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Why Your Energy Dashboard May Be Doomed to Fail

Why Your Energy Dashboard May Be Doomed to Fail

Stephen Lacey: May 8, 2013

Pursuing dashboards for their own sake is like “fighting over a banana peel in the backyard.”

Podcast: Everything You Need to Know About Intelligent Efficiency

Podcast: Everything You Need to Know About Intelligent Efficiency

Stephen Lacey: May 7, 2013

We feature an in-depth audio report on the way IT is revolutionizing energy efficiency.

How Broadband May Help Roll Out the Rural Smart Grid

How Broadband May Help Roll Out the Rural Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: April 3, 2013

Emerson and partners pilot a home-to-cloud-to-utility energy platform in Georgia.

Biggest Power Users Provide Gigawatts of Smart Grid Flexibility

Biggest Power Users Provide Gigawatts of Smart Grid Flexibility

Jeff St. John: March 11, 2013

Enbala sees gigawatts of untapped grid flexibility out there in the world’s big water pumps, cold storage warehouses and other big power users.

Cogenra’s Hybrid Solar Picked to Drive Johnson Controls Chillers

Cogenra’s Hybrid Solar Picked to Drive Johnson Controls Chillers

Herman K. Trabish: February 28, 2013

Solar hot water for cooling and solar PV electricity, too

How EnerNOC Is Adapting Demand Response for ‘Big Data’ Applications

How EnerNOC Is Adapting Demand Response for ‘Big Data’ Applications

Jeff St. John: February 20, 2013

The big U.S. demand response provider is launching utility SaaS offerings, big data analytics and open development partnerships.

Lights, Network, HVAC?

Lights, Network, HVAC?

Jeff St. John: February 8, 2013

Daintree links thermostats to its wireless smart lighting network. What else can lights connect to in the building?

Reports: Treasury Dept. Clears Sale of A123 to Wanxiang

Reports: Treasury Dept. Clears Sale of A123 to Wanxiang

Jeff St. John: January 30, 2013

Looks like the last hurdle between Wanxiang and its ownership of all the (non-military) assets of A123 has been cleared.

BuildingIQ Raises $9M for Optimized AC

BuildingIQ Raises $9M for Optimized AC

Jeff St. John: January 22, 2013

The HVAC optimization startup gets strategic backing from Siemens and Schneider Electric.

2012 Top Trends in Demand Response

2012 Top Trends in Demand Response

Jeff St. John: December 21, 2012

FERC Orders 745 and 755, OpenADR, the smart building-smart grid nexus, and other key demand response trends

A123 Goes to Wanxiang in $260M Bankruptcy Auction Bid

A123 Goes to Wanxiang in $260M Bankruptcy Auction Bid

Eric Wesoff: December 9, 2012

Wanxiang beats Johnson Controls, NEC, and Siemens for the American battery maker’s non-government businesses.

Open, Automated Demand Response Goes Big in California

Open, Automated Demand Response Goes Big in California

Jeff St. John: December 3, 2012

The state’s big three utilities will require OpenADR 2.0 next year. Plus, Japanese companies weigh in.

A123’s Bankruptcy Auction: US, Chinese, Global Players Contend

A123’s Bankruptcy Auction: US, Chinese, Global Players Contend

Jeff St. John: November 30, 2012

Wanxiang, Johnson Controls, dozens more want parts of A123—but the U.S. government wants its say.

Blue Pillar: Defining a Digital Network for Building-to-Cloud Efficiency

Blue Pillar: Defining a Digital Network for Building-to-Cloud Efficiency

Jeff St. John: November 27, 2012

Real-time control, energy analysis and market optimization from a specialist in fine-tuning hospitals and military bases as grid assets

How Microgrids Helped Weather Hurricane Sandy

How Microgrids Helped Weather Hurricane Sandy

Jeff St. John: November 20, 2012

Also, how to make microgrids pay for themselves when there isn’t a hurricane on the way