Archive for the 'energy' Category

Apr 21 2010

Getting things together on the smart grid networking front

Published by Heather Clancy under Smart Grid, energy, green tech

Worth noting that the IEEE P1901 Working Group – which is working on global standards for powerline networking – has given the thumbs-up to the current draft of the standard. A final version of the IEEE 1901 powerline networking standard should be available in the third quarter. This is a big victory for the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, [...]

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Apr 21 2010

HP updates environmental credentials for new desktops, printer

Published by Heather Clancy under energy, green tech

There is a spate of new products out of Hewlett-Packard this past week that ups the game when it comes to energy-efficiency and the elimination of toxic materials. Here’s a quick snapshot: The HP All-In-One 200t series is a dual-core integrated computer (lots of different chip choices) that eliminates mercury from its 21.5-inch diagonal WLED screen [...]

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Apr 20 2010

Smart grid backlash? Survey finds consumers leery of automated energy management plays

Published by Heather Clancy under Smart Grid, conservation, energy, green tech

This one crossed my inbox this morning, but my colleague Larry Dignan was quicker on the uptake. He’s got an article over at SmartPlanet about a new survey released by Accenture. The high-level results, which represent the opinions of about 9,000 consumers from all over the world, indicate that many people are skeptical of technologies [...]

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Apr 20 2010

Upstarts work toward greener, more efficient solar technology

Published by Heather Clancy under energy, environmental health, green tech, renewable energy, solar

Have had conversations in the past few weeks with two very different companies that actually have a pretty similar mission, if you dig deeper: Making solar technology as green and energy-efficient as possible. I’m sure there are many more companies like these in the wings, so I’ll make it a point to keep an eye [...]

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Apr 20 2010

Government raises bar on green tech standards for the home

Published by Heather Clancy under building, conservation, energy, environmental health, green tech, water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to make the requirements for earning an Energy Star designation for your home more rigorous. The standards are supposed to result in the creation of new homes that about 20 percent more energy-efficient than those conforming to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. This would translate into utility [...]

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Apr 19 2010

TREES grows in Brooklyn

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, energy, environmental health, green tech

Carbon accounting software developer TRIRIGA has scored another high-profile reference account for its TREES environmental sustainability software: New York City. (TREES stands for TRIRIGA Real Estate Environmental Sustainability.) The city government will be using the software to manage carbon emissions and energy consumption information across more than 4,000 government buildings. This is no small project: New [...]

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Apr 16 2010

APC power surge promo benefits Earth Day

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, energy, green tech

One week to go until Earth Day on April 22, and I am growing a bit weary of many of the eco-timed pitches. One that leapt out of my crowded in-box: a promo associated with surge protector/uninterruptible power supply (UPS) company APC by Schneider Electric. It’s pretty simple: If you buy anything from the APC Power-Savings [...]

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Apr 16 2010

New remote monitoring app for energy insight

Published by Heather Clancy under energy, green tech

Schneider Electric is launching a new online energy monitoring application for facility managers, operations types or anyone else who needs better insight into the power consumption of a given building — even when they’re not actually IN the building. The new Web application is called EnergyView Online, and it picks up information from a building’s new [...]

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Apr 15 2010

Philips jumps in with adjustable mainstream LED option

Published by Heather Clancy under energy, green tech

Looks like GE won’t be alone with a mainstream LED light bulb: Philips is now saying that it will have a 60-watt version out by the end of 2010. What’s more, the Philips product will be dimmable AND it will provide a different sort of lighting than traditional LEDs — a “warm white light” as [...]

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Apr 15 2010

You’ve cut your energy use, now, can you make money from it?

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, energy, green tech

The greentech beat is full of jaw-dropping statistics, but here’s another one for you to chew on. According to demand response upstart World Energy, Barclay’s Capital estimates the market for demand response could reach $20 billion by 2020. I’ve written about demand response technology here several times, but here’s the nutshell description again. Demand response systems [...]

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