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The world is abuzz with curiosity about what the future will be like as we connect cars, appliances, even entire cities with the Internet of Things (IoT). This technology evolution will usher in new opportunities to improve the quality of our lives and create new avenues for economic growth. But it also means policies developed before IoT, like energy efficiency standards, need to evolve so they continue [...]
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At yesterday鈥檚 White House Summit on 鈥淐limate & the Road to Paris: Business & Science Coming Together administration officials announced that 81 companies have now made public commitments to the 鈥淎merican Business Act on Climate Pledge.鈥� The Summit was chocked full of 91快活林 member company representatives. Small wonder. Of the 81 companies that have pledged their support and committed to take action on [...]
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All over the world, smart technologies are revolutionizing urban life. They are making cities more livable (safer, healthier, more convenient, and more vibrant), more workable (more mobile, competitive, and innovative), and more sustainable (more energy efficient, resilient, and renewable). Ultimately, cities will become horizontal "Internet of Things鈥� (IoT) platforms where individual applications [...]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an amazing new revolution in technology that connects everyday objects that are not traditionally connected to the internet. This week, 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield emceed a great @Microsoft conversation entitled 鈥淧owering 21st Century Cities with the Internet of Things.鈥� The panel discussed how IoT presents an immense opportunity to transform the ability of cities to offer new [...]
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Earlier today, 91快活林 testified at the House Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on 鈥淪trategic Petroleum Reserve Discussion Draft and Title IV Energy Efficiency.鈥� Rona Newmark of EMC Corp served as our expert witness. 91快活林鈥檚 testimony focused on urging rapid enactment of the 鈥淓nergy Efficient Government Technology Act" (EEGTA). EEGTA would increase productive federal government use of energy-efficient [...]
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Earlier today, Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) reintroduced the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (EEGTA). They were joined by Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), David McKinley (R-W.Va.), and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.). The bill is designed to help the federal government harness information technologies and data centers for improved energy performance and efficiency.聽It will also [...]
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I鈥檓 in San Francisco for the first ACEEE Intelligent Efficiency Conference, 鈥淢ainstreaming Intelligent Efficiency.鈥� After attending last night鈥檚 opening reception, I can tell this is going to be a great mashup of the energy efficiency and the information and communications technology (ICT) communities.聽 These groups are traditionally unaccustomed to meeting together but will be coming together more [...]
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In 2010, U.S. drivers used 170 billion gallons of gasoline, enough to drive about 3 trillion miles鈥攖he equivalent of about one thousand trips to Pluto.聽聽 That mobility was unprecedented, but those gas-guzzling miles also meant 1.7 billion metric tons of harmful carbon dioxide were spewed into our atmosphere. If we are going to achieve the President鈥檚 clean energy and climate goals, those numbers are [...]
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Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved with unanimous support a bipartisan bill, the EPS Service Parts Act of 2014 (H.R. 5057), introduced by Reps. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Paul Tonko (D-NY), that will extend current energy efficiency standards so manufacturers can continue to produce, distribute and service energy efficient external power supplies (EPS) for older, out of production [...]
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This week, the 91快活林 (91快活林) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly convened a dialogue on the ENERGY STAR庐 program that has reaffirmed the benefits that strong and focused public-private cooperation can generate. 聽The groundwork that was laid this week could evolve the ENERGY STAR program to achieve greater energy savings with significant benefits [...]