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Are Smart Meters Hazardous To Your Health?
Smart meters, despite their technological usefulness, are said by some to raise health concerns such as insomnia and nausea. Is this a legitimate concern?
Smart Meter Opt Out Options Grow In California
Californians with two more major utilities as their power providers now have the option to opt out of smart meters if they so choose as the CPUC rules analog meters must be allowed as a choice.
Smart Meters, Even Faulty, Doing Their Job
A new column from the Environmental Defense Fund talks about how smart meters, even when technically malfunctioning, still report back properly.
Smart Meters: An Integral Smart Grid Piece
The Environmental Defense Fund, in our latest column, comes out in support of smart meters as a way to help manage an overtaxed energy grid.
Best Water Flow Meters
Water is an essential part of our everyday lives. Although we often use water without giving it much thought, there are times when keeping track of how much we use is extremely important. In times […]
Romanian House Climate-Controlled By Smartphone
In a new project in Bucharest, a prototypical “house of the future” demonstrates how easy it can be to control the indoor environment while doing as little harm as possible to the outside environment.
Smart Tech For Scaled-Up Urban Agriculture
High-yield greenhouse tech developed by the Swedish government has found a home in Plantagon’s large-scale, vertical greenhouses designed for cities.
The Malaysian Model For Smart, Self-Sufficient Communities
The Rimbunan Kaseh eco-village in Malaysia brings smart tech, aquaculture and renewable energy together to create a self-sustaining, off-grid community.
China Pours Money Into Smart Grid Technology
Beijing upgrades its smart grid development plans to a strategic national priority, challenging the United States in yet another area of global clean tech innovation.
Where Solar Energy Storage Meets Smart Grid
We take an in-depth look at Sunverge’s new Solar Integration System for connecting residential solar energy storage with smart grid tech.
CES Pushes Smart Green Homes, Solar Gear
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is now in the history books. Take a look back with us as we highlight interesting green tech coming your way this year.
Water Heaters Get Their Smart Grid On
A new pilot program through the Bonneville Power Administration will use smart grid tech to fire up residential water heaters when the wind blows.
Renewable Microgrids: A Solution For Remote Communities
Remote communities face unique challenges where electricity is concerned. Renewable microgrids help them overcome those challenges and provide reliable power for individuals living there. To live in a remote place is to depend on oil. Fuel for […]