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Utilities should open up API’s to their smart meter data

Utilities should open up API’s to their smart meter data

By Tom Raftery on October 21, 2013

The world of utilities is changing with the roll out of smart meters. One of the biggest changes will be the wealth of data that utility companies will suddenly be flooded with. As we noted in a previous post on GreenMonk, Centrica has: 18 million residential accounts and one million business accounts. Right now they […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged API, APIs, centrica, developers, greenmonk, hackathon, kingmakers, Public utility, smart meter, smart meter data, smart meters, utilities | 1 Response

SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

By Tom Raftery on May 23, 2012

SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at Sapphire Now 2012 Technology innovation plays a major part in creating a sustainable world tomorrow So said SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at this year’s SAP Sapphire Now conference in Orlando. He then went on to predict three major trends in computing for the coming years – according to […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Big Data, Cloud, greenmonk, HANA, ibm, mobility, sap, sapphirenow, smart grid, smart meter, Sustainability

TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan

TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan

By Tom Raftery on July 29, 2011

TEPCO, the Japanese power company who own the Fukushima nuclear power plant, are in an unenviable position. Their Fukushima nuclear power plant is the site of one of the world’s worst industrial accidents, they have been accused of not just incompetence but of falsifying safety records and yet they have to continue to supply power […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged greenmonk, Japan, Nuclear power, social sustainability, tepco

SAP announces two new energy management products

SAP announces two new energy management products

By Tom Raftery on April 25, 2011

I attended the International SAP for Utilities event in Mannheim recently and was surprised when in his opening keynote, Klaus Heimann introduced two new SAP energy management products. The first is a customer portal for Utility companies which helps utility companies roll out online self-service sites for their customers. This is being made available for […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Energy, energy demand management, energy management, enterprise energy management, greenmonk, klaus heimann, Public utility, sap, sap for utilities, sapiuc, saputils | 5 Responses

Interview with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias on Green IT

Interview with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias on Green IT

By James Governor on July 20, 2010

I got the chance to meet with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias yesterday. We had a good chat about his company and its green credentials and strategies. Jose is a wonderful advocate for sustainability but as a company has some way to go. Iglesias sees himself as an internal, as much as an external, evangelist at this […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cisco, Energy, greenmonk, ibm, smart grid, smartgrid, Sustainability, Symantec

Sustainability and CSR Reporting: There’s An App For That. A Letter to SAP and the future.

Sustainability and CSR Reporting: There’s An App For That. A Letter to SAP and the future.

By James Governor on July 14, 2010

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” – Alan Kay Back in 2007 or so I had an epiphany about corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Until then I had been skeptical about CSR – which I felt was the proverbial lipstick on the pig. The guy that did most to persuade […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, greenmonk, sap, Social responsibility, Sustainability, TI

SAP’s latest Sustainability Report is Awesome!

SAP’s latest Sustainability Report is Awesome!

By Tom Raftery on May 15, 2010

SAP released its 2009 Sustainability Report during the week and if last years Sustainability Report was good, this one is outta the park! SAP released their first Sustainability Report in November 08 reporting on the 2007 year. It was a good initial effort (prepared in accordance with the GRI guidelines and achieving a “C” level […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon footprint, EHS, google, greenmonk, sap, SAP Carbon Impact, Sustainability, sustainability performance management, sustainability report, transparency

Are utility companies ready for full smart grids?

Are utility companies ready for full smart grids?

By Tom Raftery on April 16, 2010

In the Smart Grid Heavy Hitters video interview series I have been publishing here on GreenMonk, one of the questions I ask all interviewees is, “What is a Smart Grid?” Almost all the interviewees talk about an infrastructure capable of full end-to-end, two-way communications. That is, communication from utilities down to the appliance level in-home, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged customer care, customer information systems, Energy, energy utility, greenmonk, Public utility, smart appliance, smart grid, smart meter, utilities | 1 Response

Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms

Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms

By Tom Raftery on April 8, 2010

We have pointed to the ongoing convergence of wireless communications and smart grids before, for example in this video about Tropos Networks and in Tom’s stump pitch on sustainability and mobility, but some news from this week throws the trend into stark relief. Carbon Trust investments, the VC arm of a non-profit organisation working to […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged automation, currentcost, environment, google, Greenhouse gas, greenmonk, greenpeak, hohm, Home automation, Mobile phone, powermeter, smart grid, smartgrids, smartmeters, TX, zigbee | 1 Response

On Open Data, Open Source, UK Libel Law and Evidence-based Sustainability

On Open Data, Open Source, UK Libel Law and Evidence-based Sustainability

By Tom Raftery on March 18, 2010

“When the facts change, I change my mind.  What do you do, sir?” – John Maynard Keynes

As is often the case, someone asks for a written answer to a question, but then fails to use the material. The great thing about blogs is that they make it very easy to make sure such content isn’t […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged greenmonk, Open source, OpenData, OSS, redmonk, Science, Tim O'Reilly

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