Following on from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis last March, Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to roll out domestic smart meters in the autumn next year. In total 27 million installations will occur by 2022, as smart meters ...
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J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services company, has today released results from its 2012 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM. The survey shows that businesses with smart meters (16% of those ...
On a chilly afternoon Jan. 30, a large group gathered on the National Mall to watch a resplendent sunset behind the Washington Monument. As darkness gathered, a coterie of dignitaries including Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Secretary of ...
A survey in the USA – the SGCC Consumer Pulse Study – has found that although smart grids and smart meters will save consumers money, energy consumers are often unaware of other benefits that smart grids will bring. The ...
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On 20th January Energy Minister Charles Hendry sent a letter regarding smart meters to The Daily Mail. An extract from the letter is below: The Government is determined to see consumers benefit from the introduction of smart ...
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On 3 January,the Danish manufacturer of furniture and furniture components BOD Furniture was placed into receivership by the responsible court in Holstebro.BOD had already submitted an application to this effect on 22 December 2011.BOD ...
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These Avery Smearsafe Hi-Liters are smear resistant highlighters that come in four standard colors, yellow, pink, orange, and purple. At first glance when I saw these highlighters I was not immediately impressed because quite honestly, the ...
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GBI Research,the business intelligence provider,has published its in-depth research into the European smart grid market.The report,"Smart Grid Market in Europe to 2020-Advanced Grid Concepts and Intelligent Technology Pivotal to Achieving ...
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Each year I like to give you some insight into what the top ten most frequently visited posts were for the year as it wraps up. The results below are based on the Google Analytics reporting for the site, and look at the total number of ...
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So here is another cool project over on Quirky that you can participate on. If you are unaware of Quirky, it is basically a social sourced product development website that lets you the participant contribute your knowledge and ideas in ...
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New efficiency standards for incandescent light bulbs went into effect on Jan. 1, 2012. Despite the lack of federal funding to enforce the law, domestic lighting manufacturers are required to abide by it, and the overwhelming majority are ...
The first time I saw the TWSBI ink well, I was totally oblivious to the the additional functionality that it was hiding under that black cap and silver metal spacer that you see above. One quick thing before I explain how it works, it is ...
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Sometimes I ask myself "Self, why do you bother with Moleskine paper?" and I usually don't have an answer for myself. Today that changes with this review of the Moleskine Folio Ruled Pad, the answer is…"Because sometimes it is ...
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Many of you may already know that an Iranian lawmaker on Tuesday said his nation's military was set to practice closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz as part of upcoming military exercises. What you may not know is why that matters to ...
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This Pentel Vicuna Multi Pen with Mechanical Pencil was graciously offered up to me by Brad and the folks at Jetpens. Since I have a problem saying "No" to any conversation that starts with "Would you like to try this pen?" we have a ...
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