domestic energy management Articles
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GE, Glen Dimplex to team on smart grid in Europe
General Electric Co. (GE) and Glen Dimplex, a European home heating and appliance company, have signed a joint development agreement under which the two companies will make smart grid technologies available to European homeowners. Under the agreement, Glen Dimplex and GE will develop ways to integrate GE’s Brillion home energy management technologies into Glen Dimplex’s home heating ...
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New direction for that federal agency whose name I can’t remember
The US Department of Energy’s reputation is now enshrined as the agency that Republican presidential contender Rick Perry wants to dismantle – if only he could remember its name. But a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers a different direction for the federal agency, one that may not make it more memorable, but a bit more people-centered. The academy ...
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Sustainability as a matter of social context: information technologies and the environment
The paper focuses on the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the sustainability of residential buildings. While ICT can contribute to improving building energy efficiency (e.g., energy management systems) there are also plausible scenarios of an increasing energy demand triggered by ICT use. The main argument of this paper is that harnessing the sustainability ...
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Smart Energy Islands, global test-bed for batteries - Case study
A £10.8 million project on the Isles of Scilly will provide a model for electric vehicles and home batteries to play a major role in low-carbon smart energy systems around the world. Moixa will develop platforms allowing electric vehicles and smart home batteries to be used to help balance supply and demand within the islands’ energy system, although the project will not fund the ...
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How Solar-Powered Smart Homes Are Getting More Intelligent
What if you could maximize a home’s smart devices beyond their native data points while simultaneously decreasing its energy consumption in order to unlock true energy-saving benefits? Well folks, that time is now. Read on to see how a solar upgrade can make any home smarter. The Modern Smart Home No longer a thing of the future, houses of today are as abundant and tech savvy as ever. ...
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Intelligent Storing
Intelligent management of battery-storage systems can save money and, at the same time, be beneficial for the utility grid. Read this article and discover what is behind all this. - See more at: http://en.sma-sunny.com/2015/07/10/intelligent-storing/#sthash.s81hF5k7.dpuf Intelligent management of battery-storage systems can save money and, at the same time, be beneficial for the utility grid. ...
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Car Makers Show off New Developments in Storing Solar Energy
On cloudy days and once the sundown is down, either a homeowner with solar panels to harness power is conserving their usage of electricity or they are back online with their utility providers. Carmakers claim to have an answer to this dilemma of storing solar energy in batteries for later use. Experimental Technologies in Homes A leader in the automobile industry, Honda, unveiled their ...
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Wolselely`s Sustainable Building Centre: Showcasing the now
This European and North American building products wholesaler employs more than 80,000 people in 5,000 distribution centres, including 1,800 branches across the UK. One of the newest additions to the network is in Leamington Spa and is designed to showcase sustainable building technology. Business insight The construction sector has a key role to play in relation to a range of ...
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