Calif. Utilities Embrace Green Button Project to Unleash Energy Data
As California utilities launch a customer feature to download energy usage data, the Green Button project is seen as a catalyst to create an ecosystem for app developers to produce new products and se... [Read More]
 
How a Passive Building Aggressively Saves Energy
The concept may sound counterintuitive, but passive building is shaping up to be one of the more effective and aggressive ways to achieve ultra energy efficiency.... [Read More]
 
How Utilities and Home-Builders are Teaming Up to Boost Solar
Putting solar on new residential buildings is a win-win-win situation, but not an easy one to achieve: One development outside of Sacramento, Calif., shows how builders, utilities and cleantech compan... [Read More]
 
Panasonic to Run Asia's First Green Home Energy Project
Singapore teams with Panasonic to create Asia's first test bed in public housing for technology that's designed to provide total energy solutions.... [Read More]
 
GE and Lowe's Partner to Power Up EV Charging at Home
General Electric's second entry in the race for EV charger marketshare is scheduled to hit the shelves of five Lowe's stores in California next month, with a broader rollout to 60 of the chain's retai... [Read More]
 
SunPower Turns to Gamification to Engage with Customers
Companies worried about engaging customers may learn a thing or two from SunPower, whose new online contest has boosted its Facebook community by nearly 70 percent.... [Read More]
 
How to Succeed in Energy Management Where Google, Microsoft Failed
Is it possible to get large parts of the population to engage -- and stay engaged -- in energy efficiency? ... [Read More]
 
The Social ROI of Green, Affordable Housing
While green has become the new black and cleantech is now viewed as sexy, affordable housing -- as fundamental to societal well-being as energy security -- maintains a reputation as a dowdy old aunt. ... [Read More]
 
Belkin Launches Gateway to Bring Smart Meter Data into the Home
The company's new Conserve Gateway is a wireless router that connects to a user's smart meter to convey in-home energy monitoring, an important step in advancing the benefits of smart grid technology.... [Read More]