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Mar 29 2012

When it comes to energy efficiency, knowledge = power reduction

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

A new White House initiative underscores the notion that more consumers would reduce their electricity consumption, if it was easier to track in real time.



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Mar 28 2012

Consortium aims to reduce energy draw of fiber to the home

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

GreenTouch has begun demonstrating an optical networking approach that it said could reduce power consumption by a factor of 30 compared with current fiber to the home technology.



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Mar 27 2012

EPA puts foot down on future emissions

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

New carbon pollution standard would curb carbon pollution and can be met by both fossil fuel and renewable technologies.



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Mar 26 2012

Robotic jellyfish runs off renewable energy

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

Researchers at the University of Texas (Dallas) and Virginia Tech experiment with a robot that runs of hydrogen and oxygen.



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Mar 26 2012

Miami company launches electronics refurbishment venture

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

Ecofurbished will focus on refurbishing mobile phones, tablet computers and other electronics devices to OEM specifications and selling them to consumers, businesses and government agencies.



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Mar 23 2012

One New York hospital’s green-tech prescription

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

Even though budget considerations required an ambitious energy savings performance contract to be shelved, the hospital has attacked smaller sustainability projects with surgical precision.



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Mar 22 2012

Versant targets the smart grid’s big data challenge

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

The “big data” software company believes the real-time nature of energy generation and consumption is a problem that relational databases can’t scale to handle.



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Mar 22 2012

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Mar 21 2012

Residential real-estate manager invests in electric vehicle chargers

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

Kettler, which manages 20,000 apartments from New York to the Carolinas, sees electric vehicle charging services as an amenity for residents — as well as a potential income source.



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Mar 20 2012

Lasers could remove ink from printed paper, allowing for reuse

Published by Heather Clancy under Uncategorized

U.K. researchers are studying technology that would vaporize dark toner, potentially allowing a sheet of paper to be used up to five times.



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