ECHONET Consortium activity report (FY2022 4Q)
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Symposium
The ECHONET Symposium 2023 Online was held on March 22nd by webex distribution and approximately 125
people participated.

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WorkshopWorkshop on next-generation smart meters was held on March 23rd jointly with the Keio Research Institute at SFC
and the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association.

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ECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.14 and System Design Guidelines 3rd edition
ECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.14 and System Design Guidelines 3rd edition English version has been released
to the public. (February 2023)

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ECHONET Lite Web API
Updated experimental cloud which is complaint with ECHONET Lite Web API Guidelines Device Specification
Section Ver. 1.1.1 was released to the members (March 2023).

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Plugfest
The 29th Plug Fest was held from on February 16th and 17th at Kanagawa Institute of Technology HEMS
Certification Support Center with remote participation via VPN.

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ENEX2023
Exhibited at the ENEX2023 held at Tokyo Big Site from February 1st to 3rd.

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18th ECHONET ForumThe 18th ECHONET forum was held on February 7th by a live distribution. Mr. Shimaoka, Assistant Director ofMETI, gave a lecture titled “Policy trends for data utilization centered on privacy governance.” as well as Mr. Saito,
Representative Director of ECHONET Consortium, gave a presentation on the ECHONET consortium's activities
to popularize ECHONET 2.0.

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A total of 29 people has been qualified as ECHONET IoT MASTER
12 new ECHONET IoT MASTERs were certified this fiscal year under the ECHONET IoT Master system thatstarted in November 2021, bringing the total to 29.

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ECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.14 and System Design Guidelines 3rd edition
ECHONET Lite Specifications Ver.1.14 and System Design Guidelines 3rd edition English version has been released
to the public. (February 2023)

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Detailed Requirement for ECHONET Device Object
Stared the Member review of APPENDIX Detailed Requirements for ECHONET Device objects Release R Draft(Japanese version) with additional specifications such as "classes related to next-generation smart power meters"and "classes related to frequency control" (March 2023)

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ECHONET Lite Web API
・ ECHONET Lite Web API Guidelines API Specification section Ver. 1.1.5 Draft and ECHONET Lite Web API
Guidelines Device Specification Section Ver. 1.5.0 was revied by members (February 2023).
・ Personal Connected Health Alliance data linkage guideline ECHONET Lite Web API specification samples
version 1.0.0 was reviewed by members (February 2023).
・ Updated experimental cloud which is complaint with ECHONET Lite Web API Guidelines Device Specification
Section Ver. 1.1.1 was released to the members (March 2023).

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Plugfest
The 29th Plug Fest was held from on February 16th and 17th at Kanagawa Institute of Technology HEMS
Certification Support Center with remote participation via VPN. 6 teams from 6 companies were joined.

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Symposium
The ECHONET Symposium 2023 Online was held on March 22nd by webex distribution and approximately 125
people participated. This time, the theme was "ECHONET leading to digital garden city -The world of SDGs createdby ECHONET-", and we had a lecture from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as well as lectures fromKanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Tohoku University, JEITA
Smart Home Subcommittee, NTT Data, Sharp, Toshiba Energy Systems. ECHONET consortium also introduced
our activities.

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WorkshopWorkshop on next-generation smart meters was held on March 23rd jointly with the Keio Research Institute at SFC
and the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association.

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ENEX2023
Exhibited at the ENEX2023 held at Tokyo Big Site from February 1st to 3rd. At this exhibition, we set up a boothco-sponsored by Kanagawa Institute of Technology Smart House Research Center with the cooperation of Japan
Federation of Hosing Organization and The Japan Electrical Manufactures' Association. 19 member companies
exhibited their respective products and technologies.

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Website・ Exhibition report of CEATEC 2022 with the online lecture videos was posted (March 2023).
・ Exhibition report of ECHONET Symposium 2023 with the lecture videos was posted (March 2023).

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Activities
18th ECHONET ForumThe 18th ECHONET forum was held on February 7th by a live distribution.