Microsoft is also getting into the utility monitoring game. <g> Who would have known five years back that monitoring home utility consumption would have become such an area of interest? Show me a leading software platform provider that is not getting into the game and I tell you they will be out of their game [...]

A new study by non-profit Environment and Human Health, Inc, “LEED Certification: Where Energy Efficiency Collides with Human Health,” pinpoints weaknesses in the certification, and so recommends that LEED certification be measured separately in different categories.
According to the study, the way LEED certification measures adverse health impacts of building materials gives a false impression of [...]

After Google, Oracle, Accenture and several startups announced last year their development of Web applications or platforms to monitor household energy, IBM is announcing that they too want to help you monitor your energy.
Part of IBM Smarter Planet program, the project follows the Smarter Building initiative. The technology analyzes real-time electricity usage including individual appliances [...]

Through the California Energy Commission’s California Cash for Appliance rebate program, residential consumers can get a $200 rebate for an eligible refrigerator, $100 for an efficient clothes washer and $50 for an approved room air conditioner. Consumers can only receive one rebate on each type of appliance.   For answers to frequently asked questions, visit their [...]

We are all familiar by now with the “Energy Star” certification for appliances but did you know that the certification can be extended to buildings too?
For building certification, you might be more familiar with the LEED certification. LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance [...]

There are many energy efficient ways to heat water for your home.  One of the best ways is to change out your existing water heater to a tankless water heater.   Tankless water heaters can be 30% more energy efficient than conventional storage tank water heaters. 
Typically, 2 things happen at home when hot water is needed that [...]

 Everyday some new concepts related to energy conservation come up.  This time I ran into a solar window blind  system.  Well, initially the idea kind of raised eyebrows but it also makes some sense.  All houses and businesses have  windows and many of them have blinds to filter or block out light during the day. [...]

At this year’s Greener Gadgets conference, hosted in New York by the Consumer Electronics Association, some new cleantech concepts and devices were introduced.  A big hit seems to be the Tweet-a-Watt (by Phillip Torrone) which is an energy monitor that integrates a ZigBee wireless data module and links to Twitter.
How does it work?
Well, the new energy [...]