Okay, we’ll say right up front that the voice issuing from Honeywell’s new Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat with Voice Control is not quite as saucy as Samantha, the puckish operating system in the overlooked sci fi flick Her. However, judging from our experience with a demo version of the device, that … [continued]
If you want more people to take public transportation, why not just bribe them with free iPads? That might sound a bit excessive, but that’s apparently exactly what the Utah Transit Authority is now doing. If you’re a college student in the area and you take at least ten roundtrips … [continued]
Originally posted on the ECOreport Though customer-owned microgrids will be the dominant ownership model in the near-term, a recent study by Lux Research Associate Dean Frankel shows that Microgrid-as-a-Service (MaaS) offers flexible ownership structure that attracts third party investors and is the best opportunity for power service providers and financiers … [continued]
When an EV battery ages and begins to lose range, it still has plenty of life left in it. Rather than sending it straight to the recycler, you could hook it up with a bunch of other used EV batteries in a stationary storage system. Sounds like a great idea, … [continued]
Originally published on Energy and Policy Institute. By Gabe Elsner. Last week, Dominion Virginia Power, the largest utility in Virginia, successfully blocked a solar net-metering bill from moving forward in the Special Subcommittee on Energy in the House of Delegates Commerce & Labor Committee. Days earlier, Dominion had attempted to … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. One of the big challenges for both startups and established businesses is finding funding, whether it’s for launching a pilot project or expansion or research, and while there are a number of options available, including crowdfunding, equity investments, or conventional business loans, there is another potential source … [continued]
Written by Tyson Keever, general manager, SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel In a global economy the elements for creating products can be complex and far-reaching: Raw materials, labour and manufacturing can all be outsourced or off-shored, and even the markets for goods can be distant. In contrast, SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel is a … [continued]
While the idea that bicycling can be an effective means of managing one’s health (“preventive healthcare”) is likely to make perfect sense to those of us that actually bike regularly, there are, apparently, people that are unaware of that line of thought. Thankfully, there is now a growing body of … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Here in the developed world, we take modern healthcare and all of the technology that supports it for granted, including the most basic of services, such as power and light. But in the developing world, mothers and newborns can die during childbirth for lack of those … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz this week announced $30 million of support for 12 more unique, hybrid solar projects through the ARPA-E program. Actually, it’s through a program within that program — the Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of Sunlight (FOCUS) program, “which is aimed at developing new … [continued]
