VERGE
What happens when four massive technologies (energy, information, buildings, and transportation) collide? Some call it an unprecedented opportunity for business and sustainability. Others call it a multi-trillion-dollar market. We call it VERGE. Check out our VERGE DC conference in Washington, D.C., March 14-16, 2012.
Featured Content
- The European capitals are among a handful of towns that can serve as models for the smart cities that will be needed as urban dwellers grow to 70 percent of the global population in coming decades....
- Today, improving buildings' energy efficiency is a rapidly growing industry blossoming with new business ideas and models. Here are some ways business can profit....
- Although an energy audit is an extremely useful tool in the sustainability toolbox, it is also usually a labor- and cost-intensive process. But these four firms are helping to make them affordable...
- A look at how this sector will evolve in the U.S. by the end of the decade in view of President Barack Obama's Better Buildings Initiative. ...
- Jonathan Koomey, author of a new book on how the accelerating pace of innovation offers a world of opportunities for entrepreneurs to seize the climate moment for the greater good.
- Even some of the biggest hotels have unwittingly passed up greater energy and cost savings despite aggressive sustainability agendas, according to new research that outlines how the industry can step......
- A project aimed at making customers' utility data more easily accessible and understandable has already been embraced by a few leading utilities, and developers like Tendril and Opower are......
- What do Accenture, Deloitte, IBM and Logica have that sets them apart from other global firms competing in the field of sustainable technology? New research from Verdantix identifies their common......
- Recent advances in materials design -- partly inspired by the evolution of the human body -- make possible passenger vehicles that get 240 miles per gallon. Here are three steps that the......
- The furniture retailer expands its solar agenda in the U.S. yet again and adds more EV charging stations to its stores, while Hertz test drives wireless charging for electric cars....
- 1 of 14
- ››
Videos
-
VERGE cities aren't just smarter -- they are more efficient, cleaner, safer, and more economically sound. Capitalizing on the convergence of energy, information, building, and transportation technologies will require visionary political leaders, private-sector investors, and unprecedented partnerships. This panel discusses what it will take for New York to be the showcase city....
-
Jim Fletcher, IBM's Chief Architect for Smarter Buildings, talks about how analyzing data from buildings creates a wealth of opportunities to improve buildings for people and the environment. From the VERGE 11 London Roundtable.
-
Dolezalek, Managing Director & Group Leader at VantagePoint Capital Partners, opens the VERGE 11 San Francisco Roundtable with an overview of how the covergence of VERGE technologies mirrors — and is different from — the Internet revolution.
-
Matt Rogers, Founder and Vice President of Engineering at Nest Labs tells how his company integrates design and technology to create a better thermostat — and make home energy management easy, understandable, and cool. ...
-
Prudencio, a partner at the pioneering energy venture capital firm Nth Power, provides insights into how the world of energy is transforming — into what he calls "the open electron" — and the implications for the convergence of energy, information, building, and vehicle technologies. From the VERGE 11 San Francisco Roundtable.