I’m a big believer in the theory that “what gets measured, gets done.” It is a corollary to the management practice of “what gets bonus-ed, gets done.” As we mentioned last week here, there are already 1.7 million smart meters deployed in Texas, and 6 million will be deployed by 2013. This article from the [...]
Green Squared VP Business Development, Phil Stringer and President, Bobby Bragg, attended the CATEE (Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency) 2010 conference last week in Austin, Texas. Here are some notes from the conference: The conference was opened by Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, C. Donald Babers, Regional Administrator for Region VI, U.S. HUD and Texas Public [...]
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 [...]
Never underestimate American’s competitive fire. Show your usage with your neighbors (in aggregate for privacy). People need benchmarks to know how they are doing. I love it. How it Works The basic principle is simple: Instead of only telling people how much energy they used (f.ex. 100 kWh in the past 30 days), you tell [...]
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