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Public and Private Sectors Push for Smarter Homes
9/3/2010
Many consumers still live in the dark when it comes to knowing where, when, and at what rate they consume energy in their homes. Though smart meters have caught on in some communities, and are even becoming the new norm in progressive cities across the nation, most Americans continue to take a wait-and-see-what-the-bill-says approach to energy management.
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Smarter Buildings, Smarter Society
7/30/2010
Everybody wants a little bit of control; especially when it comes to when and how our hard-earned dollars are spent. It’s no different when it comes to our homes and buildings, and the systems that run within these structures. As automotive, utilities, and other industries benefit from the so-called automation revolution, it seems buildings—and to a lesser degree, homes—have not yet made the progress they could as far as getting connected.
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Can Smart Energy Projections Hit the Mark?
7/27/2010
The topic of smart energy has created quite the buzz these days, with utilities and technology/network providers across the globe touting the benefits of installed smart meters in the home. Analyst firms are also jumping on board the buzz bandwagon, projecting high growth for installed smart meters.
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Solar Gets Smart
7/21/2010
Consumers employ solar panels to generate their own energy. They also install smart meters that monitor and control the consumption of heating and cooling systems. Now they can monitor and manage the performance of their solar installation via a Web-based platform that employs a “smart thermostat” which hooks into those smart meters. Result: One very smart system that does it all.
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NYC Makes Progress in Smart Energy
7/16/2010
New York City is an iconic leader in everything from fashion to commerce, but what about technology? The Big Apple is also taking the lead in resource management and sustainability by implementing a citywide conversion to smart water meters.
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Consumers Key to Successful Smart Grid
7/12/2010
Since late 2009 the U.S. government has invested millions, if not billions, of stimulus dollars into developing the smart grid. With such high-profile efforts underway, industry experts predict that by 2015 half of consumers across North America will use next-generation smart meters to measure and monitor energy-usage levels in their homes and businesses.
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Obama: Unleash the Wireless Broadband Revolution
6/30/2010
“The world is going wireless, and we must not fall behind.” Mr. President, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. On Monday, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum announcing the federal government’s plans to double the amount of commercial wireless spectrum to support what he calls America’s wireless broadband revolution.
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International Intrigue
6/29/2010
Location-based services (LBS) could be returning to a level of high demand in Europe, while the implementation of smart meters could be on the rise in Asia. Both points demonstrate the growing rate of adoption for M2M (machine-to-machine) across the globe.
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Making Waves in Energy Management
6/22/2010
M2M (machine-to-machine) is an international phenomenon as the technology has made its presence known in many places across the globe. Three regions in particular which are seeing particular excitement around M2M and connected devices are the United States, Europe, and Asia. There has even been debate in recent months surrounding which continent is farthest along with regards to using the technology.
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Analyzing Energy Usage in the U.K.
6/8/2010
Knowing your energy usage in realtime can be critical to developing smart consumption and conservation efforts. Two companies are collaborating on a product that helps with such efforts, using some familiar consumer technology.
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Verizon Stakes Claim in Smart Grid
6/7/2010
Smart energy has been dubbed a 2010 “hotspot” in M2M (machine-to-machine) technology by industry experts. After all, it seems to be on the minds of many—utilities are promoting it, eco-conscious consumers are asking for it, budget-conscious folks in California and Texas are cursing it … even President Barack Obama has talked about it.
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Pushing Smarter Energy Initiatives
5/17/2010
With all of the talk about living a greener lifestyle and becoming more energy efficient these days, you would expect people to be jumping at the chance to get their hands on technology that helps make this possible. For the most part, however, it seems people still need convincing about using such technologies to green their lifestyles.
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Nodes Lower Cost of Data Collection
5/12/2010
Do energy management initiatives get overlooked during tougher economic times, when financial resources are a bit constrained? Perhaps so, but facility managers should be looking at the low-cost, high reliability of some M2M (machine-to-machine) technologies when considering their investment in energy management for buildings.
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Let's Hear it for ZigBee
5/10/2010
When the ZigBee Alliance was founded in 2002 it had a direct mission: To bring companies together to develop reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products, based on an open global standard. Fast forward roughly eight years later and it’s safe to say that plan has worked out quite well.
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