Home Automation Technologies & Challenges

Panel - Arun Buduri and Jason Hanna.

Jason is the CEO & Founder of Embue, a Boston-based company that has developed a connected HVAC controls platform which provides efficiency and monitoring services for building managers and HVAC professionals. Jason is also the Co-founder and Chairman of Greentown Labs, a not-for-profit incubator for early stage companies in energy and hardware.

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When building an HA product, which technology is right? ZWave, ZigBee, Bluetooth, WiFi, Insteon, make-your-own ... ?

Is there a "right" technology?
What are the costs and challenges associated with each?

Let's share our experiences on the path taken previously and the challenges associated with each.