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Home Energy Management Systems Ready for Drive Time

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

With all of the technology at our disposal today—home control systems, wired and wireless networking, streaming media, energy monitors, automated lighting …

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support for Green Button over 30 million households Simple Energy

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Today the White House announced growing support for the already popular Green Button, with new industry commitments to the initiative bringing the new total …

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Important Info on Green Button Sample Data Apps for Energy

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Actual Green Button data includes the full address, of course, and looks something like this: 123 SAMPLE ST SAMPLE CITY CA 93657?, but these samples only …

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The Green Button Campaign Energy Watch IT on Vimeo

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Here's a quick introduction to the Green Button Campaign. In three minutes ,learn how three different organizations have saved cash and Co2 by implementing …

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Energy management achrnews com

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Do you think home energy management will gain traction in the residential market? Yes, energy savings make it attractive. No, too much opposition to smart …

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Energy Management Tools SeeWind

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

SwitchHop – Home Energy Management. SwitchHop is SeeWind's energy management solution for consumers. It gives you a real-time view of your energy …

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How Gridium is making sense of energy data

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Once the smart meter data is being used as a platform (think Green Button) then the real innovation can occur in the analytics and services. Other companies building businesses around managing energy data include Opower, Tendril, Simple Energy, …

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Eragy Launches Control4 Energy Management Apps

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

Consider this a bare-bones starter kit, of sorts, intended to make energy management more digestible for homeowners and to help them visualize their energy use and see what's possible in home energy management. The $49 Lite app adds whole-house energy …

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The Tech Adept Kitchen A Home's Heart and Brain

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

"We're very focused on home energy management," said Julie Wood, spokesperson for GE Appliances. "We think that if consumers understand how they're using energy, smart appliances can save money. We have this system, and it enables people to see their …

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The future of clean tech Try hacking code

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | Filed under Home Energy Management

The source of the data was Green Button, a simple voluntary standard created by the Department of Energy and now used by a growing number of utilities for formatting electricity usage history. Second place went to Ride With Me, an app that lets people …

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