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Was 2011 good or bad for sustainability and green technology -- and what does last year's news portend for the future?
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With the U.S. as the global leader, a new report shows microgrids at universities, corporate headquarters, hospitals, and military bases will grow by 164 percent by 2017.
by Derek Top
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The push to build the infrastructure for electric cars in the U.S. accelerates with GE's entry into the cyber market and IKEA's latest installation of Blink chargers at stores.
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DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory documents the country's first set of test procedures to optimize how electric vehicles connect to the smart grid.
by Derek Top
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Seen as strategic market opportunity, Schneider Electric with Telvent offer smart city applications for critical infrastructure management and efficiency improvements.
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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A Vermont Law School study of seven U.S. smart grid initiatives find clearing policy and regulatory hurdles is necessary to spur progress and innovation
by Derek Top
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Naperville city utility has launched a $22 million smart grid initiative to radically improve efficiencies, increase reliability, manage costs, and develop a proactive customer service unit.
by Derek Top
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A first-of-its-kind U.S. partnership ensures electric vehicles added to City CarShare's fleet are certified with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
by Derek Top
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San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless will be provide networking platform for South Korea's Jeju Smart Grid Test-Bed project, considered one of the largest smart grid projects in the world.
by Derek Top
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A new free handbook on tracking building performance and the latest iteration of the International Green Construction Code provide roadmaps for continuous improvement of existing buildings and a guide for creating new ones.<br />
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A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) survey of 1200 U.S. residents finds younger, more educated consumers more likely to participate in energy management programs.
by Derek Top
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The electricity industr group has developed a policy platform that pushes for market competition as the best way rapidly scale adoption of smart grid technologies.
by Derek Top
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Jones Lang LaSalle joins the growing list of companies that are offering expanded building performance management services through a cloud-based software system.
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Although Microsoft and Google bailed out of the market after their products suffered fatal design and marketing errors, there's no doubt that innovation and adoption will continue to proceed exponentially. Here's a sneak peek at the future.
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Former director of global strategic planning at Ford, Richard Canny, joins Boston-based XL Hybrids, makers of electric conversion technology for fleets.
by Derek Top
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Energy storage company Beacon Power, which received $56 million from the federal program since 2009, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The flywheel technology maker will maintain operations in its efforts to pay off creditors
by Derek Top
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The US Army, which speeds more than $1 billion per year on energy costs, has asked the RAND Corporation to recommend ways to collaborate with utilities in energy conservation projects.
by Derek Top
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As more and more companies realize significant energy savings from submetering their buildings, it's worth look at how the technology can spur simple, no-cost changes that tie into your energy and facility management tools.
by Paul Baier
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From building retrofits to energy generation, there are just a few areas -- each of which poses big challenges -- that, if tackled right, can put us on the path to a clean energy future.
by Kelly Vaughn
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Almost every building has at least some level of video system installed. And while security is their prime directive, analytics software coming on the market could give them a role in energy savings as well.
by Jim Sinopoli
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The company has been focused on home automation and security since its founding in 1999, but is expanding its reach into the alternative energy market, funding 2,400 solar installations across four states.
by Derek Top
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Despite facing anemic conditions in its two key markets, Johnson Controls earned record revenues in its 2011 fiscal year, and expects green to continue to drive growth next year and beyond.
by Adam Aston
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Based on research on our own campus, we found that building owners don't need to undertake capital-intensive facility retrofits to cut building energy costs -- you can get big impacts with quick payback using an 'IT retrofit.'
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A pilot project on the company's Redmond campus will save an estimated $1 million per year in energy use, and pay for itself in less than 18 months, one key element of its overall sustainability strategy as laid out in its new CSR report.