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Newsweek Ranks America's Greenest Companies
It wasn't easy. In fact, Newsweek's Deputy Editor Kathy Deveny admits that if she knew how hard it would be, she probably wouldn't have. But what's done is done: Newsweek spent more than a year vetting the 500 biggest companies in America and ranking
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IBM Proves Smart Grid Reduces Energy Use By At Least 15%, Reveals Key to Success
For the last six months, IBM has been testing a pilot project in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that aimed to find out what kind of energy savings could be realized by utilizing the smart grid and implementing simple habit
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Cisco Stakes Out Bigger Presence in Smart Grid Scene
In May, Cisco positioned itself as the next big kid on the smart grid block. Today, a new announcement shows that that position seems to be panning out. The company is working hard to create an "ecosystem" with companies
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Colin Beavan on his Year as No Impact Man
The world has been watching Colin Beavan--better known as No Impact Man--for some time. Now, his year of no-impact living at an end, he is sharing the ups and downs, the laughter and nail-biting, and all the lessons that came from what The New York
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Trend Watch: US Electricity Use Falls Significantly - What Will It Mean?
Electricity use in portions of the USA has fallen by several percent, with 2 to 10% reductions in consumption recently reported in the Tennesee Valley - other
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Boulder's Smart Grid City Goes (Mostly) Live
It's been quite awhile since we talked about Boulder, Colorado's SmartGridCity, a project by Xcel Energy to get an entire city up and running on a smart grid. While there are numerous projects underway nationwide, and lots
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Trend Watch: Utilities Showing Teeth To Rooftop Solar Advocates
For years we've read reports of power companies dragging their feet on allowing implementers of home solar and wind systems to grid link: usually the opposition has been rationalized with
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University of Mississippi Gives Twitter and Facebook Privileges to its Smartgrid
If there is an official buzzword registry, smartgrid definitely makes the list. But what is it, really? The daily news brings word of from Miami to Australia on how the coming smartgrid will: save us bundles of CO2, let our electric
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Are Young People Our Future If They're Also the Most Wasteful?
According to a recent survey, it looks like the under-24 crowd is guilty of being the most energy and water wasteful demographic. The reason is that they have simply no idea how much energy or water certain household
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Good for the Eyes, Lungs, and Brain: Phillips Develops Off-Grid Lighting for Africa
(Image: Phillips) Phillips apparently sees a fruitful market among the nearly 2 billion people who lack access to electricity. The company is rolling out a small line of lighting products specifically designed for the needs of those at the bottom of the
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Just How Many Trillions of Dollars Can Energy Efficiency Save Us?
Image via McKinsey Energy efficiency is always touted at the primary (and easiest) option for saving both money and the environment. Yet so many people are slow to latch on. Perhaps a new figure put out by the latest McKinsey Report will get people to
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Smart Grid Status According to the DOE, and Security According to (eep!) Black Hat
If you ever want to get freaked out about how vulnerable our technology is to the (let's face it) brilliant hackers out in the world, check out Black Hat. This year's event will look at the smart grid, the security
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Microsoft Ready for You to Give Hohm a Test Spin
Microsoft has launched it's beta Hohm for users to start testing out and they're hoping you'll sign on and give a little feedback. And from what I gathered through my quick run through, they need a lot of feedback. Hohm is a very simple user-friendly
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PG&E; Turns Away from PowerMeter, Hohm and Others In Favor of Open Smart Grid Standards
Rather than jumping to sign up with myriad smart grid start-up programs like Google's PowerMeter, Microsoft's Hohm or any of the many others, Pacific Gas and Electric
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Smart Grid Cyber War Games Test Security Risks
During the month of July, the North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) is going to start up "cyberwar games" with utilities to test out the security of the power grid in general, with an eye on security issues for
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Microsoft's Hohm Latches Onto Consumer Energy Efficiency Wave
Around every corner is a list on how to cut down on your home energy use. The problem with most of these tip sheets is that the suggestions don't fit your circumstances. Usually we skim through and pick out the small handful
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A Smart Grid Bubble, or Business as Usual?
After the housing bubble burst and the subsequent economic muck thickened around our feet, the fear of investment bubbles became practically tangible. Even late last year, major venture capital firms were assuring
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Dwell on Design: High on Energy
Day two at the Dwell on Design Show in downtown Los Angeles was open to the public who came in droves, filled showroom aisles to peruse eco-friendly, modern furnishings, and listen
