<s>
EEBUS	B-Device
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
E-E-Bus	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
protocol	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
that	O
aims	O
to	O
standardize	O
the	O
interface	O
between	O
electrical	O
consumers	O
,	O
producers	O
,	O
storages	O
and	O
(	O
logical	O
)	O
managing	O
entities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
builds	O
on	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
and	O
related	O
standards	O
and	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
highly	O
generic	O
,	O
cross-domain	O
applicable	O
,	O
open	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
business	O
logic	O
is	O
not	O
specified	O
by	O
EEBUS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EEBus	B-Device
Initiative	O
e.V.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
the	O
non-profit	O
association	O
that	O
manages	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
standardization	O
of	O
EEBUS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
EEBUS	B-Device
was	O
developed	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
domain-specific	O
(	O
bus	O
)	O
protocols	O
that	O
made	O
an	O
integration	O
of	O
physical	O
devices	O
into	O
larger	O
systems	O
challenging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protocol	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
is	O
composed	O
of	O
two	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
High-level	O
use	O
cases	O
that	O
allow	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
logic	O
for	O
a	O
company	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
EEBUS	B-Device
SPINE	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
,	O
all	O
released	O
documents	O
are	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
EEBus	B-Device
Initiative	O
e.V.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standardization	O
of	O
the	O
EEBUS	B-Device
protocol	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
is	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
EEBus	B-Device
Initiative	O
e.V.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
working	O
groups	O
can	O
be	O
initiated	O
by	O
EEBUS	B-Device
members	O
at	O
will	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ontology	B-Language
of	O
EEBUS	B-Device
has	O
been	O
standardized	O
in	O
the	O
ETSI	O
SAREF	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EEBus	B-Device
initiative	O
's	O
website	O
lists	O
61	O
members	O
as	O
of	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EEBUS	B-Device
standard	O
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
electric	O
cars	O
,	O
Home	O
Energy	O
Management	O
Systems	O
,	O
HVAC	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
prominent	O
example	O
showing	O
the	O
maturity	O
of	O
the	O
EEBUS	B-Device
standard	O
is	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
ecosystem	O
involving	O
photovoltaic	O
panels	O
for	O
local	O
electricity	O
generation	O
,	O
an	O
energy	O
manager	O
,	O
charging	O
equipment	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Audi	O
e-tron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
decided	O
to	O
implement	O
EEBUS	B-Device
on	O
their	O
embedded	O
platform	O
Azure	B-Operating_System
Sphere	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Interconnect	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
to	O
further	O
specify	O
,	O
implement	O
and	O
test	O
smart	O
grid	O
applications	O
based	O
on	O
EEBUS	B-Device
and	O
KNX	O
to	O
ensure	O
interoperability	O
among	O
different	O
vendors	O
and	O
distribution	O
system	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
participation	O
in	O
working	O
groups	O
and	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
draft	O
and	O
release	O
candidate	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
specifications	O
is	O
bound	O
to	O
an	O
EEBUS	B-Device
membership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
EEBUS	B-Device
member	O
grandcentrix	O
expressed	O
concerns	O
about	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
royalty-free	O
reference	O
implementation	O
,	O
saying	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
core	O
reason	O
the	O
standard	O
does	O
not	O
see	O
broader	O
adoption	O
.	O
</s>
