News tagged with energy usage

Intel launches high-performance chips for workstations

The world's biggest chip maker Intel rolled out a line of "revolutionary" chips designed as high-performance engines for datacenters, work stations and research computers.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Futuristic wall display shows real-time energy usage

(PhysOrg.com) -- There's more to the home energy conservation system designed by Queensland University of Technology industrial design graduate Erica Pozzey than meets the eye.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A big leap toward lowering the power consumption of microprocessors

The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Finnish researchers reduce smart phones power consumption by more than 70 percent

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have designed a network proxy that can cut the power consumption of 3G smart phones up to 74 percent.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

I-SAVE could reduce your energy usage, save you cash (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- We all want to decrease our energy consumption. That does not mean that we want to spend all of our time and energy thinking about it. This is where a good feedback system can come in handy. They can give ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

IBM Researchers Develop Energy Efficient Method to Analyze the Quality of Data at Record Speeds

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research today unveiled a breakthrough method based on a mathematical algorithm that reduces the computational complexity, costs, and energy usage for analyzing the quality of massive ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Microsoft launches home energy monitoring tool

US software giant Microsoft launched a free online home energy monitoring tool on Wednesday that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption.

Technology / Software

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

A bright future with solar lanterns for India's poor

Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 0

UM invention helps advance reliability of alternative energy

A University of Minnesota invention could help make storage of solar and wind energy more efficient and economical. The invention was licensed to SustainX, a leading global developer of grid-scale energy storage solutions ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

App makes saving energy social at Facebook

An application released on Tuesday plugs into the power of Facebook to make saving energy an online community affair.

Technology / Software

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comcast enters smart thermostat game

Big news in the world of energy-saving home automation:

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The Nest: A thermostat that's eager to learn in order to help you save

Just in time for the high season of thermostat tweaking comes a nifty, energy-saving household gizmo with some serious tech cred: The Nest Learning Thermostat from Nest Labs, a Silicon Valley startup partially funded by Google ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Obama to promote energy ideas at Penn State

(AP) -- Promoting an overshadowed domestic agenda, President Barack Obama on Thursday will propose a new tax credit and other steps aimed at persuading the nation's businesses to make their buildings more energy-efficient.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spend a little, save a lot on utility bills

Being an early adopter isn't cheap. If you have to have the latest gadget to save money on utilities, you've already spent thousands on a solar water heater or a geothermal heat pump.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Economists: Appliance rebates waste government money

Taxpayers will lose a significant portion of the $300 Million they are shelling out for the federal government's appliance rebate program and the energy-saving program could actually increase energy usage, two University ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Energy use in California

California, as the most populous U.S. state and home of Silicon Valley, is one of the country's largest users of energy. However, due to its mild weather and strong environmental movement, its per capita energy use is one of the smallest of any U.S. state.

For more information about Energy use in California, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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