“In-Home Displays for Energy Management – Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020” provides an insight into the global market for In-Home Displays (IHD). The report provides information related to the past deployment trends and the outlook for IHDs in key countries such as including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Continue reading →
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has adopted a rule that establishes what one group calls a level playing field for those who wish to reduce their energy consumption during times of scarcity. New England law firm Preti Flaherty, which worked on the case, says it’s a landmark decision that creates a crucial tool in efforts Continue reading →
The first step to reducing your home’s energy consumption is knowing how much you use in the first place. Utility companies are offering online tracking software and tools that can help, but some have yet to see the benefits. via Tracking, and reducing, energy consumption at home | Marketplace From American Public Media.
More than half a million homes and businesses in Sacramento, Calif., will be equipped with smart utility meters by the end of 2011, promising consumers sophisticated tools to manage energy consumption and helping the local public utility deliver power more efficiently. Sacramento is just one example of how billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds Continue reading →
Two start-up companies armed only with prototypes came to the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Line Shows event intent on helping consumers lower energy consumption and their energy bills with simple plug-in solutions. The PicoWatt Smart Plug is a Smart Grid-compatible Wi-Fi device. The Modlet uses Zigbee wireless technology for scheduling. via ‘Vampire Power’ Under Fire Continue reading →
Approximately 70% of Americans are not familiar with the phrase “smart grid,” according to a new survey conducted by EcoAlign. But once consumers were given a definition, the EcoPinion survey found strong levels of consumer good will and expectation in anticipation of the smart grid rollout. A majority of Americans (55%) believe that the smart Continue reading →
Earning energy independence is no longer the headache of the statesmen alone. The masses are equally interested to learn about the ways in which they can reduce energy consumption and cut on their energy budget. In a recent survey, international research firm Parks Associates (News – Alert) has pointed out that, more than 80 percent of U.S. Continue reading →
Salford University is launching a research project to test the psychology behind domestic energy consumption. The university will be home to the world’s first Energy House – a traditional pre-1920s-style terraced house, similar to those seen on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, built in a sealed-off chamber and subjected to a wide range of advanced Continue reading →
Microsoft says its Hohm website will help you understand the energy consumption of your home. (Get it? “Hohm”?) But what’s the business model? What’s in it for Microsoft — and how will this really help the smart grid? I spoke with Hohm project manager Troy Batterberry about how the Redmond, Wash.-based company’s new site is Continue reading →
Google’s PowerMeter is making huge strides in leapfrogging the lumbering smart meter installation process, with utilities slowly integrating them into the nation-wide smart grid upgrade. For a quick refresher: the smart grid is an electric grid that is wholly connected, from energy source to end user, so that everyone who participates in the grid can Continue reading →
The State University of New York’s strategic plan for the next 10 years will reduce the institution’s energy consumption, shrink its carbon footprint and attempt to make SUNY a leader in energy efficiency and sustainability both throughout the state and across the country. via SUNY sets energy efficiency goal.
With 22% of the globe’s energy consumption, the US is the largest energy consumer and lowest energy producer of any developed economy in the world. The result? It is the most CO2 intensive nation in the world with a daily consumption of 6 gallons of oil per person per day or 19 tons of carbon Continue reading →
In a letter to President Barack Obama, top-echelon companies involved in energy management technology urge the administration to help give Americans access to information about their energy consumption through the use of connected technology. The letter—written by such influential companies as Google Inc., www.google.com, Mountain View, Calif., General Electric, www.ge.com, Fairfield, Conn., and Best Buy, Continue reading →
Major companies are pushing the White House and Congress to secure in-home consumer energy efficiency by making smart technology more accessible to the public. Meeting at the Google D.C. Office on Tuesday, representatives from The Climate Change Group, Google Inc., General Electric, Intel, Whirlpool and others discussed strategies for giving households “the ability to monitor Continue reading →
President Barack Obama should set a goal of giving every U.S. home and business the ability to “monitor and manage” energy consumption over the Internet, a group of companies and advocates including Hewlett-Packard Co. and Google Inc. said today. Providing consumers with “direct feedback” on their electricity use “via their computers, phones or other devices” Continue reading →
These days, it seems there’s nothing that can’t be accomplished by the use of online social communities. Even lowering energy consumption. That’s the approach taken by GroundedPower, a Gloucester, MA-based startup that produces a system that monitors consumers’ real-time energy consumption and spurs them with goal-setting and online community engagement to lower that consumption over Continue reading →
Energy conservation in the home and business just got a lot easier thanks to Empower Software’s release of their SmartHome energy management software. As experts in usability and design of energy monitoring, Empower provides user friendly access to the smart grid with a user interface that every consumer can understand. This industry-leading technology lets consumers Continue reading →
Viridity Energy, a smart grid company that transforms large energy consumers into virtual energy generators, and Drexel University’s College of Engineering announced their joint participation in a panel discussion today highlighting their work together. “Sustainability: Beyond a Buzzword to a Better Bottom Line” is a special breakfast seminar to discuss the economic benefits of sustainability Continue reading →
Technology available today can be employed to create viable, sustainable, smart cities. That will be the message that Bob Gilligan, vice president–transmission and distribution for GE Energy Services, will deliver to delegates at the Chatham House conference, “The Future of Cities.” via GE Smart Grid Technologies Build Sustainable 21st Century Cities – MarketWatch.
Consumers do not know how much energy they have been using until they get the bill that usually surprises them at the end of every month. Although a bit expensive, smart meters can be one of the answers to this problem and to the energy capacity distribution. via Smart Grid and the Future of Energy Continue reading →
