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Key to Selling Energy Efficiency: Make it Visible
How can people be convinced to engage in energy efficiency projects for their homes? One of the conclusions of the Shelton Group’s recent Energy Pulse 2011 survey is that in order to inspire people to...
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7 Green Home Tech Trends of 2011
Weird year: 2011 was supposed to be the breakthrough year for home energy management, at least according to this GreenTech Advocates guy. That didn’t quite happen, but there was a lot of progress. Just...
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New eMonitor Goes Wireless
Powerhouse Dynamics has released a new wireless version of its eMonitor energy monitoring system. The new eMonitor4 delivers Wi-Fi signals from the system’s gateway to a home’s router, as well as...
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iPads, Energy Monitoring Give Net Zero Builder an Edge
How do you sell “Net Zero” homes that produce all their own energy? One homebuilder, Nexus EnergyHomes in Stevensville, Md., is giving away iPads to the new owners of their homes. The builder has sold...
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Utility Idea: Free T-Stats and Energy Monitors to Help Save
Here’s something all electric utilities should think of doing when rolling out their smart grid programs: Hydro Ottawa has re-launched its peaksaver program with a new peaksaver PLUS program that...
View ArticleEnergy Monitor Myths, the Greenest Home in America, and Educational Marketing...
In our inaugural podcast, we discuss the key articles for this week and next. Steve and Mike talk about the latest energy monitor myth, the greenest home in America, marketing for green tech, and the...
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Cloud-based Energy Management Software Combines Monitoring and Control
One of the more interesting commercial-grade energy monitoring and management software solutions I’ve seen lately comes from an Australia-based company called Switch Automation, now creating a presence...
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We’re on the Threshold of Big Data for Home Energy Automation
When control and automation company Savant Systems introduced its SST-W1000 wireless thermostat recently, it marked a first for the company. Now it has its own thermostat, as well as supporting others....
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Energy Monitoring Saves on Bills in this Naturally Green Home
Not every green home requires a bounty of solar panels or other systems to produce clean energy. Conserving energy is the cleanest energy of all. That’s what this 2,500-square-foot vacation home in...
View ArticleVideo: Energy Monitoring System in Action
If you want to see what an energy monitoring system looks like in the recesses of an equipment room, and how the finished on-screen display can be operated, check out these videos I took recently in a...
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