
Current Cost energy meter reviewed
I emailed Chris Dalby of Current Cost a question about their devices a few weeks ago. Chris, not only answered my question but also offered to send me one of their energy monitors to try for myself! I love my Current Cost Envi 128. It is incredibly straightforward to setup – […]

How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters?
Photo credit bmitchellw Oracle published the results of a very interesting study recently called Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities. Now, we have all heard about the compelling case for Smart Meters for electrical consumption (I have written and spoken about it extensively) but in this study Oracle asked utilities and their customers […]

Google Energy to start disrupting the utility industry?
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There is no doubt about it but Google is a disruptive company.
First Google disrupted search, then advertising, then video (with their acquisition of YouTube), and then Office applications with the launch and continued development of Google Apps for Domains. Most recently Google has disrupted the mobile phone industry, first with the […]