A few years from now and the world might experience a change in the ways energy is being used and controlled. Thanks to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s (SIG) latest initiatives wireless technology is all set to expand its reach into the arena of smart electric grids to pave the way for clean energy.

In their efforts to marry Bluetooth wireless technology with clean energy, Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has formed a Smart Energy Study Group. The three sponsoring companies- CSR, Broadcom and Emerson (News - Alert) are the founding members of this group. While exploring the Bluetooth applications in smart grid, the team is going to keep to the Smart Energy initiatives sponsored by governmental entities and other organizations interested in energy management throughout the world.

With Bluetooth technology growing far beyond mobile phones and mono-headsets, SIG is determined to scale all aspects of the smart energy market and possible integration of Bluetooth technology into the arena of smart electric grids. The study group’s action plan involves a three-pronged policy. First the group will review current available information on Smart Grid wireless technology. Next on the basis of all available information, it will formulate a strategy for Bluetooth Smart Energy. Lastly, the group will make recommendations on the basis of their findings.

“With the formation of the Smart Energy Study Group, the Bluetooth SIG and its member companies will work together to tackle Smart Grid technology and increase the presence of Bluetooth technology in this fast growing industry,” said Michael Foley, Ph.D., executive director of the Bluetooth SIG.

The executive director of the Bluetooth SIG maintains that wireless technology is going to play a vital role in the future modification of Smart Grid. “Wireless technology is a key component of the battle to improve the Smart Grid. With proper short-distance wireless connectivity technology, the meter-to-device relationship will be one that allows users to remotely track, monitor, and adjust their energy use based on utility scales,” Foley said.

So far as Bluetooth is concerned, it has already achieved huge success with mobile phones. As industry leaders believe, it can also work wonder for wireless optimization of the Smart Grid. With the Bluetooth low energy wireless technology already there, manufacturers of in-home meters and monitors are now able to build wireless devices combining the use of button-cell batteries and benefits of Bluetooth technology. Thus SIG suggested that Bluetooth devices are likely to dominate the industries relating to remote monitoring and in-home energy control meters and even other equipments related to healthcare and sports sensors.

“The formation of the Smart Energy Study Group will bring to light and expand the impact that Bluetooth technology will have on the clean energy industry. We have the opportunity to make a difference in the way our country and the world controls energy use and it’s imperative that we do all we can to integrate wireless technology into the mix – it will not only benefit the wireless market, but it has the potential to revolutionize the clean energy market as well, Foley voiced his hopes.

It is to be seen, how SIG succeeds in its efforts in paving the way for clean energy on the basis of a wider use of Bluetooth low energy wireless and change the ways how we use and misuse energy today.