VERGE Boston: M2M’s ‘huge leap forward’ on energy savings

New technologies that enable billions of devices to collect and analyze data can help systems operate with startling efficiency.

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Boston becomes latest city to order building energy benchmarking

Large commercial and residential buildings must report annual energy and water use, but aren't required to act on the results.

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Kaiser, Metro Health bet big on sustainability

Sustainability is steadily becoming strategically integrated into all departments at hospitals and health care systems.

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Kaiser, Metro Health bet big on sustainability

Jolan Van Der Wiel’s Psychedelic Tray Tables Are Created Using Centrifugal Forces

Dutch designer Jolan Van Der Wiel created a public workshop where visitors could make their own colorful trays using natural forces. The designer, famous for creating strange, spiky  objects with the help of gravity and magnetic fields, is now harnessing the power of  centrifugal forces and a recycled tool he developed himself. Read the rest of Jolan Van Der Wiel’s Psychedelic Tray Tables Are Created Using Centrifugal Forces Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “energy efficiency” , Art , centrifugal force , DIY , dutch design , Dutch Design Week , gravity , green products , Jólan van der Wiel , psychedelic , recycled bike , tray        

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Big data means big savings for big buildings

Implementing a measurement and verification plan is essential to meet facility sustainability goals.

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Nest Labs: Automating the demand side of the smart grid

Want proof that the smart-grid ecosystem is alive and well? Nest Labs' news that it has signed partnerships with some of the US's biggest utilities should suffice. But more innovation is still needed.

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Next-Gen Buildings: Too smart to fail or too busy to think?

Smart, connected buildings currently promise more than they can deliver, at least if we don't pass the baton properly from design teams to operations teams.

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Inside Microsoft’s living, breathing building

When Microsoft couldn't find the technology it needed to make its buildings smart and efficient, it built its own.

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Has sustainability become a risky business?

A new report shows corporate sustainability is moving from eco-efficiency to risk reduction and mitigation.

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8 Ways You Can Harness the Power of Technology to Green Your Home

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