaborative research opportunities.   CABA will also hold its next Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council (IIBC) meeting during AHR Expo on Jan. 25, 2010 between 3-5 pm in Room S330D in the Orlando Convention Center.  The meeting will focus on CABA's intelligent building initiatives and feature a presentation on the release of CABA's latest research project: "Market Sizing North America / Intelligent and Integrated Technologies".

 
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Whirlpool Corporation would like to invite you to attend CABA's Connected Home Research Council's reception on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 5 to 6:30 pm at the 2010 International Builders' Show. Learn more and RSVP today.

Whirlpool Corporation, Direct Energy and the Z-Wave Alliance would like to invite you to attend CABA's Connected Home Research Council's reception on Friday, January 8, 2010 from 6 to 8 pm at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show. Guests at our exclusive reception will have the opportunity to learn about the Council over drinks and light appetizers. The reception will be located at the Z-Wave Alliance Booth in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center at Booth #20901. Industry stakeholders, research associates and media are invited to intend. If you would like to attend, please send your RSVP request to Susan Martin, CABA's Database Administrator, at 613.686.1814 x227 or martin@caba.org.

Microsoft Corporation and MTV Networks will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 3 pm ET to announce and discuss the "NextGen Widgets" Connected Home Research Council research project. The purpose of this collaborative research study is to understand consumers’ opinions, attitudes and beliefs about existing and potential / new widgets and their applications via different devices and platforms, determine the generational differences and adoption enablers as well as daily utilization of widgets; and discover how potential solutions with a multi-screen strategy could provide value to consumers and what their evolutionary trajectory could be. For further information regarding the webinar please contact Alex Detre, CABA's Research Director, 613.686.1814 x228, detre@caba.org.