Ask Pablo: Is My Smart Meter Going To Kill Me?

Image Source: Juverna Dear Pablo: I have been hearing a lot of controversy around smart meters.

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A Bike With Baggage: Biomega and Puma’s New Mopion

All photos: Biomega Puma The Puma Bike family, (as designed by KiBiSi, manufactured and sold by Biomega ), has a new sibling. The Mopion is an urban cargo bicycle with a bit of twist

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ComEd Creates ‘Smart Grid Innovation’ Corridor Near Chicago

The company, a subsidiary of utility giant Exelon, launched what it is calling a "Smart Grid Innovation Corridor" in 10 Northern Illinois communities where there are already smart meters installed in 130,000 homes. Five pilot tests will take place in the corridor, using the smart meter technology as the foundation.

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Smart Meters Alone Won’t Reduce Energy Use, Study Says

Utilities need to go beyond the smart meter and use a range of energy-feedback tools to achieve significant reductions in customers’ power consumption and their electricity bills, new research shows.

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Smart Meters Alone Won’t Reduce Energy Use, Study Says

Q&A: Andrea Fabbri, COO of EcoAlign, Focuses on Smart Grid

Earlier this month EcoAlign , a strategic marketing agency primarily focused on energy and the environment (where I am a senior adviser), published a new report “Separating Smart Grid from Smart Meters? Consumer Perceptions and Expectations of Smart Grid. ” It is the eighth EcoPinion report, the latest in a series of a bimonthly, proprietary research reports on assessments of consumer values, drivers and behavior around energy and environmental needs

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Google & The Climate Group Tell Obama Every US Building Needs a Smart Meter

photo: Steve Ryan via flickr. Saying it would “unleash the forces of innovation in homes and businesses” Google and The Climate Group have sent a letter to President Obama asking him to adopt the goal of giving every household and business in the nation a

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Smart Meters Hit Bumps in the Road

Smart meters — utility meters that provide detailed, real-time information on energy use — promise an easy way to bring down residential power consumption. They help consumers sniff out energy hogs and, by conveying data wirelessly, eliminate the need for armies of meter readers. But, great hopes — and $3 billion in stimulus money — aside, the meters have gotten off to a rocky start.

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First 100% Compostable Chip Bags to Hit Shelves Soon

Frito-Lay has been working for a year now on developing and testing a biodegradable bag that will completely break down in an ordinary compost pile.

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Smart meters coming to a utility near you

After 100 years, the lowly utility meter is poised for a digital upgrade, with the installation of up to 250 million expected over the next six years, according to a new forecast. Pike Research published on Monday a research report on smart meters that predicts installation to ramp up at …

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Big bucks come to the smart grid

The U.S. electricity grid will get a 21st century upgrade, including installation of millions of smart meters, through a government-led program. The Obama administration on Tuesday is scheduled to announce where it is spending $3.4 billion of stimulus money on 100 smart-grid projects in 49 states.

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