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IMPROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY
Our technology is also helping businesses to manage their
transportation systems. To improve the eciency of its 350-vehicle
eet, the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside, Calif.,
is working with Networkeet, a Verizon company. We provide a
wireless eet-management solution that connects directly to
a vehicle engine’s onboard diagnostic unit, letting eet managers
remotely monitor engine diagnostics, fault codes and emission
control status. Our solution has already helped reduce fuel use and
carbon emissions.
MACHINE-to-machiNe applicatioNS
We’ve talked about machine-to-machine (M2M) technology in
theory for a long time, but with the evolution of cloud services and
Verizon’s LTE network, we’re expecting a strong growth in demand
for M2M services. We’re seeing it in smart homes, where the home
is quickly becoming a vital hub on the digital grid. It starts with our
4G LTE wireless technology and a powerful line-up of devices to
provide anywhere, anytime control of everything from lights and
appliances to thermostats and security alarms.
Customers of Lowe’s Iris smart-home system will now be able
to use Verizon’s wireless network for remote monitoring and
management of their homes’ energy and security systems.
Another service powered by Verizon’s wireless network is the
Home Area Network Energy Gateway, a self-installed, smart-grid
solution that lets consumers manage the energy use for plugged-
in devices at their home. The Gateway lets users turn appliances on
or o remotely, set schedules and control the temperature from a
smartphone or web browser.
Verizon’s wireless technology is also helping cities be more
ecient. Just-in-time trash collection, a system that sends
collection crews real-time data on the status of city trash and
recycling bins, helps cities work smarter. With this solution,
powered by Verizon with innovators such as BigBelly Solar,
collection can be managed much more eciently by limiting trips
and covering a larger area with fewer resources, with no
overows or litter.
We believe broadband and M2M based energy-eciency solutions
will represent a signicant new source of revenue for Verizon
and deliver social value by accelerating the transition to a low-
carbon economy. In 2013 we are developing metrics to measure
the energy eciency benets of M2M solutions.
To learn more about how Verizon is committed to nding new
energy solutions, visit our Corporate Responsibility site at
http://responsibility.verizon.com.
Verizon has partnered with Lowe’s
on the Iris smart home system,
allowing customers to use Verizon’s
wireless network to remotely
monitor and manage their homes’
energy and security systems.
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