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Aaron Patterson from Enspiria Solutions addressed some of the critical roles that GIS play in supporting smart grid deployments. Patterson suggests that the ultimate goal of a centralized room with a full view of the energy grid is at least 30 years away, but utilities are working now on biting off smaller parts of the [...]
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The U.S. Forest Service is investing $257,000 on an application that uses Google satellite imagery to help homeowners view their land and see the benefits of planting trees on their property. The iTreetools application has tools for users to look up their house, draw their building footprint, and assess the value of each tree on [...]
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Fair Oaks Dairy, an Indiana-based milk producer, has switched their milk hauling fleet of 42 trucks to compressed natural gas and is working on producing their own biomethane form dairy cattle waste. The truck fleet transports 53 loads of milk per day, with the shift in fuel projected to reduce emissions equivalent to 1.5 million [...]
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The proposed $6Billion Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project, which would spread 1,000 wind turbines over a 125-square-mile ranch made up of public and private lands, is using a high degree of sensors to monitor wildlife and impact. The Power Company of Wyoming (a subsidiary of Denver-based Anschutz Corp.) is using GPS to tag [...]
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Building efficiency is gaining a lot of attention, highlighted by the announcement just yesterday that IBM plans to purchase the facility management software company Tririga. The software will become part of a larger suite of offerings aimed at energy efficiency and optimized space usage. The focus on the bott0m-line benefits is justified by the fact [...]
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In the wake of the BP oil spill there’s a lot of activity underway to try and prevent a repeat. The environmental threats go beyond just oil extraction, to include the threats from storms and rising sea levels, with economic impacts including seafood, offshore energy, critical infrastructure, navigation routes, tourism, and wildlife and marine habitats. [...]
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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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