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Cisco "Smart grid is like the old, old west with pioneers:" GridWeek interview with Marie Hattar, Cisco VP for Smart Grid and Marketing

September 27, 2009 by Rebecca Lutzy
<!--break-->  Between GridWeek sessions last week, I sat down with Marie Hattar, VP Network Systems and Security Solutions Marketing at Cisco, and talked with her about upcoming breakthroughs in smart grid data solutions, standards and interoperability of platforms, and Cisco's smart grid plans.  Marie and other Cisco team... [read more]

Smart Microgrids: Discussing Efficient Energy Management Solutions with Valence Energy

July 13, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
<!--break--> Valence Energy is a fresh new technology company working to develop and deploy a package of energy management solutions for institutional campuses, universities or entire neighborhoods known as “smart microgrids.”  A potential stepping-stone to a modern nationwide smart energy grid, smart microgrids combine a local... [read more]

Smart grid device update

June 30, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
<!--break--> Here’s a roundup of some developments in smart grid end user devices (in other words, I had a bunch of cool articles open about nifty innovations, so let’s round ‘em up so I can clear tabs in my browser!) that I hope you will find as interesting as I do:From the NYT Gadgetwise blog, how to keep a green home, remotely.... [read more]

Cisco EnergyWise - turns networks into an Energy Efficiency platforms

January 28, 2009 by Tom Raftery
<!--break--> As mentioned previously, buildings account for 38% of CO2 emissions in the United States, buildings consume 70% of the electricity load in the U.S and CO2 emissions from buildings are projected to grow faster than any other sector over the next 25 years. Cisco has decided to tackle this problem, by turning its networking... [read more]