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Imagine a solution that is like a computer USB port that allows myriad applications. Such a card from the USNAP Alliance promises to provide a common connector between the communications module and devices including a thermostat, energy display, load controller, home appliances, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles...read more.
There are appliance designers; there are technology providers; there are utilities; there are homeowners. But, beyond the smart meter, there are forces in the middle of these players – home automation dealers, electronic home system contractors, installers, remodelers – who play a crucial role...read more.
With the biggest retailer, Walmart, reentering the appliance business, the big box stores, committed to energy savings for their customers, will play a future role in bundling appliances with connected home systems...read more.
What do the largest cable company, one of the biggest telecommunications firms and the world’s top home security company have to do with smart appliances and the smart grid? Quite possibly, everything....read more.
Little things add up. Replace a 75 watt standard light bulb with a comparable compact fluorescent light bulb(CFL) and, over the life of the former, the energy cost is $45.36 while it is $12.10 for the CFL. Bigger things make a difference when it comes to Energy Star...read more.
As devices in the home, including appliances, get more intelligent and with an ability to communicate, homeowners, smart grid-enabled utilities and electronic home systems contractors now face the challenges and connections inherent in home area networks (HAN)...read more.
It is official: Wi-Fi Direct is here, and the nonprofit Wi-Fi Alliance is now certifying products as Wi-Fi Certified Wi-Fi Direct. Alliance members include Apple, Cisco, Intel, and other major tech vendors.
Wi-Fi Direct is an emerging technology meant to meet the growing demand for easy, portable wireless network connectivity...read more.
Will your design platform benefit from a common Modular Communication Interface Specification for Demand Response? Richard Babyak’s feature article in appliance DESIGN on January 2010, addressed this subject...read more.
Smart Grid applications are beginning to demand the ability to pinpoint how much current is being consumed at multiple points within the home. A multitude of communication standards remain available to the OEM, but a quantifiable measure of a product’s specific electrical current usage, or micro-metering, is rapidly becoming a necessity for Smart Grid and energy monitoring applications...read more.
When it is desirable to produce illumination from alternative energy sources, or where circumstances prohibit connection to a utility power grid, the selection of light sources requires the same careful consideration for energy use as any high efficiency application. However, with the high initial cost of energy generation on-site, the need for conservation is amplified...read more.
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