News tagged with electricity savings

A way to reduce the Internet's energy drain

(Phys.org) -- Swiss researchers at EPFL have developed a device intended for monitoring and saving the energy consumed by large data centers. It was developed in collaboration with Credit Suisse, which has ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Turning hot air into energy savings

A team of students from the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside have been selected for a $15,000 grant from the EPA to develop a system could cut electricity bills up to 16 percent by ...

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created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Test of building smart sensors yields big energy savings

(PhysOrg.com) -- To reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings, computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have come up with a way to use real-time occupancy sensors and computer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy saving lamp is eco-winner

In a new study, EMPA researchers have investigated the ecobalances of various household light sources. In doing so not only did they take into account energy consumption, but also the manufacture and disposal processes. They ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

'The Rosenfeld' named after California's godfather of energy efficiency

Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation

Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings

Energy efficiency technologies that exist today or that are likely to be developed in the near future could save considerable money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Fully adopting ...

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Costs of plug-in cars key to broad consumer acceptance

A University of Michigan survey released today shows widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). But the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic ...

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0