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The EEBUS Initiative e.V. with its member companies and associations is developing a common language for energy in the Internet of Things. This open, standardised networking specification allows manufacturer-independent communication between smart energy consumers, regenerative generation plants, energy managers and the Smart Grid. As a non-profit association, the EEBus Initiative e.V. is committed to the interests of all its members and to its statutory goals.

Board Members

The board consists of leading experts of our members.

Peter Kellendonk

1st chairman of the board
Managing Director KEO

Johannes Hauck

2nd chairmann of the board
Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Hager Electro

Peter Hübinger

Head of Smart Home Division
Miele

Karsten Schmolders

Director System Development and New Technologies
Bosch Thermotechnology

Stefan Pachner

Group Industrial Program Manager Connected Systems & Services
Vaillant Group

Mark van Kruijsbergen

Director Strategy
Royal BAM Group

Jochen Bornemann

Executive Vice President Digital
SMA

Dr. Gunnar Steg

Manager Standards and Regulation
Elli – A Brand of the VW Group

Jürgen Högener

Managing Director
ABB

Michael Teigeler

Managing Director
DKE Standardization

Advisory Board

Dr. Peter Thies

2nd chairman
CENELEC

Josef Baumeister

Smart Home and Smart Appliances Standardization
BSH

Jo Vandale

Senior Product Manager
Daikin Europe

Our Members

Join us

There are lots of reasons to be a part of the EEBUS.
Here you find all important documents for a membership.

Application form
Contribution Rules
Bylaws
Code of Conduct

History

EEBUS has developed from a funding project to a marketable technical standard. Its high degree of acceptance in the market, but also by national and international policymakers, major industrial associations and global platforms, shows that the EEBUS vision works in reality.

2012

  • EEBus Initiative e.V. is founded as the result of the E-ENERGY lighthouse project funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics at the Hannover Messe
  • Association opens an office in Brussels to communicate at EU level

2013

  • Debut at the IFA with many companies and various scenarios for smart connectivity based on EEBUS

2014

  • One Europe, one language, one smart home: Amsterdam Pact, among others with Agora and Energy@home, to develop a common data model and closer cooperation with the EU Commission

2015

  • Global cooperation with the OCF (Open Connectivity Foundation) in the US
  • First plugfest to test prototypes for interoperability
  • The EEBUS IP transmission protocol SHIP (Smart Home IP) is released

2016

  • Release of the open standard SPINE is made available to companies free of charge
  • Introduction of the first serial devices which are available worldwide at the IFA
  • Global cooperation with the Thread Group
  • SAREF, the Smart Appliances REFerence of the European Commission, uses EEBUS for energy-efficient Smart Home

2017

  • Opening of the EEBUS Innovation Space in the Global IBM Watson Center in Munich
  • Smart Heating speaks EEBUS: successful market launch at the ISH, the world’s leading HVAC trade fair
  • First automotive plugfest connects e-mobility and Smart Home

2018

  • Market launch of the first electric car with EEBUS technology
  • EEBUS becomes interface from building to Smart Metering and Grid
  • The largest European EEBUS implementation with over 240 residential buildings in the Netherlands
  • Release of SPINE 1.1
  • Introduction of Use Case Specifications