Emerge Alliance

Sustained the operation of ten member operated committees who conduct the regular business of the Alliance which includes the writing and promulgation of technical standards, education and marketing communications including the operation of a member serves collaboration and education website and product evaluation and registration service to support achievement of the organization's mission.

Standards - move the standards intiative from a direct-current only effort into a more streamlined process to support our charter. This was a suggestion by our governing board and our members including lawrence berkeley national labs. We establilshed working groups under the "grid of grids" which include and are not limited to residential, commercial/industrial, data center, ev charging infrastructure and indoor agriculture.

Participated in major industry tradeshows, including the creation of live demonstration at re-plus anaheim, showcasing standards involving utilization of direct-current in community microgrids and residential housing solutions. This presentation lead to an invite to show concepts in the doe demonstration in june on the Washington mall. Formalized a partnership with a major tradeshow organization to provide technical content for their monthly webinars. There have been no webinars to date.

The Alliance participates in numerous industry conferences throughout the year. In many cases, a representative of the alliances presents relevant technical and industry information concernings its activities.