The folks over at Pike Research are in the business of cleantech forecasts, and when it comes to smart appliance sales, they have good news and bad news: smart appliance unit sales will be small over the next few years, but will start to pick up starting in 2013. via Smart Appliance Sales Start Slow Continue reading →
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The best path to energy-efficient electronics is connecting them to the Internet, according to People Power. The Silicon Valley-based company today launched a system that uses embedded networking chips and Internet software, called the Energy Services Platform, to monitor and control plugged-in devices for better efficiency. It says it’s working with some business partners and Continue reading →
Watteco (www.watteco.com), a French System-on-Chip (SoC) manufacturer of “no new wire” Power Line Communication (PLC) modems for energy efficiency and intelligent home control applications, today announced it is collaborating with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) on an ultra-low-power, intelligent communications solution that will enable the next generation of connected appliances. Designed for Smart Grid applications, the Continue reading →
General Electric (GE) has signed a joint development agreement with Glen Dimplex, a European home heating and appliance company, to accelerate the availability of smart grid technologies for European homes. As part of the agreement, Glen Dimplex will integrate GE’s smart grid-enabled Brillion home energy management (HEM) technologies into its home heating products to help Continue reading →
Home appliances account for about 17% of your household’s energy consumption, with refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers and clothes dryers at the top. There are several ways to be clever about energy usage in the house and reduce the amount of energy as well as your electricity bill. via Greening appliances | Ethical Consumption.
Older homes have a certain charm, but they’re notoriously inefficient — they’re drafty, under-insulated, and equipped with old, energy-guzzling appliances. In an effort to study potential improvements, British researchers are building an “energy house” inside a special three-story shell that can generate rain, snow, wind and varying humidity levels. via British Researchers Building Trial “Energy Continue reading →
Control4 is a participating company in Southern California Edison’s Smart Energy Experience, one of the first exhibits in the country to provide a live demonstration of how smart appliances and devices work with a smart meter. The home area network at the Smart Energy Experience is based on the Control4 platform, the Control4 Energy Management Continue reading →
GE’s Nucleus brings the promise of the smart grid into consumers’ homes. As utilities deploy smart meters, the Nucleus will collect and store a consumer’s household electricity use and cost data for up to three years and present it to consumers in real-time using simple, intuitive PC and smart phone applications, helping consumers monitor and control their Continue reading →
Freescale Semiconductor (News – Alert), a provider of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets and the Indesit Company, a manufacturer and distributor of major domestic appliances based in Europe have jointly announced that both the companies recently showcased at the Freescale Technology Forum held in Orlando, a Smart Washer that can regulate Continue reading →
Jim Rogers, Duke Energy’s CEO, wants his company to model its business after Amazon’s. Just like Amazon.com discounts e-books bought through the Kindle, Rogers too envisions using a smart-grid system to offer discounts on energy-efficient appliances to its customers. via Duke Energy Wants To Follow Amazon’s Business Model – PSFK.
Jim Rogers foresees Duke Energy Corp. operating as “Amazon Duke.” It would use a smart-grid system to offer customers discounts for energy-efficient appliances the way Amazon.com sells books at reduced prices through its Kindle. Toward that end, the most important short-term goal for Duke is to promote customers’ conversion to electric vehicles from gasoline-fueled cars, Continue reading →
On the hottest summer afternoons, some appliances start behaving a little differently around Texas. At the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, the lobby lights get dimmer. In Austin, as many as 80,000 home air-conditioners begin cycling on and off at the local utility’s behest, as do 32,000 in San Antonio. Continue reading →
Government contractor Science Applications International Corp. said Monday it received a contract valued at more than $13 million to manage a “smart grid” project for the city of Lakeland, Fla. A smart grid can help communities orchestrate their energy use to lower costs, with meters telling appliances, for example, to run when overall demand for Continue reading →
Met-Ed will use federal grants and other funds to install smart grid technology in York County. Through a voluntary load control program, the utility will install equipment that will directly control the appliances and air conditioners of 23,000 of its York County customers during periods of high power demand. via Met-Ed to roll out smart Continue reading →
White goods manufacturer Indesit Company, energy supplier Npower and RLtec, the smart grid technology company, are ready to begin in the UK the biggest European trial of smart fridges fitted with grid-balancing technology. “The trial will help us gain a better understanding of how dynamic demand can work to reduce our use of fossil fuels. Continue reading →
Imagine if your power company offered lower electricity rates at certain times of day, similar to what’s offered by most cell phone companies. Now, imagine having smart appliances and other devices in the home that can help you save money by automatically adjusting electricity consumption in response to pricing signals from the utility. This scenario Continue reading →
Your power meter will soon be able to talk to your phone, your car, your fridge, even your coffee pot — as long as they, like the meter, are ’smart.’ Southern California Edison is now quietly deploying just under a million high-tech smart meters across Orange County. They have a new look, and, the power Continue reading →
When the housing market picks up again, all signs point toward a home-buying public that will be more techno-savvy than ever before. Today’s technology solutions pervade every aspect of consumers’ lives—from the cars they drive and the phones they use, to the houses they want to come home to. The past has shown technology grows Continue reading →
Imagine if your power company offered lower electricity rates at certain times of day, similar to what’s offered by most cell phone companies. Now, imagine having smart appliances and other devices in the home that can help you save money by automatically adjusting electricity consumption in response to pricing signals from the utility. This scenario Continue reading →
The green economy is rapidly taking shape here and throughout the country. Our electric infrastructure is badly in need of adaptable solutions to meet new demand. Technologies like renewable wind power, electric cars, smart appliances and distributed generation and energy storage are fundamentally changing the power grid. Enter smart grid. via Georgia must be ready Continue reading →
