The White House has released online new energy data, mobile and Web applications, and maps as part of a broader initiative to promote energy efficiency within the federal government and across the country. People can now access these new features on Energy.data.gov, an open government site that off...
An application that allows people to compare air quality index, air pollutant levels, and energy consumption for various cities in the United States has received the most votes to date in a challenge by the Environmental Protection Agency to build applications out of available agency data. CGSearchÂ...
via green tech grid Aneesh Chopra is this nation’s first Chief Technology Officer and the Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology. He’s smart-grid-aware and has spoken in the past about seeking to accelerate the smart grid through innovation ...
via Ottawa Citizen PEARL HARBOR — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $500 million maximum, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) to Island Pacific Energy LLC, Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, and Photon Finance LLC, Aug. 19. The MAC...
via Infosecurity “When you introduce computers everywhere in the grid — in the generation, transmission, distribution, and metering in homes — then you also introduce security risks. Unfortunately, it is very common that when new infrastructure is introduced, security is more of an...
via Commons News What if the electric meter on the side of your home — the one with the indecipherable dials and the spinning disk in the center — suddenly became a device that could tell you clearly how much power your home were using? What if it could tell you when the cheapest power [...