What’s the definition of a smart city? According to San Diego, it’s one that promotes sustainability and the growth of green jobs, as per the city’s Smart City San Diego collaborative. This group, formed in January 2011, is made up of city of San Diego, GE, UC San Diego, CleanTech San Diego and San Diego Continue reading →
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“Green” was the predominant color as the 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards were presented to 21 companies and industry leaders at a gala dinner in New York last night. Clean energy and sustainability themes prevailed in the entries for this year’s awards, not only setting the criteria for honors in energy efficiency and technology categories, Continue reading →
Cable & Wireless and Silver Spring Networks have signed an agreement to participate in the Eco Island Partnership, the largest energy sustainability project in the UK. The objective of Eco Island is to make the Isle of Wight energy self-sufficient by 2020. The project aims to harness wind, solar, tidal and geothermal renewable energy generation Continue reading →
Maybe Best Buy can make sense of the smart grid for consumers. The electronics retailer today is launching a push into home energy management products through dedicated zones at three stores and an online home energy “learning center.” The company will announce the plan at the BSR conference on corporate sustainability and begin product demos Continue reading →
Efficiency and sustainability have become the twin mantras that gained currency in the aftermath of the economic slowdown. In this process, smart infrastructure is expected to play an important role. In India, infrastructure is an area of high-priority area for the government. And within infrastructure, ‘Mission 2012: Power to All’—a comprehensive blueprint that encompasses generation, Continue reading →
Just like a few other nations on the fast track of development, China has also been under the scanner of world’s environment watchdog. GE is helping in this Chinese city’s evolution into a world destination for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability. GE has been a key player in the implementation of the project of Yangzhou’s Continue reading →
Less carrot and more stick is the driving factor that may compel many U.S. manufacturing firms to mind their carbon footprint and more, according to a new report from AMR Research and software giant SAP. The survey of 189 companies in both energy-intensive and non-energy-intensive industries paints a slightly different picture than a recent Johnson Continue reading →
GE is working with the city of Yangzhou, China, to become a worldwide destination for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability by supporting the grand opening of Yangzhou’s state-of-the-art Smart Grid Demonstration Center. With worldwide adoption of smart grid technologies growing as a way to ensure adequate clean, affordable energy, solutions showcased at the center will 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.
UH M?noa's College of Engineering, with the support of Hawaiian Electric Company, has been awarded a $2.5-million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to train students and current workers for emerging jobs in clean and renewable energy technologies in the electric power industry. Officially titled, “Integrated Education and Research Continue reading →
California will need six or more transmission lines and multiple technology architecture and system upgrades to meet its the state’s clean air and water standards, according to a report. California’s Independent System Operator (ISO) unveiled its five-year outlook on Thursday. The report addresses the “vision for 2020 and beyond” and lays out upgrades that will 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 →
Sustainability and energy management are more than green issues driven by social responsibility. They are becoming economic imperatives in industry and manufacturing. “Smart grid” can help achieve both objectives. Manufacturing is trying to recover from one of the deepest downturns in recent history. Consumer spending is down, manufacturing plants have closed, and personnel reductions are Continue reading →
Duke Energy plans to spend $1 billion in a five-year deployment plan across five states to install Smart Grid technology. Corryville is one of the first neighboring areas to receive the technology, according to the Duke Energy deployment plan. The University of Cincinnati should follow within one year. The installation of Smart Grid technology might 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.
The Danish island of Samsø has become one of the first industrialized places on Earth to qualify as completely energy self-sufficient. The tiny island — just 30 miles long and 15 miles wide — first began its push toward sustainability in 1997. In just over a decade, Samsø erected 21 electricity-producing wind turbines and a Continue reading →
Energy conservation seems to be a new obsession among today’s students — and with good reason. With more and more evidence supporting global warming, the need to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency is becoming an ever more important aspect of life, especially in a community as large and diverse as the University of Continue reading →
This panel discussion was held during the 3rd annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum held at the Darden School of Business.
