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	<title>Residential Energy Kit Blog &#187; Home Power Management</title>
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		<title>Now Appartments Can Save Energy Like Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy monitoring systems are already a popular fixture in commercial buildings, but they&#8217;ve yet to take hold in the multi-family housing market. The reason for this is unclear. However, it&#8217;s obvious that this is a missed opportunity. Energy monitoring systems are an often ignored method for renters to measure and reduce their energy cost and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner&#8217;s Guide to Energy Audits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By YJ Draiman (about the author) Simple steps you can take to lower your energy bills. With rising energy cost, and an unstable economy, an energy audit is something any homeowner should undergo When most people hear the word &#8220;audit&#8221; they&#8217;re likely to break out in a cold sweat. But an energy audit is something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Energy Cost Savers &#8211; Easy to do</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Widespread Changes Can Lead to Big Results; 30 Tips for Cutting Your Energy Bill Here is a simple checklist of things you can do to reduce your energy bill—30 things in total! You’re sure to find some solutions to save money—and reduce your energy consumption. When using an air conditioning unit of any sort, set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE creates home energy unit in smart-grid play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Martin LaMonic GE&#8217;s Nucleus software displays real-time and historical energy use. (Credit: GE) General Electric has created a Home Energy Management business in a bid to apply digital technologies to energy efficiency in consumers&#8217; homes and the electric grid, the company said today. The business unit, part of GE Appliances &#38; Lighting, combines &#8220;smart&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Home Energy Monitor: Part 5 (Time for Action)</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/my-home-energy-monitor-part-5-time-for-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google powermeter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Nicholson 29.10.2010 kl 22:08 &#124; IDC Energy Industry Insights Community Since receiving and installing my web bridge I&#8217;ve collected 4 weeks worth of energy consumption data and am now able to view and analyze my data using Google PowerMeter. My daily average is 1,012 W, my always-on usage is 466 W (which surprised me) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic&#8217;s Home Energy Management System Receives European Utility Award 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osaka, Oct 15, 2010 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) &#8212; Panasonic Corporation announced its Home Energy Management System (HEMS) has received the European Utility Award 2010 in the Customer Excellence category at the 12th Annual metering, Billing/CRM Europe conference and exhibition in Vienna, a leading and innovative utility trade show in Europe. Panasonic became the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel ramps up home energy push with control-panel design</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Martin LaMonica Intel has announced a reference design for a home energy-management device, an attempt to get a foothold in the smart grid business and bring Intel&#8217;s chips to your kitchen table. At the West Coast Green conference in San Francisco yesterday, Intel Vice President Doug Davis said the design of the tablet-like device, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Electric Adopts Advanced Telemetry&#8217;s &#8216;EcoView(TM) Residential&#8217; Energy Management System</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/general-electric-adopts-advanced-telemetrys-ecoviewtm-residential-energy-management-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home energy monitors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GE Chooses EcoView Residential &#8212; a Feature Rich, Cost-Effective, Flexible and Scalable Wireless Energy Monitoring Dashboard That Helps Lower Homeowner Energy Usage, Utility Bills and Carbon Emissions SAN DIEGO, CA, Sep 14, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) &#8212; Advanced Telemetry (www.AdvancedTelemetry.com), developer of the EcoView(TM) smart energy management system for light commercial and residential applications, today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to create an energy efficient home office</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/how-to-create-an-energy-efficient-home-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/how-to-create-an-energy-efficient-home-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy bills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by s.e. Jones One of the unpleasant surprises people may find when they figure out how to work from home, is that their energy bills suddenly start to spike as all that home office equipment is so often in use; this is when many home office workers start thinking about making their home office a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two positive smart meter progress reports</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/two-positive-smart-meter-progress-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Heather Clancy &#124; September 10, 2010, 7:26am PDT With the continued backlash around smart meter projects (the latest is that smart meters might mess with your other gadgets at home!) it seemed relevant to point out two new progress reports on two different trials exploring the impact of household behavior in the face of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google adds home efficiency tips to PowerMeter</title>
