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.
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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 →
GE is introducing an energy information panel for the home that will grant consumers insight into how they are using energy and the control needed to properly manage energy consumption. The multi-function unit is designed for the home consumer. via GE to introduce smart energy interface.
Whirlpool Corporation ( WHR) is presenting a smart grid-compatible clothes dryer demonstration unit during the International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Las Vegas January 19-22, 2010. The Whirlpool smart dryer demonstration illustrates how smart grid-compatible dryers will operate in consumers’ homes, reacting intelligently to peak-demand signals from a smart electrical grid and automatically modifying energy consumption. via Whirlpool Continue reading →
Apple, like Google, has a habit of causing major waves throughout the markets it enters. Could the master designers behind the iPhone, iPod, iTunes and Mac, one day revolutionize the way consumers manage the energy consumption of their gadgets and even homes? In effect, can Apple do what it did for digital entertainment and cell Continue reading →
Utility Xcel Energy and OPower want to see if community shame is an effective deterrent in Minnesota. The two will randomly select 50,000 homeowners to participate in a Home Energy Reporting program in the St. Paul area. Under the program, the homeowners will get detailed information about their gas and electricity consumption. 35,000 will also Continue reading →
Plans to install smart meters throughout Britain could be thwarted unless government officials and regulator Ofgem are able to convince the public that the new smart meter system is capable of securely sharing information. Concerns have been voiced in the Netherlands that criminals could capture smart meter data or that police or insurance companies could Continue reading →
Control4 has unveiled a Zigbee-enabled thermostat with a touchscreen interface that allows its users to view energy data and help minimize energy consumption by controlling the devices that consume the most power. via Control4 Debuts Energy Management System 100 At CES 2010 – Ecofriend.
The D-Link® Home Energy Monitoring Starter Kit is one of the first products that allows consumers to measure energy consumption of electrical appliances in the home, making it the ultimate smart energy “Green Machine.” It actually changes the way homeowners or renters deal with the age-old challenge of how to keep their home energy consumption Continue reading →
Smart Grid technology is aimed at creating a more dynamic power grid where users can ‘interact’ with the system and actively control their energy consumption thus reducing costs. It can use digital technology in delivering energy which leads to an increase in reliability and transparency. Ambitions of what Smart Grids can accomplish are grand, but Continue reading →
In conjunction with utilities, tech companies and state and federal agencies, Stanford University is doing a number of experiments to see how psychology affects people’s energy consumption. via Will ‘Smart’ Electric Meters Lead to Smarter Consumers? – NYTimes.com.
North Carolina was rated among the highest in Energy consumption in the US. Listen to how the Consert “Smart Grid” Pilot Program is the future of energy use that can save energy and money.
Despite all the new high tech ways to help us curb our energy consumption, only about a quarter of us are expected to be interested in using home energy management dashboards and online energy management websites, says Ogi Kavazovic, Senior Director, Marketing & Strategy, for energy software startup Positive Energy, which this morning rebranded itself Continue reading →
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is expected to reveal its decision this month on how to implement a £10bn plan to replace 47 million gas and electricity meters with new smart energy meters in every British home, office and factory by 2020. The government believes smart meters will provide accurate real-time information Continue reading →
Cisco has put into place further steps to enable the development of an end-to-end, highly secure Smart Grid communications infrastructure to help utility companies and their customers better manage and reduce energy consumption, improve smart grid security and reliability, and reduce overall energy costs. via Renewable Energy Focus – Cisco continues global smart grid development Continue reading →
It’s officially a trend: smart grid companies building or buying software that will manage energy consumption within the home. This morning smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks announced that it plans to buy Greenbox Technology, a 2-year-old startup founded by the creators of the well-known interactive web technology Flash, which has built software to Continue reading →
THE introduction of smart meters and smart grids could transform society, create new industries and management challenges. Victoria, one of the first places to install the meters en masse, will be the testing ground. Smart meters will change the way electricity is monitored. Smart meters monitor household electricity consumption and businesses remotely every 30 minutes. Continue reading →
Some of our favorite buzz words keep meeting — smart meters and Twitter. Smart meter startup SmartSynch says it’s partnered with the University of Mississippi to help cut campus energy consumption by publishing the university’s smart meter energy consumption data to Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds. SmartSynch says it’s built an online dashboard to bring Continue reading →
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour announced on August 20 that SmartSynch has been awarded a stimulus grant worth $3.75 million. The Mississippi-based smart grid innovator will use the money to help public facilities in the state better manage their energy consumption. “The project marks the first time Mississippi has launched a coordinated effort to reduce energy Continue reading →
A smarter electricity grid could fundamentally change the way people pay for and manage their electricity use. In theory, the technology could help reduce demand, save money, and improve reliability and efficiency. But implementing the necessary changes will be difficult, according to experts attending a symposium on the smart grid at GE Global Research in Continue reading →
