The internet’s power will allow management of the home in ways that save energy and money automatically in its next stage of development, a pioneer in the online world attending the Consumer Electronics Show told AOL Energy this week. AlertMe CEO Mary Turner helped launch some of the first large internet services in Europe, and Continue reading →
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Alan Woodham is enjoying an enviable retirement. Aged 60 he and his wife like to travel as much as possible. In the mean time their home is left empty – which in the winter could mean burst pipes, and an insurance nightmare to return home to. via BBC News – Smartphones, the internet and the Continue reading →
Electricity powers all of the computers, smartphones, and tablets that are part of everyday life, but few people would imagine there is much of a connection between the electrical grid that supports the devices and the internet, which turns them into powerful tools. Srinivasan Keshav and Catherine Rosenberg are researchers who do see the connection. Continue reading →
We hear a lot about the upcoming democratization of energy. But with the average consumer thinking about energy only six minutes per year, it’s fair to wonder if anyone will show up to ‘vote.’ But this week an alliance that includes the intriguing combination of Opower and Facebook offers promise that this futuristic concept may not be Continue reading →
How do you know when your project has a future? When one of the fathers of the Internet joins to help with the design. This just happened to the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), a federally sponsored, multi-disciplinary standards body that held meetings during late May at the ConnectivityWeek conference in San Jose, Calif. Vint Continue reading →
The smart grid may indeed become an opportunity that’s bigger than the Internet, but like the Internet, it won’t be without its stumbling blocks. Fortunately for us, some web pioneers are unwittingly providing utilities and energy management firms with an education on privacy, one of the thornier issues affecting online businesses today. via Study Web Continue reading →
Where is the smart grid headed? Most observers agree that the industry is still in its early stages, but opinions tend to diverge from there. Many VCs have bet big on smart grid investments; Cisco execs have been quoted as saying that the smart grid will be “bigger than the Internet.” On the other hand, Continue reading →
The Onzo smart energy kit provides energy management for consumers. It consists of a sensor, display and integrated website. The display interprets and delivers simple actionable information to users in real-time, empowering them to make positive decisions about how they use energy. The display can be connected to a home computer to upload data to Continue reading →
The technology is maturing and there’s significant investment on the way, but the smart grid still lacks the regulations and consumer demand for it to take off like the Internet did. On Wednesday, a conference panel of executives involved in the smart grid said that there are a lot of benefits to upgrading the grid Continue reading →
Will power and the devices that consume it be managed more closely by a system that includes information networking and Internet technologies? If so, an entirely new set of challenges will be introduced as well as risks and threats to the utility environment. The utility infrastructure is old and aging, lending credence to the renewal Continue reading →
The smart grid is a game-changer for the power industry. And New Brunswick wants a piece of the action. The U.S. Department of Energy – a trailblazer in smart grid research – considers the concept as revolutionary as the Internet and one set to bring the power industry into an era where every piece of Continue reading →
Echelon announced on March 10 that it had shipped two million of its Networked Energy Services (NES) smart meters. Danish utility SEAS-NVE pushed Echelon over the milestone with its order for 390,000 smart meters as part of the biggest smart grid project in Denmark. The NES smart grid solution allows for a feature rich and Continue reading →
Alcatel-Lucent has joined forces with German internet and communications technology specialist Webolution to set up an energy information network. By integrating a Webolution intelligent gateway, the different interfaces and communications protocols of heating, water, electricity and gas meters can be connected to the internet. This will provide energy utilities with new billing and consumption calculation Continue reading →
The Obama administration begins dispensing $7.2 billion in grants and loans, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to expand broadband access and adoption across the country. Vice President Joe Biden announced Dec. 17 an initial $183 million investment in 18 broadband projects benefiting 17 states to lay a new foundation for high-speed Internet Continue reading →
“Ten years out we want lamps that use 2 percent the energy and put out the same amount of light,” Doerr said at the beginning of his talk at GreenBeat 2009 today — indicative of his interest and that of his firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in the newest, boldest investments when it comes Continue reading →
Smart Grid is the name for a smart energy system. Cisco defines it as a connected, efficient and reliable end-to-end network that integrates all energy supply and demand sources. End-to-end integration means end-to-end communication and management of huge data flows in real-time. Just like in the internet, instead of routing information flows, the smart grid Continue reading →
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest utility companies in the United States, has announced that it has selected Silver Spring Networks for its smart grid programs at subsidiaries Indiana Michigan Power and AEP Ohio. Silver Spring develops smart grid solutions based upon Internet Protocol (IP) that allow for a secure and robust smart Continue reading →
umissgym: Is it just me, or is it hot in here? The social media craze has hit building automation, as the campus at the University of Mississippi will soon be broadcasting its energy consumption via Twitter and Facebook updates. In partnership with smart grid company SmartSynch, Ole Miss has created online feeds (also via RSS) Continue reading →
The term “smart grid” means many things to many people. At the most basic level, the smart grid is defining smarter ways to deliver and use energy — but did you know that the smart grid is also defining new ways to generate and exchange energy information? Building information technology into the electricity grid will Continue reading →
Results were recently published from a study performed by researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and networking technology company Akamai that demonstrates how Internet companies can save sizably on their electric bills. According to the study results, published by MIT’s Technology Review, researchers found that proprietors of the biggest Web sites could save 40 percent Continue reading →
