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Roughly half of U.S. broadband households own a...

Roughly half of U.S. broadband households own a programmable thermostat and 11 percent have a thermostat that can connect to the Internet, said research from Parks Associates. Roughly one in five U.S. broadband households has smart lighting or electronic door…

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locks, Parks said, in an email promoting Parks’ Smart Energy Summit to be Feb. 17-19 in Austin, Texas. Keynotes at the smart energy conference will be by executives from Nest, which Google said Monday it was buying for $3.2 billion, Comcast’s Xfinity Home security service, Austin Energy and smart thermostat manufacturer ecobee. Parks said the summit will provide a forum to discuss growing consumer demand and business products for utilities, service providers, retailers and manufacturers.