Fibar Group, a leading European manufacturer of wireless, intelligent home automation systems, announces the launch of the FIBARO Mount Everest Challenge, powered by Z-Wave.
Last year, mountain climber, Mariusz Malkowski, took home automation to new heights when he remotely controlled home automation devices from the top of Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world. This year Malkowski will be going even further and higher to prove that "Home is Wherever You Are." He will be climbing to the summit of Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain, over 29,000 feet above sea-level, where he will be controlling FIBARO devices and other Z-Wave powered devices located on the other side of the globe (the exact location is still to be determined).
Also coinciding with this announcement is the launch of a new FIBARO Mount Everest Challenge Facebook page and a new website page. Visitors to these extremely interactive and informative pages will be invited to "help Mariusz prepare his home and backpack for the trip." An application on these pages will allow users to do things like: lock the doors in Mariusz’ home, turn off the electricity, shut off the lights and shut off the water.
Mariusz Malkowski is a 40-year-old technical services manager at Sigma Designs, a member of the 300-member Z-Wave Alliance. Malkowski has climbed world-class mountains on four continents, many of them by himself. For the FIBARO Challenge, Malkowski will be climbing Mount Everest alone, with no porters and no supplemental oxygen. He is scheduled to begin his ascent on April 3 or 4 and will conclude around the end of May. An initial live connection is planned for ISC West in Las Vegas, April 15-17 (exact date to be determined), where attendees will be able to watch Malkowski control several FIBARO devices located on the show floor from the Everest base camp.
Using only his smartphone for the demonstration from the Everest summit, Malkowski will control various home automation scenes featuring a number of Z-Wave powered devices, including FIBARO sensors. The purpose is to show end-users the dependability of Z-Wave technology, as well as highlighting the overall benefits of home automation.
Fibar Group is a rapidly growing company out of Poland that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative smart home ecosystems and devices. Currently FIBARO is in 80 countries and announced its official launch in the United States in September 2014.
The company's wireless Z-Wave system can be controlled from anywhere in the world via smart phone and/or tablet and includes smart scene automation, energy management, camera integration, multimedia plug-ins, lights, locks, shades and more. Over four years, Fibar Group has won several important awards. The most significant are:
- IF Product Design Award 2014 for FIBARO Flood Design
- Good Design 2014
- Good Design 2014 - in category of New Technologies
- CES Innovation Award 2015
- European Business Award - Ruban d'honneur
- Fibar Group CEO - Finalist of the CEO World Awards 2013
- FIBARO Home Center Lite - finalist of CEDIA Award for Best Innovative Product
- Finalist of E&Y Entrepreneur of The Year 2013
