VERGE
There is a coming convergence of four technology platforms: energy, information, buildings, and transportation. We call it VERGE. This convergence is fundamentally transforming cities, companies, campuses, and communities, providing a wide range of opportunities for companies across a range of sectors. GreenBiz has launched a series of VERGE conferences around the world, in addition to a free, year-round virtual conference, focusing on the implications of convergence for business and sustainability.
- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his insights about the Commonwealth's energy policy and transition to renewable sources.
- In the winning pitch at VERGE Accelerate, XL Hybrids President Tod Hynes discusses his company's system to cut large fleet vehicles’ fuel consumption.
- How 15 entrepreneurs fared in Boston in front of two VCs and thousands of viewers.
- A conversation with Suman Bery, chief economist of Shell International, on the stress nexus of food, energy, and water.
- IBM's Dave Bartlett dishes on his efforts with the company's Smarter Planet campaign and why he is so optimistic about his work.
- Mark "Puck" Mykleby discusses three key opportunities -- housing, agriculture and resources -- where sustainability and economics intersect.
- It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.
- Lack of data for building automation control systems can create a host of problems and cost organizations money.
- New technologies that enable billions of devices to collect and analyze data can help systems operate with startling efficiency.
- In this Q&A, the author of "The Upside of Down" shares how his concept of societal resilience can help companies prepare for change.
- Data analytics, mobile apps will be central to success car-sharing networks and other sustainable transportation alternatives.
- The company behind the world's first commercial rooftop greenhouse wants to grow food where people live, and grow it more sustainably.
- Large commercial and residential buildings must report annual energy and water use, but aren't required to act on the results.
- Implementing a measurement and verification plan is essential to meet facility sustainability goals.
- Want proof that the smart-grid ecosystem is alive and well? Nest Labs' news that it has signed partnerships with some of the US's biggest utilities should suffice. But more innovation is...
- Smart, connected buildings currently promise more than they can deliver, at least if we don't pass the baton properly from design teams to operations teams.
- Chinese cities are experimenting with ways to maximize EV development and deployment, green building and a locally tailored carbon market.
- SAP says it will make its car-sharing app, which saved the software giant more than $5 million since it was deployed two years ago, publicly available.
- New technology by NRG Energy, called eV2g, enables electric cars to feed electricity back to the grid -- and their owners to make money in the process -- for the first time.
- Cities such as San Francisco, Stockholm and Adelaide, Australia, aim to reduce their waste to zero, but measuring and comparing their progress proves complicated. A new tool may help.
