I spoke with Alison Slavin, VP of Product Management for Alarm .com. Founded ten years ago to apply modern mobile technology to the old-fashioned home and small business security business, the company’s security system can already determine the … I can see that adding energy management would involve some hardware, so I’m not sure how that part is “free,” but they would only need to add another tab to their web interface to provide real-time monitoring and control.

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Alarm.com Enters Home Energy Management Fray : Greentech Media

For years, traditional security systems called on homeowners to arm and disarm their alarms and pay $30 to $40 a month for call-center monitoring . It was really a type of homeowner’s insurance, says Alison Slavin, vice president of product … who want to know every time their garage door opens between 8 a.m

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