Apple continues to keep us on our toes, if nothing else. Almost immediately after reporting on the company's failure to step up sustainability reporting, we learned that the computing giant filed a patent this week for an ...READ»
For those of us who don't yet have smart meters, smart electrical sockets might be the next best thing. Sure, power-monitoring plugs are nothing new, and devices like the Ted 5000 and AlertMe already let customers attach hardware to ...READ»
Hohm may be Microsoft's answer to Google PowerMeter, but unlike PowerMeter, the Microsoft energy management application is a money-making venture. PowerMeter is under the philanthropic Google.org umbrella, while Hohm is part of ...READ»
Set to launch next week, Microsoft's Hohm, is a Web site designed to help users monitor, and hopefully reduce, their energy consumption.
Not only will the service keep tabs on consumers' electricity and gas use during a given ...READ»
You didn't think Google would end its involvement in the smart grid industry with PowerMeter, did you? The Internet giant announced yesterday that it's working on smart car charging software--the place where IT and ET (energy ...READ»
Google has been releasing information about PowerMeter, its smart-meter connected home energy-tracking app, in tiny pieces ever since it was announced in February. Today, the PowerMeter team showed off some images of the product, ...READ»
If the idea of tracking and analyzing your power consumption via a chart makes you want to curl up and die, consider NEC's online energy games. The electronics company's program, currently undergoing a three-month trial in ...READ»
Green geeks have been abuzz over Google's PowerMeter, the search engine's first foray into the smart grid industry, since it was announced this past February. Up until this point, we've only had a few details to work with, but now ...READ»
Silver Spring Networks, a flush smart metering company, is one of Google's first investments in its newly-created venture fund. The company develops networking boards for power meters that monitor and curb electricity consumption. ...READ»
