Efficient energy use – Insight Sciences

Opower energy management software

November 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Systems Science

Major Utilities Adopt Opower’s New Energy Engagement Platform
Beth Buczynski, earthtechling.com

Until more national governments adopt aggressive strategies to speed clean energy development, conservation remains the simplest and most effective carbon reduction tactic. The question that remains is how? Utilities and…

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Opower Voted Best Potential Investment at Conference (blogs.wsj.com)
A Little Guilt, a Lot of Energy Savings (slate.com)
Smart Power: Why More Bytes Will Mean Fewer – and Cleaner – Electrons (science.time.com)
GTM Research Hands Out 2013 Smart Grid Innovation Awards (greentechmedia.com)
Smart Power (business.time.com)

Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs

October 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs
Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com

Bensonwood’s Unity Homes features four distinct home styles that are 2 to 4 bedrooms and range in size from 1,113 to 2,452 sq ft. The home styles are called the Tradd (a classic Tall Cape), Xyla (American Bungalow), Värm (Swedish…

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Sunmodo Partners with Method Homes on Modern and Sustainable Paradigm Series Prefab Home Prototype (prweb.com)
Sunmodo Partners with Method Homes on Modern and Sustainable Paradigm Series Prefab Home Prototype (virtual-strategy.com)
Prefab modular story additions: an overview of leading suppliers (qualitysmith.com)
Blu Homes selling prefab houses in Hawaii (sustainablebusinessoregon.com)
Prefab Fishers Island House Steps Up the Modern Modular to Luxury Vacation Living (jetsongreen.com)
Inhabitat Tours Blu Homes’ First Prefab Breezehouse on America’s East Coast (PHOTOS) (inhabitat.com)
Blu Homes Brings Prefab Dwellings To Hawaii (earthtechling.com)
miniHome by Altius Architecture to be Featured at Modernism Week in Palm Springs, CA February 15th-24th, 2013 (virtual-strategy.com)

Zendome: Gorgeous Geodesic Domes

October 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Zendome: Gorgeous Geodesic Domes Create Flexible Spaces | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your electricity bill. But did you know that making simple changes to not just your wattage consumption but the way your home retains and expels air can dramatically transform the way you experience your spaces and use electricity? Joining us […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Berlin-based company Zendome develops these innovative, flexible, and stylish dome-like spaces. Thanks to their non-hierarchical geometry, the structures can be set up in a snap in virtually any location. Available in sizes rang…

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Nick Sayers Makes Spheres and Geodesic Domes out of Recycled Objects (archieli.com)
Steven Morgana’s Cardboard Geodesic Dome Suspended by Balancing Waste By-Products (inhabitat.com)
The Building of Geodesic Dome With Responsive RGB LED Lighting (adafruit.com)
SuttonBereSculler’s Small Moons Geodesic Domes are Covered With Donated Household Objects in Louisville (inhabitat.com)
Geodesic dome might be removed (wpri.com)

It’s Time For Your Drive-By Energy Audit

October 1, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

It’s Time For Your Drive-By Energy Audit
BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com

An ambitious company is attempting to use thermal cameras attached to cars to capture images of how every building in America is wasting energy.

It’s the Google Maps for home efficiency. At the rate of two to three million buildings per mont…

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IDB supports energy efficiency program for Bahamian hotels (antiguaobserver.com)
Thousands Of Ohio Businesses To Reap Free Energy Audits (earthtechling.com)
Conducting a Home Energy Audit (sprayfoamdirect.com)
One Clean Planet Offers New Innovative All Natural, Healthy Carpeting that’s Unlike Any Other Product in North America (prweb.com)
Conducting a Home Energy Audit – Insulation (sprayfoamdirect.com)
Online Tool Helps Your Home Save Energy (earthtechling.com)
Two Wonderful Tools Integrating Twitter in Google Maps (teacherlingo.com)
Give your house an energy audit with your smartphone (smartplanet.com)
New Technology Makes Home Heat Loss Visible (wbur.org)

EnerNOC Energy management solutions for demand response, energy efficiency, energy procurement, & carbon management

May 17, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

EnerNOC – Energy management solutions for demand response, energy efficiency, energy procurement, & carbon management.

EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) looks like a pretty solid venture into the new world of combining IT efficiencies with clean, renewable energy. According to their site they are transforming the way the world uses energy. They help commercial, institutional, and industrial organizations use energy more intelligently, pay less for it, and generate cash flow that benefits the bottom line through our complete suite of technology-enabled energy management solutions. Only time will tell how they make out in a world still dominated by Big Oil.

EnerNOC (ENOC) Enters Partnership with Analytics Company Numenta (streetinsider.com)
Palm creator’s brain-mimicking software helps manage the smart grid (gigaom.com)
2012 Top Trends in Demand Response (greentechmedia.com)
EnerNOC stock up 21% on EPA rule revisions (bizjournals.com)
Numenta’s Brain-Inspired Software Adds Smarts to the Grid (technologyreview.com)
Energy Efficiency: Big Deals and New Ideas (cleantechies.com)
KiWi Power’s Play for Demand Response in the UK (greentechmedia.com)
Businesses invited to generate extra income in energy purchasing market (prweb.com)
Tackling the energy challenge: Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key themes (prweb.com)
Power plants in nine Northeast states to cut emissions (bizjournals.com)

Home energy efficiency audits and solutions for Massachusetts (MA) and New England: Next Step Living Inc.

May 9, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Ted Wolff's home is a 55-year-old bungalo in E... — Ted Wolff’s home is a 55-year-old bungalo in Edmonton – the perfect candidate for a home energy audit (Photo credit: Green Energy Futures)

I’ve used these guys and they are amazing. You can get a full home energy audit and insulation and other improvements for free because you pay for it each month in your utility bill.R ecommended on Boston Globe. They use pro level TREAT software

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