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Find your Power Zones with Circuit Detective As we strive for more knowledge of how we use energy in our home, at some point we begin to wonder how different zones of power are organized in our home. I encountered this issue when I worked on installing my TED 5000 Power Monitor into … continue reading 
Henry Ford with his Model T As my electric Porsche Boxster reaches the final stages of construction, I’ve been working on preparing my home for the car. Bringing home an electric car is a different experience than trading in an old Volkswagen for a Toyota Prius. The Prius takes the Volkswagen’s place in the garage … continue reading There is a lot of buzz about the “Smart Grid”, and I’ve written several article on the topic in the “monitoring” section, but nobody really knows what the electricity grid in the U.S. will look like 10-20 years from now. Government hails the smart grid as the savior for renewable energy and energy efficiency, consumers … continue reading I’ve covered the smart grid before - with the basic blog What is this Smart Grid thing and Smart Grid and buildings – but no resource on the web covers the Smart Grid in a vaguer, yet more entertaining way than GE. As part of their ecomagination campaign GE has an augmented reality section of … continue reading 
TED 5000 iPhone App I’ve been hearing rumors about a TED 5000 iPhone application for a few weeks now and I was happy to search the iPhone app store today for “TED 5000″ and find the app there waiting for me. The app was developed by Brent Halsey and is a very … continue reading 
Smart Grid City PECI, a national energy efficiency consultancy based in Portland, Oregon has completed one of the best analysis I’ve seen on the coming Smart Grid and what it means for buildings (both residential and commercial). The PDF of their report can be found here: Smartgrid Whitepaper. PECI is focused on residential, … continue reading 
TED 5000 opened ***Update 10/6/09 – Google has announced they are working with the TED 5000 as a device partner for their Google Power Meter software. Follow the link above to learn about it and to update your firmware. This is pretty big news and will no doubt send sales of the TED … continue reading 
Power lines are part of the smart grid If you want the official answer, check out the Department of Energy’s comments on the Smart Grid. If you want the answer you can explain to your children, stay here! Basically, the Smart Grid is a way for Utilities to better monitor and communicate electricity … continue reading |
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