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		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/google-adds-home-efficiency-tips-to-powermeter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy-efficiency recommendations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Martin LaMonica Google.org has tacked on energy-efficiency recommendations to PowerMeter, one of many features planned for its home energy Web application. The latest feature, accessible from the Take Action button, gives people a way to organize tasks for making a home more efficient. The recommendations are generated based on the type and size of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart-Gadget Business Boosts Interest in Energy Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/smart-gadget-business-boosts-interest-in-energy-efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart energy gadgets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Mannle Education Director, West Coast Green Posted: August 31, 2010 05:15 PM Home Energy &#8212; There&#8217;s an App for That! I have a confession to make: I&#8217;m burning coal right now. And in all likelihood you are too. Half the electricity in the US is generated by burning coal. And with more of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Home &#124; Home Automation Trends</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/smart-home-home-automation-trends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile (smart) telephony]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Automation Trends Converge To Drive Worldwide Adoption By Ben Flux Operations Director, Touch Panel Control Imagine ‘tweeting’ a command on Twitter to control the settings of your home equipment. Sounds far-fetched? Far from it. In his article titled ‘Growing the Connected Home Ecosystem’ as part of theConsumer Electronics Association’s annual 5 Technology Trends to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners save, store electricity</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/solar-panel/homeowners-save-store-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Theresa Curry • Contributor • July 25, 2010 Several hours into the second big snowfall in February, Chris Bolgiano went to the basement of her Fulks Run home and saw a digital clock blinking, the way they do when the power goes out. &#8220;That&#8217;s the only way we knew that no electricity was coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE Unveils In-Home Smart Meter</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/ge-unveils-in-home-smart-meter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Power Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home energy management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Energy Monitor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maisie Ramsay GE has unveiled a Zigbee-compliant in-home energy monitor that transmits real-time energy consumption data to computers and smartphones. The Nucleus communicates with smart meters to collect and store real-time household electricity consumption and pricing data for up to three years. &#8220;Currently consumers have little more than a monthly utility bill to determine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Reasons Cisco Won&#8217;t Dominate the Smart Grid With Its Slick Home-Energy Gadget</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/4-reasons-cisco-wont-dominate-the-smart-grid-with-its-slick-home-energy-gadget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kirsten Korosec &#124; Jul 2, 2010 Cisco (CSCO) has squeezed itself into the overloaded home-energy management market with a slick new gadget that allows customers to see how much power they’re using in real time. Unfortunately, Cisco picked the wrong centerpiece for its campaign to carve out a profitable new business in the smart-grid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belkin’s New Home Energy Monitor, Vampire Power Killers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 15, 2010, 12:30pm PDT Belkin has recently invested in electric vehicle-charging and energy-sensing technologies, but its main line of green business consists of consumer electronics chargers that kill vampire power. To that end, the maker of wireless electronics and Apple accessories has unveiled four new additions to its Conserve line of power-saving devices. Three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving energy at home can save you money</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ROBERT TOUCHIE For The Daily Gleaner Published Thursday June 10th, 2010   These days many families are looking for ways to be both frugal and environmentally friendly. Robert Touchie Photo Kevin Matthews is a renewable and home energy adviser with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. “The first step in achieving energy efficiency in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow these tips to save energy and cut costs in the summer heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Press Release Posted on Jun. 7th, 2010   Gardner Energy understands that, for most customers during the summer, your home energy bill usually increases by up to 15%, as households turn on their cooling systems to ward off the heat. Increased energy consumption, however, is not the only issue. In addition, cooling systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want a lower bill? Cut your energy usage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JOHN COX, Californian staff writer jcox@bakersfield.com &#124; Saturday, Jun 05 2010 12:00 PM Short of buying solar panels or a new air conditioner, Rosedale homeowner Clint Phillips has done just about all he can do to control his summer electric bills without sacrificing his family&#8217;s comfort. Some of the steps he has taken &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Energy Score?