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Path to Smarter Power Studies show that being able to see your energy usage makes it easier to reduce it. We want people to be able to do so throughout the day, but this sort of near real-time feedback requires an advanced electricity meter known as a "smart meter." Over 40 million U.S. homes ...
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google.org - 2/10/2009
Energy Information
— google.org — "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it." Lord Kelvin How much does it cost to... leave your TV on all day? What about turning your air conditioning 1 degree cooler? Which uses more power every month your fridge or your dishwasher? Is your ... (more) Energy Information

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— google.org — Energy Information Google.org home Energy Information Home Smarter Power What We're Doing Demo Project FAQs Work with... Us Energy Saving Tips Work with us Potential Partners If you're a utility, device or smart meter manufacturer, please fill out our ... (more) Energy Information
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— gepower.com — What can GE Energy do for you? GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of... power generation and energy delivery technologies in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas an nuclear energy as well as with renewable ... (more) GE Energy

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Google PowerMeter Keeps You Lean and Green
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... , is also on display with PowerMeter; Google hints at a feautre that allows users to share their power consumption information with others. "Strike up a little friendly competition to see how your energy consumption compares to your friends and neighbors," Google suggests. Though Google has not announced a release date, Google does provide a PowerMeter demo video on the PowerMeter Web site. There, ...

Google’s PowerMeter lets consumers tape into their power usage
Gizmos for Geeks — ... a software tool dubbed the PowerMeter than can tap into the stats that ’smart’ power meters monitor. It isn’t meant for the power companies so much as it is meant to enable consumers to monitor and shepherd their own usage. Currently, there are over 40 million US homes scheduled to get smart meters in the next 3 years. ...

Make Your Home Tweet Its Energy Use (Earth Day Project!)
ReadWriteWeb — ... Although not everyone will want to make their data as public as the Troasts have, we know there are probably a few "do-it-yourselfer" developers who have been waiting for a fun project like this to at least hold them over until Google gets their PowerMeter rolling. ...

Google Announces PowerMeter Partners
ReadWriteWeb — ... Again, from the Google PowerMeter page, "We think Google PowerMeter offers more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly paper bills that provide little detail on consumption or how to save energy. But Google PowerMeter is just a start; it will take a lot of different groups working together to create what the world really needs: a path to smarter power." ...

Google Wants To Help You Save Energy
WebProNews Feed — Is there anything that Google doesn't do? Seriously. Today the company has announced the first partners for its PowerMeter Tool. Essentially, the PowerMeter (available as a Google gadget) shows consumers how much electricity they are using right from their computer. The idea is of course that when you can see how much electricity you are using on an appliance-by-appliance basis, you can make the necessary adjustments to reduce the amount of energy you are using/wasting. This clip has more: ...

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