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.
- The company's new Urban Matters program will help Boston and Edmonton provide public access to city data.
- The debut of "Drivers of Change," a VERGE & RMI column focused on the intersection of cities, transportation and innovative electric vehicle technologies.
- A peek into the emerging role of cities 2.0 and how data, IT and new platforms continue to disrupt the markets for energy and transportation.
- The computer-maker giant partners with OSIsoft on a data management architecture to test grid operations and joins the advisory board of the Pecan Street smart grid demonstration project
- Networked charging stations will help electric vehicles roam across the continent.
- Next-gen buildings generate business value for owners, occupants and utilities through intelligent IT tools defined by social business, cloud computing, big data analytics and mobility.
- WegoWise plans to extend its Web-based energy management platform for multi-tenant building owners to the commercial market with Melon Power's software to benchmark energy usage.
- The German automaker's long view of sustainability includes integrating renewable energy into production facilities and tapping vehicle-to-grid technologies.
- Arup futurist Chris Luebkeman leads an interactive experience where attendees collaborate to understand sustainability challenges to business and the world.
- Fixed attributes of a building play a major part in developing its eventual IQ -- and how it will operate.
- At the company's North Carolina data center, 60 percent of energy will be produced by its own renewable sources.
- Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh presents a keynote presentation on his company's plans to transform downtown Las Vegas into the "most community-focused large city in the world."
- Canadian telematics startup unveils device to connect cars to the Internet and launches an aftermarket open platform for car apps.
- Microgrids -- where an electrical grid operates in "island" mode -- offer increased reliability for mission critical facilities and can help cities prepare for the next superstorm.
- Cisco is a major partner in the effort for smart cities certification.
- A startup's energy management system taps electric vehicle batteries and cloud-based analytics to help two iconic San Francisco hotels run at building peak performance.
- GreenBiz Group's VERGE SF conference delved into how technology advancements in energy, buildings and transportation are creating smart, efficient cities and new business opportunities....
- Investors may be back-pedaling away from the term "cleantech," but financial interest and innovation in digital transportation, smart energy and collaborative consumption is at an all-time...
- Convergence of technologies and organizations takes a lot of TLC. Especially C: collaboration, collision, and community.
- IBM, First Fuel, Lucid and Noesis Energy offer perspectives for advancing energy efficiency and the adoption of smart building technologies at VERGE SF
