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Power Tagging is an interesting new start-up company that has created hardware and software to monitor and map the grid. With backing from Dominion power company and Lockheed Martin, the company’s sensor network is poised to make an impact. The unique use of modules that hug the power line, and amplification devices to boost signals, [...]
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I facilitated the Industry Trends Analysis Group (ITAG) discussions at last years GITA Geospatial Solutions Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The focus of that discussion was around intelligent infrastructure and its implications for the utility sector. I wrote a white paper on the subject to help synthesize feedback from participants, and the technology trends that we [...]
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New York will soon get an online solar mapping site similar to those developed for San Francisco and other cities. The $640,000 mapping and online interface project is being coordinated by the City University of New York, with help from the Center for Spatial Information at Hunter College, and others. Sanborn Map Company gathered LiDAR [...]
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Here’s an inspiring TED talk by Michael Pawlyn about the application of biomimicry for sustainable design. Pawlin has been involved in a great number of inspiring projects, and has had some wonderful success in approaching issues of sustainability with closed loop systems that treat waste products from different processes as inputs to others, ultimately looping [...]
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The U.S. General Services Administration has just launched an online Sustainable Facilities Tool that presents ways in which you can “green” your facilities projects. Outlined in the application are means to prioritize cost-effective strategies for creating green buildings as well as remodeling efforts. The site includes details on selecting sustainable materials, daylighting strategies, and water [...]
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The Better Buildings Initiative was recently highlighted by President Obama as a wise use of funds to both increase efficiency, improve emissions and reduce foreign energy dependence. This program aims to improve the energy and resource efficiency of the country’s commercial buildings by providing incentives to encourage upgrades. In a speech yesterday in Pennsylvania the [...]
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The whole demand response sector is growing as communications and control technology are applied to finding energy savings at the individual enterprise scale, demonstrating the benefits of smart grid approaches one company at a time. These tools profile electricity use and control demand in a way that saves energy and doesn’t interrupt productivity. There have [...]
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Research at the University of California, San Diego are working on solar mapping and forecasting using a variety of sensors that inform a Sky Imager mapping system with real-time understanding of the impact of cloud cover on solar power generation. The goal of the research is to allow utility operators a better means to plan [...]
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GE’s ecomagination Challenge is now complete, with 4,000 ideas submitted, 80,000 comments, and thousands of votes for favorite ideas. Themes from this ideas challenge include water scarcity, solar energy, biofuels, green technology, electric cars, energy conservation, and updating the electric grid. The success of this challenge likely rode on the promise of a $200 million [...]
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Autodesk is set to unveil new conceptual energy analysis capabilities for subscription customers this week. The tools incorporate some of the building energy analysis tools previously available through Green Building Studio, directly within the Revit Architecture and Revit MEP 2011 workflow. The new functionality responds to the growing global interest in green building, despite the [...]
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