Comments on: Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home? http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: irtie http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-519763 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:53:13 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-519763 Some of Schneider product are simple and user friendly. Keep looking for newest product.

]]> By: MC OConnor http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-24550 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:26:23 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-24550 regarding battery comment from JEFF: I asked Mr. Heile to comment further and he said “Clearly devices have not been around that long, but battery suppliers give discharge vs time curves based on load factors and chip manufacturers know the power consumed during sleep mode and data mode and can easily calculate average current for a device for use with the load curve. No magic.”
Just thought it might be helpful.

]]> By: pdx1138 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-24549 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:25:22 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-24549 This is right up there with solar homes that can store excess energy in batteries or even sell back to the local utilities grid. Anything that can conserve energy helps.

]]> By: JEFF http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-24548 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:29:03 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-24548 20 years on a single battery? awesome. let’s see it.

]]> By: Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home? « SmartGrid Current http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-24547 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:07:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-24547 [...] Is Energy Harvesting Moving Into the Smart Home? Posted July 7, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | http://earth2tech.com/2009/07/07/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/ [...]

]]> By: Harry Forbes http://gigaom.com/cleantech/is-energy-harvesting-moving-into-the-smart-home/#comment-24546 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:33:12 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=36066#comment-24546 “…few people have home area networks…”

That is front page news indeed. Please be sure to tell Cisco/Linksys, Belkin, and D-Link.

On a serious note, you did not mention enOcean. They are not using ZigBee (they have their own RF technology group, the enOcean Alliance), but they are a European venture firm that has been promoting energy harvesting for in-building applications such as light switches for 3-4 years already.

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