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Adapt or Die: Utilities and Distributed Energy in 2016
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Synergy Australia: Future Homes to use only 10% Grid Energy
Last month, a presentation by Western Australia’s state-owned electricity retailer, Synergy, suggested that, within a decade, residential buildings may use the grid for only 10% of their energy supply, thanks to a combination of smart building and appliances, together with solar and battery storage. The presentation, titled ‘The Challenges of Creative Destruction for the Electricity […]
Smart Cities and Buildings: The Reaction From COP21
“History will remember this day,” said Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, moments after a green, leaf-shaped gavel was dropped on the most ambitious, far-reaching deal on addressing climate change that the world has ever seen – United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). Perhaps the event’s most encouraging element was the large number […]
Future City Glasgow Programme Reaches Two-year Milestone
In 2013, Glasgow beat a host of other UK cities to win funding worth £24m from the Technology Strategy Board (now known as Innovate UK) to explore innovative ways to use technology and data to make life in the city safer, smarter and more sustainable. Over the last two years, Glasgow has been developing a […]
What does ITC Reversion mean for the Energy Storage Sector?
The energy storage market is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting spaces in the renewable arena. There have been various suggestions made about the size and structure of batteries to be used in grid scale storage, but there seems to be little doubt about the future demand for the storage itself. Energy storage paired […]
Itron and Silver Spring Networks Eye Internet of Things Opportunities
Over the past few years, we’ve seen Smart grid and IT technology vendors change their approach to the utility data analytics. Recently two smart network firms, Itron and Silver Spring Networks, have outlined a similar direction to their future development. Both US firms, who reported impressive third-quarter earnings last week, used the opportunity to highlight […]
Illinois C-CAP Project Networks Buildings for Advanced Demand Response
Environmental and consumer advocates, along with Illinois’ regional electric grid operator, launched an innovative pilot project this month to demonstrate how demand response can continue to support grid reliability year-round and lower electricity costs for Chicago businesses, institutions, government, and homeowners. The pilot program, called the Combined Capacity Asset Performance Project (C-CAP), is a collaboration […]
Audio: Building Automation Meets the Internet of Things, Creating the Future of Smart Buildings
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 10th Free Webinar in the 2015 Smart Building Series… Building Automation Meets the Internet of Things, Creating the Future of Smart Buildings. Q&A with Terry Casey, of Intellastar. In this Webinar, Terry Casey discusses in depth his white […]
The Building Internet of Things – How will it affect our Buildings and our Business?
This white paper was written by Terry Casey of Intellastar. We will be holding a Webinar Q&A with Terry tomorrow, discussing the Building Internet of Things and the Future of Smart Buildings. Introduction We are hearing a lot about the Internet of Things, how there will be huge growth in Connected Devices, how everything with […]
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