November 10th, 2018 | by Charles W. Thurston
As more households and businesses install rooftop solar and begin tracking their energy production, an increasing number of solar hosts are diving into a variety demand response opportunities —some at the behest of the utilities — to reduce their electricity bills
October 3rd, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Google is well known for big brands and great design, which made the acquisition of leading intelligent thermostat company Nest an obvious target. After the acquisition, the two companies set out to join forces, looking for opportunities to leverage each other as a platform to do more, together
March 4th, 2018 | by Danny Parker
I’ll close the series by offering two small informational gifts to my patient readers. One is my thoughts on how the Florida Public Service Commission might provide the right signals to help us to make better progress in the Sunshine State. After all, the utilities are simply doing what they can to maximize their profits within the rules of being a regulated monopoly. The rules are the problem
February 8th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Google has announced this week that it will integrate its 2014 acquisition and smart-home darling Nest with its own in-house Hardware team in a move intended to "supercharge Nest's mission."
January 29th, 2018 | by Danny Parker
For several years now, there have been increasing complaints from utilities about the resulting load shape from owners with solar systems. This is the so called “duck curve” which has gotten a lot of attention from utility alarmists. In some sense, it has been a way of claiming that rooftop solar is a profound problem for utilities. We will show here that this problem can be (and will be) solved
April 12th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Everyone's favorite smart thermostat company is expanding its business into Mexico -- though, unfortunately, it looks as if only the Nest Cam will be immediately available.
March 9th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its first-ever ENERGY STAR specifications for smart thermostats, a move which resulted in the Nest Learning Thermostat becoming the world's first smart thermostat to receive an ENERGY STAR rating
December 4th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
CleanTechnica is largely a consumer-oriented website, so it seemed like we should do one of those "top 10 gifts" thingies. Here's my shot at 10 top cleantech Christmas gifts (or Hanukkah gifts, Kwanzaa gifts, winter is long and cold gifts, etc.)
October 10th, 2016 | by Steve Hanley
Originally published on Solar Love. On October 5, SolarCity began doing business in South Carolina. It plans to open an [&hellip
August 2nd, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
Navigant Research has released its Smart Thermostat Leaderboard, claiming ecobee as the leading smart thermostat vendor, beating out Nest Labs [&hellip
June 28th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
If you live in Chicago, then you can get yourself a Nest Learning Thermostat at no cost, and you only [&hellip
June 22nd, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
Nest has announced it is teaming up with SolarCity to add a ‘Time of Savings’ service to its Nest Learning [&hellip
June 8th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
The founder and CEO of Nest, Tony Fadell, who created the Nest Learning Thermostat, has announced he is parting ways [&hellip
June 7th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
The communicating and smart thermostat market is set to reach $4.4 billion in annual revenue in 2025, according to new [&hellip
May 1st, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Remco van der Horst, COO of renewable energy crowdinvesting company Duurzaaminvesteren and founder of consultancy Greenproc, was one of the [&hellip
February 5th, 2016 | by Robyn Purchia
Last week, Cleantech Group named Enlighted, Inc. in its 2015 Global Cleantech 100 list. This isn’t the only award the company received [&hellip
January 7th, 2016 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Titiaan Palazzi and Sam Ramirez We are accustomed to buying our electricity from utilities: [&hellip
December 17th, 2015 | by Kyle Field
When I first heard of the Honda Smart Home (HSH), my first question was, “Wait, why is Honda playing with Smart [&hellip
November 20th, 2015 | by Jake Richardson
The smart home service OhmConnect has launched an online retail store offering cash back rebates on smart thermostats, smart plugs, [&hellip
November 19th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill
The ever-popular Nest Learning Thermostat has now reached its third generation, with the new model being revealed this week. Nest, [&hellip
October 28th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill
Energy-focused apps being offered by utilities and other vendors have the potential to save customers an average of 8% on [&hellip
October 16th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill
With the continuing growth of societal concern for the environment and climate, alongside the long strides being taken by consumer [&hellip
October 14th, 2015 | by Jake Richardson
The utilities ComEd, North Shore Gas, and Peoples Gas have partnered with advocacy groups to offered substantial rebates on the ecobee3 and [&hellip
