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Submissions Now Accepted for Energy Manager Today Awards
Energy Manager Today has opened its submission period for the 2016 Energy Manager Today Awards. Products that help companies improve energy management are eligible for a Product of the Year Award. Companies that implement projects that successfully improve energy management metrics can submit the project for a Project of the Year ... Read more »
Smart Tech Takes Over, Bolstered By Record Investment
Smart, clean technologies have taken the market by storm, promising to change our built environment and grid infrastructure forever. Commanding over $430 million in venture capital in just the second quarter of 2016 alone, it has already been a banner year for these enabling technologies.
Smart Cities Market to More than Double by 2025
Navigant Research released a report this week predicting that global smart city revenue will grow from $36.7 billion this year to $88.7 billion by 2025. The report focuses on the energy, water, mobility, buildings and government elements of smart cities. Energy will be a big part of smart city development ... Read more »
How Will Power Be Used Tomorrow and What Can Your Company Do About it?
The energy world is changing at an unprecedented pace. The way large organizations acquire, manage and use energy is dramatically different today than it was ten years ago. And ten years from now, it will likely be different still, as technological, regulatory policy and business model innovations continue to yield ... Read more »
Navigant: Smart Meter Sector Has “Plateaued”
The smart meter business in North American is leveling off, according to Navigant Research.
Smart Meters Come to La Grange, IL
The Chicago Tribune reports that Commonwealth Edison next month will begin installing smart meters in businesses and homes in La Grange, IL.
Oracle and Opower to Team Up to Make Big Data Even Bigger
Oracle will buy Opower for $532 million.
Sub-Metering Moving into Non-Residential Buildings
The individual metering of building tenants – sub-metering — is an important trend to which energy managers must pay attention. It is a tool which, along with energy management systems and building management systems, will drive efficiency by enabling increasingly granular and creative control of building resources. Sub-metering to this ... Read more »
Long Beach, CA, Deploying Smart Meters
Long Beach, CA, is deploying smart gas meters throughout Long Beach and Signal Hill. The goal is to make natural gas usage more efficient and eliminate monthly visits to homes and businesses by meter readers. The meters will increase the accuracy of data that is collected. The meters also will send ... Read more »
10 Things Companies Should Know about the Changing Electric Grid
How the Low-Carbon Electricity Revolution Affects the Grid’s Biggest Customers The electricity grid of the United States is undergoing a remarkable transformation. Coal-fired and nuclear power plants are closing their doors, renewable energy from wind and solar energy is gaining market share and natural gas has become the dominant source ... Read more »
Featured Product of the Year: Meazon Zi-Clamp
This article is sponsored by Meazon “The non-intrusive connection capability and the inductive charging capability is well engineered and offers easy installation, management and use.” –Energy Manager Today Awards judge Energy efficiency projects suffer from a variety of limiting factors affecting ROI, including: Lack of space in the DB in ... Read more »