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.
- Two new software applications use data analytics to support more educated decisions.
- Scientists are developing smart-building materials that can regulate temperatures without air conditioning or heating, potentially cutting energy costs for commercial and industrial buildings.
- The convergence of smart grid technologies is challenging existing regulatory policy frameworks. What can energy regulators learn from telecom and IT industries for grid modernization?
- With the help of tech partners MapQuest, AT&T and Microsoft, the newly launched MyFord Mobile app helps EV drivers find more than 9,400 public charging stations across the U.S.
- Google Fiber offers 1Gbps Internet service in Kansas City, hoping to spur development of new apps and services and, in turn, drive the economic growth of cities.
- Companies have a strong role to play in pushing forward citizen apps for public good, a leading city innovation officer says.
- As the world’s population becomes more urbanized, city governments are looking to businesses and hackers to help them harness data and technology to fix social and environmental problems.
- Converging of the smart grid with smart buildings could yield enormous efficiency gains for both companies and utilities. What's holding it back?
- As a handful of Japanese automakers offer market solutions allowing electric batteries to lend backup power to homes, the future of comprehensive vehicle-to-grid technologies remains years off.
- Code for America's Jennifer Pahlka speaks with GreenBiz Group's John Davies at VERGE DC about the initiative she describes as the "Peace Corps for geeks" which puts developers and...
- Code for America offers a new form of citizen engagement promoting open data and how to build a successful, sustainable "civic hacking" community
- Texas-based demonstration project deploys the latest in smart grid technology to test home energy management systems, solar panels, EVs and new pricing models.
- An Oracle survey finds many utilities are overlooking the most important way to use smart grid data: to deliver value directly to customers
- Note to Congress: Aid to building owners will go a long way towards propelling our economy forward.
- New report and web portal offer best practices from 16 global cities to spur widepsread EV adoption through policy and incentive programs.
- This revolution will definitely not be televised -- it's being delivered via facebook apps, plus old-fashioned technology like letters that show customers how their energy usage compares to their...
- An urban climate change revolution is happening around us, with cities all over the world making real progress on reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. What's motivating cities to act on...
- Smart grid technologies and policies can help lessen the impact of climate change on electricity grids and water supply.
- Successful smart building projects go beyond energy efficiency savings to deliver significant operational improvements impacting a business' bottom line.
- eBay will expand its data center using fuel cells -- the largest such installation not implemented by a utility.
