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Electric vehicles will be the most important 'appliance' for engaging with the smart grid.
by Beaudry Kock
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Is energy becoming a big-box business? A first-of-its-kind program gives customers the option to switch energy service providers at a Chicago-area Best Buy store.
by Derek Top
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In spite of the energy-saving promise of smart meters, many homes still have the regular ones. GE this week unveiled a new set of products that will enable consumers to manage their energy use -- with or without smart meters.
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Providing open source developer tools to build applications that connect smart meters, home appliances, and smart phones with back-office utility systems, the program hopes to accelerate time-to-market opportunities for new products and services.
by Derek Top
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Pushing device communications standards, a new standards committee from the Consumer Electronics Association will help manufacturers, utilities, and service providers increase time-to-market opportunities for smart grid consumer products.
by Derek Top
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The plan is to fast-track technology discovered through the GE ecomagination innovation challenge to store shelves.
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General Electric Company plans to invest $432 million in the next four years to establish four design and manufacturing centers for energy efficient refrigerators in the U.S. and create 500 jobs in the process.
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The company's new Conserve Gateway is a wireless router that connects to a user's smart meter to convey in-home energy monitoring, an important step in advancing the benefits of smart grid technology.
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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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A new patent filed by Apple Computer suggests that the Cupertino computer giant aims to join Google and Microsoft in measuring, managing and reducing energy use in the home and office.
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Following on the release earlier this year of a report outlining how information technology can enable a low-carbon future, the Climate Group this week launched a project to keep the IT industry on course.
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When a meat-based entrée is being served and people are offered a vegetarian alternative, about 5 to 10 percent will request it. But what if the choices were reversed?
by Marc Gunther
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One million clothes dryers that can receive and transmit signals to the electricity grid will hit the market by late 2011 as part of Whirlpool’s push to make all of its electronically controlled appliances smart grid-compliant by 2015.
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Until recently, you had to be deep green -- and have deep pockets -- to put solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of your home. The technology was baffling. The return on that big upfront investment was uncertain. But this California company is working to change that.
by Marc Gunther