Items Tagged With carbon footprint

The Tenherte PICOWatt allows any appliance plugged into it to be controlled from a computer or smartphone.  It also measures the power used by the appliance, can schedule its control and cleverly can actually decide itself when best to turn it on and off.

As your electricity supplier enables Smart Grid technologies you will, for example, be able to have 2-way devices like the PICOWatt 'talk' to the grid and decide the cheapest time to turn on your washing machine. 

The PICOwatt launches on Earth Day (22nd April) at around $80.Watch the video after the jump...

New UK start-up PassivSystems have launched their energy monitoring and control system at CES. The set-up comprises of wireless sensors, electricity power monitors and heating controllers - all brought together on an easy to manage on-line interface.  Watch the video after the jump...

The extraordinary long life and lower power qualities of the new generation of LED bulbs make them a hot topic.  However many designs refuse to work with the regular mains dimmers many of us already have in our homes.  Now a new range is launching soon from CasaTech and we have a free delivery offer for Automated Home readers...

Wow, what a coup for AlertMe. They've just announced a partnership with a little Internet company you may have heard of - Google! Their brand new "Energy" product is a combination of a clip-on meter reader, wireless hub and the online goodness of Google's PowerMeter.  This will enabling users to monitor their energy consumption via their iGoogle homepage.  Watch the video and read the full release after the jump...

Techtoniq have just released v1.1 of its CurrentCost Agent.  It's a client-server application for Windows XP which allows you to log and analyse data collected by either your Classic or Brand new CC128 CurrentCost device...