BMW and Boulder, CO-based energy management company Tendril will build a demonstration home designed to power BMW’s ActiveE electric vehicle while minimizing the home and the car’s carbon footprint, the New York Times reported. The home, which will be built at BMW’s San Francisco Bay Area technology office by this March, will have “smart” thermostats, Continue reading →
Tendril
Tendril CEO Adrian Tuck today is set to announce that the company’s cloud platform now provides native support for “Green Button” data—consumers’ energy usage data provided in a simple, common, electronic format. Utilities and energy service providers can use the Tendril Connect™ platform to generate Green Button data easily and securely for their consumers. Application Continue reading →
The results are in from San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) Biggest Energy Saver campaign in California, which utilized the Tendril Connect (TM) cloud platform, Tendril in-home smart devices, and a social media gaming application developed by Simple Energy integrated on the Tendril platform. The winner of the Biggest Energy Saver campaign, Erica Faunce of Continue reading →
General Electric has said it could start selling some of its smart appliances — dishwashers, water heaters, microwaves and other devices embedded with communications technology — as early as this summer. But how will those appliances securely and efficiently connect with the grid so that utilities can turn them down during peak electricity hours? One Continue reading →