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by ANNA PRIOR Late-spring heat waves already have people cranking up the air conditioners &#8212; and their energy bills. But a new free tool may help people get a better handle on their home&#8217;s energy consumption. The Hohm Score, launched in May as part of Microsoft&#8217;s online service Microsoft-Hohm.com, lets users enter their address to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home energy saving tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted: May 26, 2010 7:43 PM EDT  Updated: May 27, 2010 7:19 AM EDT Keith Boles &#8211; bio &#124; email feedback JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) &#8211;We&#8217;ve already had some hot days and most of us have likely given in and turned on our air conditioning. But is your home as energy efficient as it could be?&#8230;..probably not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Energy Management to be a Critical Element of the Smart Grid User</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/uncategorized/home-energy-management-to-be-a-critical-element-of-the-smart-grid-user/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted : Thu, 27 May 2010 09:00:51 GMT Author : Pike Research   BOULDER, Colo. &#8211; (Business Wire) With technology vendors from small device startups to Microsoft and Google moving into the home energy management (HEM) market, and with governments and utilities investing billions of dollars into smart grid and smart meter deployments, sales of HEM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Envi Home Energy Monitor Now Featured Device Partner with Google PowerMeter</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/envi-home-energy-monitor-now-featured-device-partner-with-google-powermeter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/envi-home-energy-monitor-now-featured-device-partner-with-google-powermeter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Makes It Even Easier to Manage and Reduce Electricity Wastage Posted : Thu, 27 May 2010 13:02:42 GMT Author : PRWeb The Envi Home Energy Monitor allows households to monitor their whole home energy consumption in real time. Studies have shown that users of real time home energy monitors can save 5% to 15% on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you an energy hog? Microsoft eyes 60 million homes</title>
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		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/are-you-an-energy-hog-microsoft-eyes-60-million-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 26, 2010 This is an example of a Hohm Score, provided by a free online Microsoft service, that estimates a home&#8217;s energy use and compares it to others. More than 60 million U.S. homeowners, by simply typing in their address, can now see how their energy efficiency compares with others in their neighborhood or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Side Effect: Google PowerMeter Makes Smart Meters Irrelevant</title>
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		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/energy-side-effect-google-powermeter-makes-smart-meters-irrelevant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 04:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kirsten Korosec &#124; May 25, 2010 Google PowerMeter, the free home-energy monitoring software, may not have started out as a disruptive technology. But the Google (GOOG) product is doing a damned good job of making the smart meter about as necessary as another American Pie sequel. Google PowerMeter announced Monday it was partnering with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Hohm scores home energy efficiency</title>
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		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/microsoft-hohm-scores-home-energy-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 04:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 26, 2010 6:48 AM PDT by Martin LaMonica  Updated at 10:30 a.m. PDT with comments from Microsoft.    Microsoft is trying to garner more interest in its Hohm home energy app through neighborly competition.    The software giant released on Wednesday the Hohm Score, a free Web application that judges a home&#8217;s estimated energy efficiency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google PowerMeter Expands Into Home Energy Monitor Tie-Ins</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/google-powermeter-expands-into-home-energy-monitor-tie-ins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/google-powermeter-expands-into-home-energy-monitor-tie-ins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nino Marchetti, May 24th, 2010 Been curious about the Google PowerMeter initiative which lets you monitor your home energy consumption online? Up till now it has been pretty limited in usage to customers with a few scattered utilities, but now that is changing via a new partnership between Google and home energy monitor company Current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s so smart about a smart meter?