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I joined a conversation this week (on Feb 26) called the “GreenGov Dialogue on Demand Response” that was hosted by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). It brought together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to reduce our nation’s periods of peak energy demand, promote a more stable electric grid, and help the Federal Government [...]
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The U.S. National Broadband Plan famously asserted that “broadband and advanced communications infrastructure will play an important role in achieving [the] national goals of energy independence and efficiency.” Now, a study released by the Global eSustainability Initiative (GeSI) offers new calculations on the size of the opportunity for using broadband and IT to maximize the efficiency with which [...]
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Back in the day – in 1935 to be exact – the DuPont company introduced an advertising slogan that captured the spirit of the age: “Better Things for Better Living . . . Through Chemistry.” If we were to update this slogan we might now say, “Better Things for Better Living . . . Through Data.” Better living through data is a theme for our time, whether its IBM’s “Let’s build a smarter planet,” the [...]
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“Measuring the Energy Reduction Impact of Selected Broadband-Enabled Activities within Households,” is a new study from the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) that analyzes consumer survey data compiled by the Yankee Group on how consumers use broadband once they get connected. The report, which was issued on Tuesday, June 19, examines the top eight most popular uses of broadband in order [...]