Originally published on Solar Love. On October 5, SolarCity began doing business in South Carolina. It plans to open an operations and installation center in Charleston by the end of the month. It has already begun hiring installers and sales representatives. The company says its rooftop solar systems will allow … [continued]
Navigant Research has released its Smart Thermostat Leaderboard, claiming ecobee as the leading smart thermostat vendor, beating out Nest Labs and Honeywell. ecobee has been steadily rising on the Leaderboard over the past few years, as can be seen below: 2016 2015 2013 1. ecobee 1. Honeywell 1. Honeywell 2. … [continued]
If you live in Chicago, then you can get yourself a Nest Learning Thermostat at no cost, and you only need to jump through a couple of hoops. Nest announced on its blog this past weekend that residents of Chicago can save up to $240 on a Nest Learning Thermostat, and … [continued]
Nest has announced it is teaming up with SolarCity to add a ‘Time of Savings’ service to its Nest Learning Thermostat. In an announcement made this week, Nest announced ‘Time of Savings’ — “It’s how Nest will help you make the most of your energy company’s Time of Use plan, … [continued]
The founder and CEO of Nest, Tony Fadell, who created the Nest Learning Thermostat, has announced he is parting ways with the company he built. In October 2011, the Nest Learning Thermostat was revealed to the world to much applause — applause which has only grown in its volume since … [continued]
The communicating and smart thermostat market is set to reach $4.4 billion in annual revenue in 2025, according to new figures from Navigant Research. According to a new report from Navigant Research, Smart Thermostats, “an array of distribution channels is helping to drive the market for advanced thermostats” after years of being … [continued]
Remco van der Horst, COO of renewable energy crowdinvesting company Duurzaaminvesteren and founder of consultancy Greenproc, was one of the key people who organized meetings for me during my cleantech tour of the Netherlands last year. Ironically, because my on-camera chat with him and Christiaan van Nispen of energy giant … [continued]
Last week, Cleantech Group named Enlighted, Inc. in its 2015 Global Cleantech 100 list. This isn’t the only award the company received for its digital sensor and analytics platform, which has made commercial buildings smarter and greener. Enlighted also received the “North American Company of the Year” Award, which recognizes the highest … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Titiaan Palazzi and Sam Ramirez We are accustomed to buying our electricity from utilities: they provide us with power; we pay for it. To reduce our utility bill, we can reduce our electricity demand with efficiency (these negawatts have considerable value), or install distributed generation … [continued]
When I first heard of the Honda Smart Home (HSH), my first question was, “Wait, why is Honda playing with Smart Homes?” Digging deeper reveals that this new endeavor aims to build on some of the core principles of Honda while, at the same time, stretching the company into new areas, such … [continued]