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/whats-so-smart-about-a-smart-meter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dana Hull  dhull@mercurynews.com Posted: 05/23/2010 12:12:00 PM PDT Updated: 05/23/2010 06:55:51 PM PDT If you are a PG&#38;E customer, you either already have a so-called smart meter at your home or are in line to get one soon. PG&#38;E has installed 5.6 million smart gas and electric meters so far and plans for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New free UK website tracks and compares your home energy usage</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/new-free-uk-website-tracks-and-compares-your-home-energy-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/new-free-uk-website-tracks-and-compares-your-home-energy-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 24, 2010 – Energy costs for the average household have more than doubled over the past six years. On top of that British Gas have just reported a 7% rise in gas consumption due to the cold winter. But, how do you know if you are using more gas and electricity than other similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Program teaches contractors how to rate a home&#8217;s energy usage</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/program-teaches-contractors-how-to-rate-a-homes-energy-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/program-teaches-contractors-how-to-rate-a-homes-energy-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 19:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Pierce Jeff Hughes (left) and Shawn Davis, who own Capital City Construction, receive training from energy consultant Terrance Smith (far right). By Eric Eyre Staff writer   CHARLESTON, W.Va. &#8212; Jeff Hughes and Shawn Davis are training to become home-energy auditors. Last week, Hughes and Davis, contractors with Capital City Construction, went to the St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Smart meters need better user interface</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/grid-system/study-smart-meters-need-better-user-interface/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 03:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Martin LaMonica Consumers needs better operating instructions for the smart grid, a survey published on Wednesday shows. A Boston Consulting Group study found that the majority of consumers surveyed are willing to tap into the information from smart meters to conserve energy. But utilities haven&#8217;t done a good enough job of enabling people to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Energy Management System (hems)</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/home-energy-management-system-hems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEMS is becoming a very popular subject. You will find under the category &#8220;Home Power Management&#8221; all of the article posts that effect home energy(power) management. Currently they are: Apple Reveals Smart-Home Energy Management Dashboard System January 21st, 2010 Digi Introduces An Industry First Smart Energy Gateway February 11th, 2010 Direct Energy to unveil home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a good home energy-management system?</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/grid-system/what-makes-a-good-home-energy-management-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/grid-system/what-makes-a-good-home-energy-management-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 13, 2010 &#124; Camille Ricketts The Smart Grid, an upgrade to our energy infrastructure driven by information technology, is unquestionably gaining momentum as an industry in its own right. But it can also be divvied up into many different segments ranging from smart meters, to transmission-line upgrades, to demand response. The fastest-growing sector within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wattbot: A Personalized Tool to Cut Consumer Energy Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/wattbot-a-personalized-tool-to-cut-consumer-energy-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/home-power-management/wattbot-a-personalized-tool-to-cut-consumer-energy-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 19:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Jennifer Hicks &#124; May 7th, 2010 Want to reduce your energy bills but don’t know where to start or what to do? Brain-numbed by all you need to know to make the best choices? The quest is over.  Wattbot was designed with you in mind. “Wattbot helps people save money on their energy,” says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Grid Storage: GE and FIAMM Target Molten Salt Batteries. But Can They Compete with NGK?</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/power-backup-system/smart-grid-storage-ge-and-fiamm-target-molten-salt-batteries-but-can-they-compete-with-ngk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/power-backup-system/smart-grid-storage-ge-and-fiamm-target-molten-salt-batteries-but-can-they-compete-with-ngk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 4, 2010 By Steven Minnihan Last week, GE Transportation introduced its battery for Smart Grid storage –  a sodium halide battery dubbed Durathon, which boasts a cycle life of up to 20 years. Additionally, the company announced a manufacturing plant for the battery in Schenectady, NY, along with a $150 million investment in advanced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy rebates: Cold cash may heat up appliance market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie Wernau, Tribune newspapers April 8, 2010 If you&#8217;ve been thinking about replacing that energy-hogging refrigerator or outdated dishwasher, now might be the time. A nationwide program that gives rebates for consumers purchasing Energy Star appliances will soon be in full force. