Sustainable IT
Going from AMI to a Smart Grid. Sensus Presents in Portland
Smart Grid Oregon announces the next in our ongoing series of speakers – leaders from the smart grid industry. May 15th from 4pm to 5:30pm, VP Marketing, Sensus, Gregory Myers will present information on advances in AMI capabilities, business cases and applications. Do you have a Sensus smart meter on your home? …
Read MoreCap and Trade in the NW. Key Economic Driver for Smart Grid?
The west coast appears to be moving towards cap and trade legislation as a means to build in the cost of CO2 pollution into our energy production prices. This has the potential to more quickly level the playing field for innovative renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies, and smart grid technologies. California has been…
Read MoreItron Looks to Embedded Sensing for the Grid Edge – using .NET?
The deployment of distributed computing for demand side management is in it’s early days. While Linux appears to be the OS of choice for embedded computing in this space, it’s interesting to see Itron using Mono to leverage their .NET investments. It will be interesting see if they get the performance they…
Read MorePanasonic Makes Big Push Into Solar-Storage Integration
Solar and storage can work together to form an effective renewable, distributed generation solution, and Japan and Panasonic in particular are driving hard to make it happen. However, there are still plenty of opportunities in this. From Panasonic’s manager: “That’s supported the deployment of battery systems in about 15,000 homes across the country, he…
Read MoreTesla’s Giga “Threat”
One person’s threat is another person’s opportunity. If Tesla spurs the continued downward trend of Li-on prices in general, it should open up a lot of opportunity for distributed storage in ways currently unimaginable to most. Tesla’s Giga Battery Factory Threatens the Auto, Utility and Building Controls Markets : Greentech Media.
Read MoreEnergy Storage : New Incentives and RFPs
Nice find from Craig Evans, CEO of ESS. Looks to me like grid-scale storage is starting to gain serious traction as a means to better balance the mix of renewable generation going onto grids. California, NYC and Kauai Unleash Energy Storage With New Incentives and RFPs : Greentech Media.
Read MoreSDS Client “PerceivIt” Advances to Semi-Finals at Angel Oregon
We’re pleased to share that Software Diligence Services client PerceivIt, has made it into the semi-final round at Angel Oregon 2014. PerceivIt, a new start-up founded by Jonah Peskin, makes Internet-connected sensor solutions to add real-time field data to business software for increased operational insight & efficiency. This is an IoT play in SmartGrid/Energy…
Read MoreIEC Approves OpenADR Specification
This is a very big deal. To foster the adoption and deployment of Automated Demand Response solutions, the industry needs an interoperable, open, standard. Open ADR 2.0 appears to be well on it’s way to being that standard – significant adoption by a number of major utilities, along with the growing number of major…
Read MoreWhy you’ve never measured your carbon footprint | GreenBiz.com
Not an easy problem to solve, between the complexities of the subject, the UX challenges of such solutions, and the chronic issues with fostering behavior change. But a worthy cause! Why you’ve never measured your carbon footprint | GreenBiz.com.
Read MoreChina to invest $495 Billion in pollution reduction, energy efficiency
Is there a funding opportunity here for US companies developing new technologies? Beijing Smog Makes City ‘Barely Suitable’ For Life, Report Says.
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