This is still very early stage stuff from Google, but PowerMeter, Google’s app for allowing homeowners to monitor their home’s energy consumption on their smartphone or computer using data collected from smart meter sensors, could also be used for water and gas utilities. Google initially announced its intentions with PowerMeter in early 2009. Cisco has [...]
Last week, we blogged here about a $100M tax equity fund to finance residential solar installations. The installations were to be performed by a company call SunRun. On Tuesday, June 29th, SunRun announced it closed a Series C round of funding for $55 million led by Sequoia Capital and joined by existing investors Accel Partners [...]
This is a cool local program in Chicago. The Green Restaurant Association certified 20 Chicago restaurants for their efforts to reduce waste, energy and water use, improve recycling, and support organic farming. Underlying image CC licensed by Flickr user supafly. Green Squared admission… I am a Top Chef fan. So, I was particularly intrigued that [...]
In a recent NY Times article, it was announced that Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the German bank, is financing the creation of a public database of several hundred retrofitted buildings in New York City and a companion report to determine the savings from such moves. I love the notion that they [...]
On Friday, Florida’s embattled Governor Crist signed into law that state’s PACE financing bill. Now, the local jurisdictions just need to opt-in to allow for the financing to come through. If you forgot what PACE financing is, check out our earlier blog post titled, “What is PACE financing?”. A recent study from Johnson Controls estimates [...]
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