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Why Don't More Businesses Save Money Through Energy Management?

September 26, 2011 by David Thorpe
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ichard Rugg, the Director of Carbon Trust Programmes, really can't understand why more organisations are not taking advantage of the free advice available from the Trust. Because at relatively low cost a wide range of industrial, commercial and public sector organisations can cut their energy bills by up to 25% if only they took energy management seriously. Payback periods can be as low as two months - and then it's into the profit zone. [read more]

Power Apps Must Be Bundled With Other Products For Adoption

June 28, 2011 by Tyler Hamilton
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Sorry for the extended lull. I’ve been off sick. My Clean Break column today takes a look at the overcrowded market for home-energy management devices and systems. There are many — arguably too many — different flavours and approaches out there, and for the average consumer it must be pretty darn confusing and at times overwhelming to... [read more]

Tendril Acquires GroundedPower, Raises $23 Million

October 20, 2010 by Scott Edward Anderson
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    Tendril announced today that it has purchased Massachusetts-based GroundedPower and secured an additional $23 million in investment. The strategic acquisition and additional investment will accelerate the development and roll-out of Tendril’s comprehensive end-to-end energy management and consumer engagement solution... [read more]

250M Smart Meters by 2015

November 6, 2009 by Big Gav
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Greentech media has an article on a report on the smart meter industry, predicting rapid growth in the coming years - 250M Smart Meters, $3.9B Market by 2015, Says Pike Research.The world will have 250 million smart meters by 2015, representing a $3.9 billion market, according to a report from Pike Research released Monday.But that... [read more]

Setting a leadership path: Obama Executive Order on Federal Energy

October 5, 2009 by A Siegel
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Somewhat hidden to most Americans (on purpose), the Bush Administration’s Executive Order 13423 was perhaps the best energy-related action taken by George W Bush. It set meaningful energy efficiency targets and created paths for more effective energy management across the federal government. Today, President Barack Obama signed an... [read more]

The iPhone - Smart Meter Connection

August 8, 2009 by Big Gav
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Earth2Tech has a post on a wave of new iPhone apps that help you monitor and manage your power usage by letting users visualise data gathered by smart meters - 7 iPhone Apps to Manage Energy Consumption.Energy management tools designed to help you curb unnecessary power used in your home have yet to break into the mainstream, and only... [read more]

7 individual energy management iPhone apps

August 5, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
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I’ve had several conversations with people my age and younger who work in the electricity end-use technology space in which we use a particular shorthand for the change in culture and mindset that we want to see happen in the retail electricity industry: “there’s an app for that.” In our conversations it’s shorthand for frustration and... [read more]