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GE and its funding partners will invest $63 million in 10 innovative home energy technology companies. The investment is the second round of funding as part of the $200 million “GE ecomagination Challenge” to find better ways to use, manage and conserve energy. The second phase, “Powering Your Home,” was
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The right legislation can make the difference in terms of energy efficiency. For proof, look no further than Germany, where city buildings — on average — use 20 percent less energy than buildings in other European countries. That’s according to the new German Green City Index from Siemens and the Economist
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Better control of power supplies and motors could help save significant amounts of energy in places like data centers, and Freescale Semiconductor says it’s come up with just the solution: a family of next-generation digital signal controllers, or DSCs. Even small improvements in the efficiency of power supplies, motors
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Nearly half of British homeowners are throwing away at least $160 (£100) in wasted energy payments every year because their houses aren’t adequately insulated. The latest figures from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that only 57% of Britain’s lofts have been properly
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The US Department of Energy is providing more than $30 million to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts. Through the Industrial Assessment Center program, university teams across the country will gain practical training
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It seems like such a simple way to save energy and money: just remember to turn off your computer when leaving the office at the end of the day. Simple, yes. But it’s still anything but a habit with many people. That explains why New Zealand’s Kiwibank was
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Modular, all-parts-included data centres could not only improve energy efficiency but provide rapid access to IT services in remote areas or after a disaster, according to Cisco. Cisco’s new Containerised Data Centre comes in a weather-proof ISO container with an open architecture. It’s designed to help meet the
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Done on a large-enough scale, simple actions like switching to compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) and getting rid of older-model spare refrigerators can help save a small town’s worth of energy. Consumers Energy reports that the efficiency steps it and its customers have taken have cut electricity consumption by more
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Viridity Energy will develop and implement a project aimed at maximizing the economic and environmental value of energy resources at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Jefferson). The two have signed a letter of intent to develop a large-scale energy storage project that will allow Jefferson to strategically
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Oregon has launched its Clean Energy Works program statewide, as well as the successful completion of its pilot project in the city of Portland. The pilot project reached its goal of 500 energy-efficiency home upgrades and supported over 350 jobs. Due to the enthusiastic response to the pilot program, Clean
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Energy efficiency is, sad to say, a bit too much like the weather: everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it … or, at least, not enough do. Yet another report, this one produced by Carbon Connect and sponsored by Consensus Business Group and Siemens, has come out
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Cisco has just rolled out a new system that will let utility companies give customers access to information about their home energy use. Part of Cisco’s recently announced Connected Grid portfolio for smart grid communications, the new Home Energy Management offering includes a home energy controller and energy management