How British Gas is using the Internet of Things to keep customers warm and happy
Technology is the key for revamping the energy utility and equipping it for the digital age.
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Paris for President: Energy crisis solved
Slightly off-topic but call it proof that YouTube still has a role to play in politics. Always ready to ride a publicity wave, Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain's famous ad juxtaposing Barack Obama with Hilton and Britney Spears with an "ad" of her own, posted on the Funny or Die video site.
Wave of the future for alternative energy?
Courtesy: PelamisGet out your atlas, see if you can find Agucadoura, Portugal. Just three miles offshore there, these big metallic sea snakes are bobbing in the ever-restless waves of the North Atlantic.
Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs
Well-known greentech VC Vinod Khosla has an opinion piece in a national news mag today...and it calls for letting Detroit's auto dinosaurs wander around among the financial ferns until they die, or evolve into more agile creatures.
Cost, technology hinder digital concert uptake
Live concert streams great for artistes and cash-strapped concert-goers but costs of setting up and broadcasting online version of concert barriers to entry, observers note.
Green tech calculators you can count on, literally
For those seeking practical tools that can help them get a better handle on the energy and carbon dioxide emissions they're producing, I have not one but three different online calculator type tools to point to in this blog entry. They aren't exactly comparable, but serve different purposes that might suit some of your fact-gathering needs.
Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause
I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education.
BigFix fixes up some utility rebate incentives in Northwest states
For you energy-minded IT professionals who prefer only to work with companies that are part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program, I wanted to alert you that power management software supplier BigFix has become an Energy Star partner. The company also has qualified for a number of electric utility rebate programs.
Public vs. Private? Outspoken Congressman mulls government's investment role in green tech
The kind souls at LimeLeap, a technology services company that has donned a green mantle as its new business mantra, have taken an item off my to-do list, which was to follow up on a green business roundtable that they hosted in Washington last month.As I blogged, LimeLeap is spreading the word to local small businesses near the nation's capital that you don't have to have deep corporate pockets to go green.
Video: Execs say smart meters will take time to change behavior
OK, just because a utility company wants you to HAVE a smart meter doesn't mean you WANT a smart meter. Heck, I know my husband has aesthetics issues, although he is way sick of people traipsing mud into our basement.
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