Energy Harvesting 3.0 - the Next Generation Wireless Sensors for Sustainable Buildings

Mr Jim O'Callaghan, Vice President
EnOcean Alliance
United States
 
 
This presentation was given at Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2009 on Nov 03, 2009.
 

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Presentation Summary

  • The evolution of energy harvesting wireless sensors
  • Key technical considerations of miniature energy harvesters for wireless sensors
  • Challenges and solutions for low cost, high volume energy harvesting based wireless sensors - no wires. no batteries. no limits.
  • The creation of an energy harvesting based international wireless standard for sustainable buildings - The EnOcean Alliance
  • Some real world energy saving examples from the tens of thousands of buildings already deployed with the technology

Speaker Biography

Jim O'Callaghan has spent his career building brands, customers and value for a host of innovative technology companies, both public and private. He spent the first dozen years primarily in finance and accounting positions, culminating as CFO participating in two successful IPOs. For the last decade and a half, Jim has worked almost exclusively in sales, marketing and management roles, both with technology and with RF ventures. He is best known as co-founder of Cirque Corporation, the originator of touchpad pointing devices now common on virtually all notebook computers. In 2005 Jim joined EnOcean to establish a North American presence. Jim has a BBA in accounting and a MBA.

Company Profile

The EnOcean Alliance is a consortium of around 100 innovative international companies working to further develop and promote self-powered wireless monitoring and control systems for sustainable buildings by formalising the interoperable wireless standard. The EnOcean Alliance has the largest installed base of field-proven wireless building automation networks in the world. EnOcean GmbH is the innovator and producer of the award-winning and widely patented battery-free wireless sensor technology. EnOcean's unique combination of miniaturized energy harvesting modules with ultra-low-power radio technology is the basis for innovative maintenance-free wireless sensors.