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Utility bill data or interval data? Utility-owned smart meters or building-installed meters? Parsing the advantages and disadvantages of various energy data types.
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The Internet of Things and Big Data will give electricity customers lots of options on how and where to get power.
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Connected devices and big data analytics are major drivers of the transformation required to meet fast-growing energy demand in a resource-constrained world.
by Alan Rose
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As IT and facilities overlap, building management and energy show their similarities. Will they encounter the same challenges in the years ahead?
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This year, virtually every utility is grappling with multiple problems. From policy pressure to Big Data, here are the top concerns.
by Jesse Berst
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Here's why SMUD, ISO and other major utilities are turning to this startup to balance their electricity supplies.
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A trial with Pacific Gas & Electric tests consumer acceptance of cloud-connected thermostats and demand response programs.
by Derek Top
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The German automaker's long view of sustainability includes integrating renewable energy into production facilities and tapping vehicle-to-grid technologies.
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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.
by Peter Asmus
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Information technology, data collection and new PACE financing mechanisms are poised to make buildings smarter.
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AutoGrid Systems is the newest startup to tackle the big (and unstructured) data smart grid challenge.
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A Netherlands pilot project allows for hyperlocal energy transactions -- think of it as an eBay model for buying and selling electricity.
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Sensors, mobile applications and new communication technologies are delivering dynamic new, cost-effective transportation options.
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Blackstone acquisition of Vivint for $2B shows enormous potential big players are seeing in field.
by Aaron Tilley
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Convergence of smart grid technologies promise smarter cities by reducing carbon emissions and operating costs and better management of electricity, gas and water resources
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Spray-on lithium ion batteries, robot arms that adjust solar panels and recycling rare earth metals are just a few of the latest developments in smart energy.
by Liz Enbysk
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Envision this: Charlotte is a citywide initiative offering innovative approaches in the quest to reduce energy and water consumption and attract businesses.
by Jesse Berst
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The telecommunications industry over the past two decades has moved to a customer-centric business model and navigated similar challenges that the utilities industry now face. For that reason, similar solutions and thought leadership from telecommunications can be relevant for this rapidly changing sector.
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The copmany's new Intelligent Network Data Enterprise will bring a new level of control to the millions of new data points companies must track with smart grid projects; the tool aims to speed the adoption of smart grids worldwide.
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The kickoff to IBM's third-annual Pulse expo showcased how the company has its eyes on making the world's cities connected, automated and efficient, through hardware and software innovations and new partnerships with Johnson Controls and Ricoh.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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The technologies that made IBM's list of its top five green innovations in the past year -- and what didn't make that list -- highlight the shift that Big Blue is making toward the green.
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The Smart Grid will certainly help greeen the planet. But increasingly, IT vendors are looking to it for another kind of green --- cash. Multiple billions of dollars are at stake annually.
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