A no-granola case for energy efficiency

Posted on July 11th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

I attended a green energy conference nearly a decade ago in Washington, D.C., where several speakers expressed astonishment at the audience’s clothes. People were dressed[...]

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Tags: cisco, Climate Corps, corporation, energy efficiency, Environmental Defense Fund, green energy, internships, smart plug

Signals that Changed the World

Posted on July 5th, 2011 by Michael Valocchi

Throughout history there have been moments in time when the simple transmission of a signal has changed the course of events. The earliest spoken sentence,[...]

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Tags: alternative energy sources, energy efficiency, energy usage, Pacific Northwest Smart grid Demonstration Project, signal transmission, smart grid, transactive incentive signal

Pepco Promoting Energy Efficiency With Smart Solutions

Posted on July 4th, 2011 by Justin Segall

Joe Rigby, Chairman and CEO of Pepco Holdings Inc., discusses the importance of having the right strategies in place to educate customers about the importance[...]

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Tags: energy efficiency, joe rigby, pepco holdings, renewable energy, smart grid, smart meters

GridPoint Announces Release of The GridPoint Energy Manager Platform

Posted on June 28th, 2011 by Ben Lack

GridPoint Announces Release of GridPoint Energy Manager Platform, DOE funds $7.5M in Research for better Wind Turbine Drivetrains and the city of Weston, Florida installing LED's to save more than $250K each year in lighting related costs

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Tags: department of energy, doe, energy efficiency, energy manager, florida, GridPoint, LED, lighting, renewable energy, Weston, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine

T-City Impacting The Way Europe Looks At Smart Grid

Posted on June 27th, 2011 by Justin Segall

Nana Lohmanns of T-Systems discusses his company’s findings from the German smart grid community, T-City.

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Tags: communications, energy efficiency, energy management, germany, smart grid, smart meters, t-systems

A Green Cloud is a Transparent Cloud

Posted on June 27th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

At Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, recently, I took part in a series of panel discussions on data center energy efficiency. The discussions covered a[...]

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Tags: carbon emissions, cloud computing, data centers, energy efficiency, environmental impact, facebook, Greenpeace, it, transparency, yahoo

Energy Management and Demand Response on our Minds in the Summertime

Posted on June 24th, 2011 by Don Rickey

As temperatures soared to over 90 degrees along the East coast in early June, air conditioners across the region were turned on full blast. Air[...]

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Tags: CO2 emissions, cost savings, demand response, emission reductions, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy management, energy savings, smart grid, summertime

Baltimore Gas & Electric Smart Grid Learnings

Posted on June 20th, 2011 by Justin Segall

Ken DeFontes, President and CEO of Baltimore Gas & Electric, discusses his company’s approach to implementing smart grid technology into BG&E’s territory.

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Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Gas & Electric, Electricity, energy efficiency, Ken DeFontes, maryland, smart grid, smart meter

Details About Xcel Energy’s Smart Grid Roadmap

Posted on June 13th, 2011 by Justin Segall

David Eves, President and CEO of Public Service Company of Colorado, the Xcel Energy Company, Colorado provides a roadmap of smart grid and renewable energy initiatives[...]

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Tags: boulder, Clean Air, clean jobs, david eves, demand-side management, energy efficiency, public service company of colorado, renewables, smart grid, smart meter colorado, solar, Xcel

Shell & Cosan Establish New Biofuels Joint Venture

Posted on June 5th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Shell & Cosan establish a new low-carbon biofuels joint venture, One Change Project Porchlight Campaign announces volunteer-led effort delivering more than 1.5 million energy efficient light bulbs in New Jersey, Consumers Energy commits to increase spending in Michigan by $250 million over next 5 years.

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Tags: biofuels, Consumers Energy, Cosan, energy efficiency, Governor Rick Snyder, light bulbs, michigan, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, new jersey, one change, project porchlight, Shell, utility

Clean Technology is for Everyone!

Posted on May 31st, 2011 by Lisa Wood

It’s not surprising that a company liked Greenhouse Holdings, which builds eco-friendly infrastructure, would have a thriving California-based operation. But as John Galt, the company’s executive[...]

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Tags: clean energy, climate technology, cost effective, developing countries, eco-friendly, energy efficiency, green energy, green technology, infrastructure, renewable energy, reverse innovation

Energy Efficiency Absorbs Water

Posted on May 22nd, 2011 by Lisa Wood

Efforts have been underway for decades to conserve both energy and water, but never in concert. This is unfortunate because energy uses a lot of[...]

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Tags: combined technology, electricity consumption, energy efficiency, energy savings, home automation, smart homes, smart water technologies, water conservation, water efficiency, water savings

Energy efficiency and the annoying guy next door

Posted on May 19th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

Who would have thought backyards would cause so much trouble for the North American energy industry? First came the NIMBYs, ‘the not-in-my-backyard protesters’, who block[...]

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Tags: automobile-dependent, big backyards, British thermal units, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy savings, location efficiency, multifamily, privacy, suburban, transit-oriented, urban

Energy efficiency and Weight Watchers

Posted on May 18th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

We’ve been hearing for years that the energy efficiency industry needs to find its equivalent to the cell phone. These days industry folks refer to[...]

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Tags: appliance standards, cell phone, conservation, convenience, energy efficiency, energy savings, killer app, save energy, smart meter

Sweden’s Wind Power Capacity Set To Increase

Posted on May 13th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Sweden's Wind Power Capacity Set To Increase, the U.S.'s first net-zero energy bank opens in Florida and details about how a city in Ohio is becoming more energy efficient.

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Tags: Cooper lighting, department of energy, energy efficiency, florida, Fred.Olsen Renewables, LED, lighting, luminaires, net zero, ohio, SCA, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, Sweden, TD Bank, wind energy, wind power

Duke Energy & ENN Group EcoPartnership Agreement Materializes

Posted on May 11th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Statoil announces a new discovery in the North Sea, an EcoPartnership is established between Duke Energy & the Chinese-based ENN Group, DOE awards a $90.6M conditional loan guarantee to increase Colorado's solar capacity.

Posts Tagged ‘energy efficiency’

A no-granola case for energy efficiency

Signals that Changed the World

Pepco Promoting Energy Efficiency With Smart Solutions

GridPoint Announces Release of The GridPoint Energy Manager Platform

T-City Impacting The Way Europe Looks At Smart Grid

A Green Cloud is a Transparent Cloud

Energy Management and Demand Response on our Minds in the Summertime

Baltimore Gas & Electric Smart Grid Learnings

Details About Xcel Energy’s Smart Grid Roadmap

Shell & Cosan Establish New Biofuels Joint Venture

Clean Technology is for Everyone!

Energy Efficiency Absorbs Water

Energy efficiency and the annoying guy next door

Energy efficiency and Weight Watchers

Sweden’s Wind Power Capacity Set To Increase

Duke Energy & ENN Group EcoPartnership Agreement Materializes

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