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.
- Naperville city utility has launched a $22 million smart grid initiative to radically improve efficiencies, increase reliability, manage costs, and develop a proactive customer service unit.
- A look at how a culture of sustainability can address sobering environmental and economic challenges and shape the future.
- A first-of-its-kind U.S. partnership ensures electric vehicles added to City CarShare's fleet are certified with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
- Siemens makes a major move in the market for energy systems powered by natural gas with the opening of a new turbine plant in North Carolina, a key component of the company's energy hub for the...
- A new free handbook on tracking building performance and the latest iteration of the International Green Construction Code provide roadmaps for continuous improvement of existing buildings and a...
- A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) survey of 1200 U.S. residents finds younger, more educated consumers more likely to participate in energy management programs.
- The electricity industr group has developed a policy platform that pushes for market competition as the best way rapidly scale adoption of smart grid technologies.
- The British telecom firm says that the 22,000 smart meters and 1,500 building management systems it has rolled out will also cut its carbon footprint by 5 percent.
- Jones Lang LaSalle joins the growing list of companies that are offering expanded building performance management services through a cloud-based software system.
- Although Microsoft and Google bailed out of the market after their products suffered fatal design and marketing errors, there's no doubt that innovation and adoption will continue to proceed...
- The world's largest semiconductor producer says its newest data center will save 2.21 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and eliminate 1,350 tons of carbon emissions a year.
- The boom in sustainability-themed events creates a nearly hypocritical carbon footprint for people most engaged in creating a low-carbon world. I'm pledging to use the many technologies available to...
- HP introduces a new server computing design intended for high-volume, large-scale data environments, such as those found in cloud computing and web services. The ARM-based server chips could reduce...
- Energy storage company Beacon Power, which received $56 million from the federal program since 2009, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The flywheel technology maker will maintain operations in its...
- The US Army, which speeds more than $1 billion per year on energy costs, has asked the RAND Corporation to recommend ways to collaborate with utilities in energy conservation projects.
- With facility management undergoing a fundamental and technology-driven transformation, new players and new solutions are rushing to enter this booming market. Here's how they stack up.
- The vision of a smart, wired world of energy, buildings and vehicles requires that the systems connecting each component work well together. A new lab set up by KEMA intends to help ensure that by...
- As more and more companies realize significant energy savings from submetering their buildings, it's worth look at how the technology can spur simple, no-cost changes that tie into your energy and...
- A sample of smart grid activity to identify key themes and best practices for customer engagement.
- New research from a smart grid industry group finds that the time for pilot projects is over, and lays out a checklist of best practices for utilities to engage their customers prior to and during...
