Home Assistant founder joins Z-Wave Alliance board of directors

BEAVERTON, Ore. —The Z-Wave Alliance has announced that Nabu Casa, best known as the organization driving the development of Home Assistant, has officially joined the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors.

The Z-Wave Alliance actively recruits smart home and IoT leaders to join, direct, and contribute to the completely member-driven organization on a mission to chart the course of the future of Z-Wave technology and the smart home. Nabu Casa joins an impressive roster of Z-Wave Alliance board of director member companies which presently includes ADT, Alarm.com, Amazon Ring, ASSA Abloy, bluesalve partners, Fortune Brands, Johnson Controls INC., Silicon Labs, Trident IoT, and Vivint.

"Z-Wave is an important part of the smart home, providing households with more choice in the selection of devices they can connect to," said Paulus Schoutsen, founder of Home Assistant and Nabu Casa. "By including Nabu Casa, and by extension the open-source community, Z-Wave sends a strong message about their current direction and plans for the future."

"We are thrilled to have an illustrious member, and champion, of the open-source community join our ranks," said Avi Rosenthal, Chairman of the Board for the Z-Wave Alliance. "Open-source projects are majorly important in keeping standards both successful and thriving. By embracing and supporting open-source initiatives, we are not only enhancing the Z-Wave ecosystem but also reinforcing our commitment to an open, secure, and sustainable smart home environment for everyone."

''Approximately one tenth of households with Home Assistant are using Z-Wave today, accounting for an estimated 1.7 million Z-Wave devices and we continuously see increased interest in Z-Wave within the Home Assistant community," concluded Schoutsen.

For more information on the Z-Wave Alliance, please visit http://z-wavealliance.org/.