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech coalition to Obama: Set home energy info free</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of consumer technology companies, including Google, General Electric, and Intel, on Monday urged President Obama to create policies that give consumers better access to home energy information. In a letter, 47 companies and nongovernmental organizations said that making detailed data on electricity and fuel use available to consumers is a key step toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making your house more energy efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By The Oregonian Among the top five green home purchases these days are high-efficiency toilets, like these at the Kohler booth during the 2010 International Builders&#8217; Show in Las Vegas. These days, few homeowners have the thousands of dollars it would take for a whole-house energy makeover. In the shakedown of what does make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some simple fixes made our house more energy efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com &#62; Real Estate Housewatch By Katherine Salant Saturday, March 20, 2010 After years of exhorting readers to make their houses more energy efficient, I decided it was time to take a hard look at my own. Last fall I engaged a home performance specialist for an energy audit. The results showed that our 50-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Power releases SDK for wireless home energy sensors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editors Note: This SDK (Software Development Kit) will give the right person a great business opportunity.) VentureBeat &#124; March 15, 2010 &#124; Robert Mullins Serial entrepreneur Gene Wang started People Power, a maker wireless network devices that monitor energy consumption, because he knows how much energy is wasted by the average household. Thermostats are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising Home-Energy Hogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the small appliances that can waste the most electricity. Thirty years ago the average home had 3 devices on all the time. Today we have 30.]]></description>
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		<title>Digi Introduces An Industry First Smart Energy Gateway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[-ConnectPort X2 for Smart Energy is first gateway to seamlessly connect ZigBee Smart Energy certified devices before or with Smart Meter deployments- MINNETONKA, Minn., Feb 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) &#8212; Digi International /quotes/comstock/15*!dgii/quotes/nls/dgii (DGII 9.23, -0.19, -2.02%) today introduced the ConnectPort(R) X2 for Smart Energy gateway. It is a ZigBee Smart Energy certified gateway that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Star Rebates</title>
		<link>http://www.residentialenergykit.com/blog/wind-turbine/energy-star-rebates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Offers and Rebates from ENERGY STAR Partners To encourage customers to buy energy efficient products, ENERGY STAR partners occasionally sponsor special offers, such as sales tax exemptions or credits, or rebates on qualified products. Partners also occasionally sponsor recycling incentives for the proper disposal of old products. The search below is provided as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Reveals Smart-Home Energy Management Dashboard System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while we&#8217;re given powerful insights into systems that could be game changers - and while not apparently sexy at the moment, Apple surprises us with a peek at their coming Smart Home Energy Management Dashboard System that packs a punch. Apple&#8217;s patent reviews technology related to this system that many simply know as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Energy to unveil home energy manager for smart meters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Souder/Reporter If you have a smart meter on the outside of your home, you may soon be able to use it through a home entertainment terminal inside your home. Houston&#8217;s Direct Energy will unveil a new home energy monitoring system with partners Whirlpool, Best Buy, Lennox and Open Peak on Thursday at the 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Energy Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Information Displays: In-Home Display Devices,
Web Dashboards, and Mobile Applications]]></description>
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		<title>Now Available: GridPoint’s Home Energy Management Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Katie Fehrenbacher Posted December 9th, 2009 at 12:00 pm in Green IT, smart grid Every smart grid company, IT firm and software startup seems to have the desire to build a home energy management tool these days. But one we’ve been waiting to see for awhile has just launched: Smart grid player GridPoint says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy displays bring the smart grid home (photos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 1, 2009 8:51 AM PST This display shows the primary components of a networked home-energy management system. There is a smart meter that can communicate with a wireless gateway next to it. To the left of that is a wireless thermostat for controlling heating and cooling. The Tendril Volt is a Zigbee-enabled plug that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wi-Fi wants its piece of the Smart Grid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Woody Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wi-Fi Alliance has created a task force to work on setting standards so that Wi-Fi can play a large role in future development of the cleaner, more efficient Smart Grid. Today, this new group released a white paper exploring all of the areas Wi-Fi could aid in communication between the new electric meters, utilities [...]]]></description>
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