Smart grid

BUENOS AIRES -- Just across the Rio de la Plata from Argentina, Uruguay is aiming to become a world leader in wind and other renewable energy by 2015. Can it meet such an aggressive timetable?

2 | December 28, 2012 3:00am | By Ian Mount

Billions are on tap to be spent on the smart grid in 2010, according to a new report. Here's a rundown of who and what gets the money -- and why.

1 | September 28, 2010 11:52am | By Andrew Nusca

BUENOS AIRES -- As she enters her eighth decade, art world icon and Warhol pal Marta Minujin marries art, plans her death, and explains why art isn't what it used to be.

February 8, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

The EPA has released its annual list of metropolitan areas with the most energy efficient buildings. Where does your city rank?

1 | April 11, 2012 6:08pm | By David Worthington

A tsunami of data is heading toward utilities. One startup is using big data analytics to give the grid a brain and help utilities put that data to work.

October 29, 2012 11:15am | By Kirsten Korosec

The big glass panels that are built into skyscrapers could soon produce solar power.

2 | May 12, 2013 7:44pm | By David Worthington

Ready-to-build ideas for Staten Island, New York's hurricane-battered borough.

10 | November 7, 2012 3:52am | By Chris Sullivan

Real-world European experience and recent research show that renewables can achieve high levels of penetration onto the power grid, while increasing resiliency and reducing costs.

42 | October 3, 2012 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Energy columnist Chris Nelder explains why baseload power generation from nuclear and coal plants will be phased out in favor of renewables.

108 | March 28, 2012 5:00am | By Chris Nelder

BERLIN - Once burdened with abandoned real estate, Germany's capital is now looking to ax vacation rentals to alleviate a current housing shortage.

1 | January 10, 2013 3:00am | By Shannon Smith

As coworking starts to overtake the work world, SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sullivan admonishes U.S. architects to take on the challenge and design better workplaces for tomorrow's collaborative...

3 | March 22, 2012 4:07am | By C.C. Sullivan

At the NeoCon interiors fair in Chicago, telepresence and nanotech infuse a new crop of office offerings, says SmartPlanet's C.C. Sullivan

June 14, 2012 5:05am | By C.C. Sullivan

BUENOS AIRES -- Former luxury brand design director Pablo Reinoso has returned to his roots in the fine art world. So why do his benches and frames crawl up walls?

January 11, 2013 1:49am | By Ian Mount

As the child of refugee parents in Germany, Van Bo Le-Mentzel always walked to the beat of a different drum. As an adult, he's rethinking everything.

1 | November 1, 2012 1:11pm | By Shannon Smith

Researchers have demonstrated how brain-computer interface devices can be used to extract personal information from a person's mind.

4 | August 28, 2012 2:26am | By Amy Kraft

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about smart grids worldwide.

February 14, 2013 12:40am | By Charlie Osborne

Sixty-eight percent of consumers have never heard of the smart grid and 63 percent draw a blank about smart meters, according to a poll by Harris Interactive. Meanwhile, consumers think smart...

3 | February 25, 2010 4:39am | By Larry Dignan

Investment in smarter infrastructure for the nation's power grid is not only justified, but critical to halting system-wide failures, veterans of the utility industry said on Tuesday.

4 | October 15, 2010 8:58am | By Andrew Nusca

The bar for the smart grid is high, says Siemens smart grid chief Paul Camuti, because electricity in the U.S. is reliable and cheap. We spoke to him from GridWeek 2010.

1 | October 21, 2010 9:09am | By Andrew Nusca

Although the economic climate is rough, more banks, funds and institutions are putting the triple bottom line -- people, planet and profits -- at the center of their business model.

October 10, 2011 4:00am | By Heather Clancy