ECHONET Consortium activity report(FY2018 1Q)
Activities①Held the 5th annual general meeting for Company members.
・June 12: Held the 5th annual general meeting for company members (Large Hall, Building “S” of SeavansHall)
・Attendance is 7 managing companies, 89 members of general members (including power of attorney)
・Reported business report for fiscal 2017, business plan for fiscal 2018 and budget plan for income andexpenditure.
・Approved for election of 2017 fiscal year statements and 4 directors and 1 auditor.
・Along with the expiration of the term of office of the representative director, Mr. Hiramatsu of Panasonic
Corporation becomes new representative director.

Topics②Started examination of ECHONET 2.0 vision strategy by ECHONET2.0 Strategy WG
In order to construct the strategy of "ECHONET 2.0 Vision" to expand the scope of application of ECHONET
Lite from energy to IoT related services, we established a ECHONET2.0 strategy WG and started the review
work.
We explained the concept of the "ECHONET 2.0 vision" strategy discussed to the working members at the9th Forum as an interim report.
③The 9th ECHONET Forum held
The 9th ECHONET Forum was held on June 26 and about 95 members got involved.
In the forum, the ECHONET Consortium made an interim report on the "ECHONET 2.0 vision" strategy, andas a special lecture, as an example of the application expansion to IoT aimed at ECHONET Lite, NTT Smile
Energy Inc. intorduced the "energy IoT platform" Eco-MEGANE ", and Lawson Inc. intoroduced the "LAWSON Smart Energy Store ".

SteeringCommittee④The system design guideline of ECHONET Lite is part 5 of the ECHONET Lite specification, but since it issubject to many changes, it is separated as a separate specification as the design guideline of the ECHONET
Lite specification Ver.1.13 and the ECHONET Lite system design We changed the composition and opened itto the public.
①The 9th Forum was held at Hamamatsucho Seavance S Pavilion on June 26, 2018.
In the forum, the ECHONET Consortium made an interim report on the "ECHONET 2.0 vision" strategy, andas a special lecture, as an example of the application expansion to IoT aimed at ECHONET Lite, NTT Smile
Energy intorduced the "energy IoT platform" Eco-MEGANE ", and Lawson Inc. intoroduced the " LAWSON
Smart Energy Store ".
Each chairman explained the business report for fiscal 2017 and the business plan for fiscal 2018. In addition,member companies announced technology introduction lectures and technical exhibitions.
②We started to create WD (working draft) for the international standardization proposal of the ECHONET
Lite AIF specification (air conditioner version).
With assistance from the International Electrotechnical Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry, in collaboration with the Kanagawa Institute of Technology, we began making WD of ECHONET Lite
AIF specification between the air conditioner and the controller for the proposal to ISO / IEC JTC 1 SC 25
WG 1.
①ECHONET Lite Specifications【Specifications released/revised】
The system design guideline of ECHONET Lite is part 5 of the ECHONET Lite specification, but since it issubject to many changes, it is separated as a separate specification as the design guideline of the ECHONET
Lite specification Ver.1.13 and the ECHONET Lite system design We changed the composition and opened it
to the public.
【Released certification test specifications】
・Released of certification specifications (4th edition) for ECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.0* andECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.1*.

TechnicalCommittee②Appendix, Detailed Requirement for ECHONET Device Object【Released for Member】
・Released the Appendix, Detailed Requirement for ECHONET Device Objects Specifications Release J(English translation)(June7,2018)【Review for new version】
・We recruited member companies of Release L. The contents of the proposal are currently underconsideration. It will be open to the public this autumn.
③Review of Web API guidelines
・We posted on ECHONET HP a summary of the current results of WebAPI we are considering on WebAPIWG.
①We studied the concept of the "ECHONET 2.0 vision" strategy at the ECHONET2.0 strategy WG
established in April and made an interim report at the 9th Forum.
②We conclude a collaborative research agreement with Keio University and support lectures and field work
using teaching materials created in 2017 joint research.

Promotion
Committee③We conducted a survey of unit shipments in FY 2017, published on our website. As of the cumulative total
since FY2013, the total number of ECHONET Lite devices exceeded 17.4 million. In addition, the smart meterhas advanced to 27.64 million units as of March 2017 as household installations advanced. (Source: ElectricPower Business Handbook 2017 version)④An open recruitment briefing was held throughout the country at the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry's Net Zero Energy House support project, and the ECHONET Consortium intotroduced theECHONET Lite specifications, the ECHONET Lite AIF specifications.
(Tokyo,Sapporo,Osaka,Asahikawa,Hiroshima,Takamatsu,Nagoya,Kouchi,Nagano,Fukuoka,Niigata,Kagoshima,Sendai,Kumamoto,Morioka,Kanazawa,Naha,Yonago)

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