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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States is challenged by exorbitant energy demands, accounting for 26 percent of the world's energy consumption, and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, the nation imports nearly 30 percent of the energy it consumes, and minimal reduction in imports is anticipated to 2020. While trying to address the issue of energy dependence on foreign supply in light of forecasted unremitting growth in energy...
MILWAUKEE, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI.OB), developer of the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time(TM) technology, is pleased to announce today that it has added the EcoGuard and EcoSwitch to the EcoSmart portfolio. The two new groundbreaking products will expand Telkonet's industry-leading line of advanced energy management solutions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111011/NY83909LOGO )...
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AtSite, Inc. today announced it has selected Panoramic Power's P3E innovative energy management system to provide clients detailed, highly accurate perspective on energy usage at the individual circuit- or device-level. By having this level of granular energy visibility, coupled with powerful analytics, AtSite is able to combine annual energy savings with asset level lifecycle performance management. AtSite added award-winning Panoramic...
"Not Your Father's Energy Efficiency": New "Intelligent Efficiency" Discoveries Focus on Interconnected Systems -- Not Devices Such as Cars or Refrigerators; Shift in Emphasis Could Slash 12-22 Percent of Current U.S. Energy Use. WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America now has a major new source of energy that could rival the contribution made to the economy by natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, according to a report released today by the American Council for...
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era of energy frugality is taking hold in the United States - even as the economy slowly recovers - according to a survey from the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions. Businesses are forging the way by targeting average reductions in energy consumption of nearly 25 percent over a three- to four-year period. Consumers are also doubling down on efficiency - 83 percent report that they took extra steps to reduce their electric bill over...
NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Panoramic Power (Panoramic, www.panpwr.com), the developer of an innovative Energy Management System (EMS) that enables enterprises to reduce their operational and energy expenses, announced today that its P3E solution is available to commercial and industrial properties worldwide. The cloud-based (SaaS) P3E platform provides building owners and operators with actionable data on the energy consumption of individual devices. The...
Wake Electric's Monitor & Manage Program Helps Make Student Home Energy Audits a Success WAKE FOREST, N.C., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local students from Heritage High School recently learned valuable life lessons about energy conservation through an AP Environmental Science project in which their local electric cooperative, Wake Electric, took on an unexpected role. Their teacher, Molly Bostic, assigned a personal home energy audit requiring students to monitor...
China's economic growth will continue to be energy-intensive and highly polluting for the foreseeable future with emissions and efficiency far below capital growth on the agenda, according to a study published in the International Journal of Global Energy Issues. Economist Yanqing Xia of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and the Northeast Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Liaoning has looked at almost a decade's worth of data from 30 Chinese provinces to build a...
Noribachi, innovator of LED and solar smart energy products, announces the issue of U.S. Patent 8,138,630 for a proprietary and extremely versatile hybrid solar-grid power management system. At the vanguard of exploring the possibilities of pairing energy efficient technologies with clean power sources, Noribachi has developed and now patented a complex control system designed to regulate power supply between photovoltaic batteries, traditional grid energy and end use electronic...
Downloading ads, user tracking and uploading user information consumes 65% to 75% of the energy used by free apps, while just 25% to 35% of the energy is used for actually running the app’s core function, according to a new study by researchers at Purdue University. The researchers used a special tool to monitor energy use by several apps on Android and Windows Mobile handsets, and found that free mobile apps that use third-party services to display advertising consumed significantly...
