Report on activities of the ECHONET Consortium （Oct.-Dec. 2019)
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Current activities(1) The ECHONET Consortium exhibited at CEATEC 2019 (Oct. 15-18, 2019 at Makuhari Messe)・ Introduced a world outlook where ECHONET specifications help achieve various Society 5.0 services, and ECHONET
Lite devices enable a wide variety of service providers and manufacturers of related products to enter markets
with the aim of “strengthening the approach to service providers”. The booth was a great success with about 400visitors.
・ At the venue, examples of services to be realized by the spread of Web API were introduced (e.g. energy management
using actual air conditioners, healthcare simulating blood pressure measurement data, remote maintenance of homeelectric appliances, and security for locking doors and windows). As a part of the exhibition, a presentation toshow the present and future of ECHONET was given at the lounge theater in the special exhibition area.

Topics(2) Exhibited a booth at Smart City Solutions Week 2019 in Thailand
Schedule: October 28-31, 2019, Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center (BITEC)・ Co-hosted by a Thai government agency (the Thailand Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA)), a Thai publicpower distributor (the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)), Messe Frankfurt, and EXHIBIZ, the exhibition showed
Smart City-related technologies and solutions.
・ Beginning with this exhibition, the Consortium aims to raise awareness of ECHONET Lite in the ASEAN region andmake the adoption of ECHONET Lite mandatory for various national-level projects.
There were around a hundred visitors including the director of PEA, executives of DEPA, and people from Japaneseand foreign corporations working in the ASEAN region.
(3) The Second Home Appliance Open Innovation Symposium
December 16, 2019 at the Large Hall, Seavans S Building 1F, in Hamamatsu cho
・ The Home Appliance Open Innovation Symposium was co-sponsored by the Keio University Cyber Civilization ResearchCenter.
・ Dr. David Farber (co-director of the Keio University Cyber Civilization Research Center) gave a keynote speech.
A lively discussion was held under moderator Dr. Masaki Umejima, Project Associate Professor (Keio University CyberCivilization Research Center), with panelists Mr. Ozaka, deputy director of Information Economy Division (Commerceand Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry), Dr. David Farber, Hiroaki Taniguchi(director of NTT Anode Energy Corporation), and director Suzuki (ECHONET Consortium)
・ Mr. Nagasawa, Chairperson of the Promotion Committee, gave a presentation focusing on overseas activities topromote ECHONET. The symposium was very well-attended by 87 members and visitors, and was a great success.
(1) Gave a lecture at Taiwan’s standardization forum
・ On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, we gave a presentation titled “ECHONET and Smart Homes” at the Global
Standardization Forum.
We introduced ECHONET Lite, the recent penetration of ECHONET Lite in the Japanese market and the current status
of initiatives under ECHONET 2.0
This Forum hosted by Taiwan’s standardization organization, the Taiwan Association of Information and Communication
Standards (TAICS). The event took place at the NTUH International Convention Center in Taipei.

Planning andSteeringCommittee(2) A lecture was given at ET/IoT Technology 2019 to introduce the present and future statuses of ECHONET
ET/IoT Technology 2019 “ECHONET Consortium seminar” (Oct. 22, 2019) at Makuhari Messe (Chiba City)・Introduced efforts related to ECHONET 2.0, WebAPI Guidelines, initiatives for AIF certification, and case studiesof specific services provided to houses and apartments.
(3) People from the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) visited the HEMS Interoperability Test
Center at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology
・On December 25, 2019, Dr. Masao Isshiki and his laboratory students introduced HEMS certification activities toeleven people who visited the HEMS Interoperability Test Center from the Taiwan Bureau of Standards, Metrology andInspection (BSMI), the Telecom Technology Center, and the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research.
(1) ECHONET Lite specifications/System Design Guidelines
・Started a member review on “Guidelines for ensuring the reliability of the entire ECHONET Lite system First
Edition (Draft)”.
(2) Detailed Requirements for Device Objects
・Received suggestions from Consortium members regarding the Detailed Requirements for Device Objects Release M,
we started a study on new device objects.

TechnicalCommittee(3) Application Communication Interface Specifications
・Started a member review on “Interface Specifications for Application Communication between Home Air Conditioners
and HEMS Controllers (Version 1.10 Draft)” and certification test specifications.
・Started a member review on “Interface Specifications for Application Communication between Hybrid Water Heatersand HEMS Controllers (Version 1.00 Draft)" and certification test specifications.
(4) Test tools
・Revised test scenarios, test procedures, and the like. Updated AIF certification test tools (test tools otherthan smart electric meters) to “aif_tool-1.3.2” and released exclusively to members (October 10).
(5) ECHONET Lite WebAPI・The ECHONET Lite Web API Guidelines device specifications section Ver.1.1.0 was released to the public (November2019) Changed guideline names to API Specification Section, Device Specification Section from the currentlyreleased version.
(6) Holding of Plug Fest events

・Declaration and announcement of recruiting participants for the 23rd Plug Fest (Feb 13-14 at the HEMS Authorization
Support Center, Kanagawa Institute of Technology)(7) Others
・Completed demonstration system development to show an image of WebAPI Exhibited at CEATEC 2019・Lectures to introduce efforts made by the ECHONET Consortium, as well as ECHONET Lite AIF certification tools
and a Web API-related demonstration were given at the 2019 Smart Grid and Smart Community Workshop held at theTaipei International Convention Center (TICC).
・A presentation related to WebAPI was given at the ECHONET Consortium Seminar as a part of the ET & IoT Technology
2019 conference.

(1) Gave a lecture at Taiwan’s standardization forum
・On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, we gave a presentation titled “ECHONET and Smart Homes” at the Global
Standardization Forum.
We introduced ECHONET Lite, the recent penetration of ECHONET Lite in the Japanese market and the current
status of initiatives under ECHONET 2.0
This Forum hosted by Taiwan’s standardization organization, the Taiwan Association of Information andCommunication Standards (TAICS). The event took place at the NTUH International Convention Center inTaipei.
Promotion
Committee(2) A lecture was given at ET/IoT Technology 2019 to introduce the present and future statuses of ECHONET
ET/IoT Technology 2019 “ECHONET Consortium seminar” (Oct. 22, 2019) at Makuhari Messe (Chiba City)・Introduced efforts related to ECHONET 2.0, WebAPI Guidelines, initiatives for AIF certification, andcase studies of specific services provided to houses and apartments.
(3) People from the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) visited the HEMS Interoperability
Test Center at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology・On December 25, 2019, Dr. Masao Isshiki and his laboratory students introduced HEMS certification
activities to eleven people who visited the HEMS Interoperability Test Center from the Taiwan Bureau ofStandards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), the Telecom Technology Center, and the Taiwan Institute of
Economic Research.