Originally published on Outlier, Opower’s blog. by Barry Fischer Last week, we called attention to America’s massive energy inefficiency problem. The amount of energy wasted by the US economy in 2012, we noted, could power the United Kingdom for 7 years. But of course the United Kingdom is more than just a reference … [continued]
Originally published on Outlier, Opower’s blog. by Barry Fischer, Opower’s head writer An updated analysis published last month by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggests that the USA is just 39% energy efficient. Put another way, more than half (i.e. 61%) of the energy that flows through our economy is ultimately wasted. The predominance … [continued]
Are people more inclined to take action on an issue (one of the major consumer issues of today — energy consumption) when they think other people are doing better than they are? Alex Laskey and his company, Opower, believe so. Matter of fact, Lasky and Opower allied with utility companies … [continued]
Opower is a software company focused on increasing energy efficiency with utility providers, homeowners and businesses. Their technology performs energy and usage pattern analyses and frequently sends reports to their customers so they can understand how to save money on their energy bills. (President Obama visited in their Arlington headquarters … [continued]
Below is some more cleantech news from the past week or so for your reading pleasure. However, this excludes some of our biggest categories — solar power, electric vehicles, and bikes. A couple roundups for those are coming soon. For now, here’s some pretty neat cleantech news: Tres Amigas Transmission … [continued]
A thorough analysis of US residential electricity consumption from Opower yields important insights regarding usage, energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprints.
Another day, another company adding to the list of smart technologies to enhance energy efficiency and smart grid potential for customers.
Consumer technology company Honeywell have teamed up with the world’s leading utility customer engagement solutions company Opower to introduce a new technology that they hope will encourage utilities to attract more homeowners to voluntary programs that will help curb their demand for electricity. The Energy Management Platform is a combination … [continued]
Opower is the world’s leading provider of customer engagement solutions for the utility industry (whatever that means) and last week it announced that it had saved residential energy customers in the United States a total of two terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity nationwide as a result of its behaviour-based efficiency platform. … [continued]
The good folks at Opower recently put together an interesting post on some top energy statistics from the year. Reposted from its blog, here’s the full article: By Barry Fischer Sometimes energy makes headlines, sometimes it doesn’t. But it almost always has important implications for the global economy, the environment, … [continued]
