Telefónica will take AT&T's smart home automation and security platform for a whirl in Digital Life's first licensing deal. It's AT&T's hope it can replicate Digital Life around the world.…
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Valta lets you turn off gadgets from your smartphone
The Valta is an energy management system that allows users to turn systems on and off straight from a smartphone.…
Read MoreConnected home startup Control4 files for an IPO for up to $60M
Smart home startup Control4 has filed for an IPO of up to $60 million, in the latest demonstration of the growth of connected home devices and services.…
Read MoreCisco to acquire energy software startup JouleX for $107M
Cisco is bolstering its energy-management portfolio by acquiring JouleX, which works with the network giant's EnergyWise protocol. The software could help users lower infrastructure overhead.…
Read MoreHow to make LED lighting mainstream: make it a service
LED lighting, though, expensive, is supposed to reduce energy use and electric bills for its owner over time. Startup Digital Lumens is looking at doing more than selling its smart LED lighting equipment -- it plans to sell it as a service, too.…
Read MoreDesign matters when it comes to sustainability
When Apple’s former Chief Architect Tony Fadell, who designed 18 generations of the iPod and 3 generations of the iPhone, took the…
Read MoreSerious Energy snaps up Agilewaves
Green building and energy efficiency company Serious Energy has acquired building energy management startup Agilewaves. Is the building energy shopping spree starting up again?…
Read MoreOpportunities in California’s smart grid deployment plans
Last week, California’s big three utilities — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — released in-depth smart grid deployment roadmaps that include about $5.6 billion in smart grid spending over the coming decade. For smart grid companies, it’s about the closest thing to a detailed plan of attack one could ask for. Of course, much of that money is tied up in ongoing smart meter deployments, and another huge chunk is for transmission and distribution grid projects with a limited range of potential competitors. Still, that leaves plenty of opportunities for nimble companies with key software, networking or hardware technologies to fill the gaps that remain. Here are some of them.…
Read MoreGoogle pulls the plug on PowerMeter energy tool
Google has officially pulled the plug on its web energy management tool PowerMeter. The project, which Google launched two years ago, just "didn't catch on the way we would have hoped," said Google.…
Read MoreToday in Cleantech
Monday brings news of some big money for home security automation with energy management on the side. IControl, a startup backed by…
Read MoreHow big data can save a terawatt hour of energy
Energy data startup OPower says its software will be able to save one terawatt hour of energy from U.S. homes by the end of 2012. That's equivalent to the energy consumed by 100,000 American homes for a year, and is worth $100M in energy savings.…
Read MoreConsumers on Energy Management: What’s That?
While state and federal legislators are drafting rules to make sure consumers have prompt and secure access to their energy consumption data, consumers themselves are largely unaware of the tools available to manage their own energy. That's according to a survey out from CEA.…
Read MoreWill Consumers or Utilities Control the Future Power Grid?
As energy management becomes decentralized, there's a great opportunity for apps to help direct the flow. At Green:Net, three experts discussed how the responsibility for managing the smart grid will fall on the utilities, but the process will bring trading-floor approaches down to the consumer level.…
Read MoreWithout Energy Literacy, Conservation Efforts Are Flying Blind
If you want to change something, first you have to measure it, and when it comes to energy consumption and generation we don't have the tools yet to do either. But as Saul Griffith said at Green:Net, we're still in the dark ages for energy literacy.…
Read MoreSchneider Eyes Tyco; Energy Management Tear to Continue?
Schneider's energy-themed acquisition tear looks like it's moving to a whole new level. On Monday morning, Bloomberg reported that French electric giant Schneider Electric is eying a take over of Tyco International in part to get ahold of Tyco's building and industrial energy management systems.…
Read MoreCA Officially Unveils ecoSoftware to Manage Corporate Energy Use, Sustainability
With increased awareness — and regulation — of issues such as energy security and climate change, more and more corporations are working…
Read More7 iPhone Apps to Manage Energy Consumption
Energy management tools designed to help you curb unnecessary power used in your home have yet to break into the mainstream, and…
Read MoreFeedback Wanted: Microsoft's Energy Tool Hohm Goes Live
Are you ready to give Microsoft’s (s MSFT) energy management tool Hohm a spin? On Monday morning at 6 a.m. (pacific time)…
Read MoreWhat PG&E Wants From Energy Management Tools: Neutral Ground
Among the utilities that have come forward lately to announce deals with energy management software makers — from San Diego Gas &…
Read MoreThe DIY Home Energy Monitor (Geek Skills Required)
There’s no shortage of companies toiling away to provide you with an easy-to-use, low-maintenance system for monitoring your home energy use. But…
Read MoreGreenRoad Fuels Up With More VC Cash
The more you know about how you use energy, the better equipped you are to reduce your footprint. That’s the basic premise…
Read MoreTeridian Launches Energy Management Chip, Next Up: Wireless
Semiconductor companies increasingly are positioning themselves to take advantage of the growing business opportunities surrounding energy efficiency. Teridian Semiconductor is one of…
Read MoreVisible Energy: Fighting Vampires With UFOs
As a rule, power strips are pretty boring-looking. Consisting of a bar of electrical sockets, often surrounded by a tangle of cords,…
Read MoreCalCEF Still Seeking Funds, Calls Raising Cash 'a Struggle'
Many investors are seeing fund raising slow down, and the CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund is no exception. The fund, which in…
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