Schneider Electric & Alarm.com Partner on Home Energy Management
Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., a global specialist in energy management, announced a partnership with Alarm.com, Vienna, Va., a provider of interactive security and connected home services, to bring the Wiser home management system to home builders, utilities and other service providers in the energy efficiency space. The partnership capitalizes on Schneider Electric’s global presence in energy management and Alarm.com’s back-end, data-processing and user interface capabilities, according to the companies. Schneider Electric’s Wiser home management system leverages Alarm.com’s Connected Home platform and offers homeowners and property managers the ability to proactively track and manage electricity usage in real-time, monitor the power generated by rooftop solar panels and operate connected thermostats and load control devices more intelligently to reduce energy usage.