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LEDs: An Incandescent Opportunity for Utilities
December 21, 2009
The first light-emitting diode (LED) screw-in replacement lamp that promises to outperform both incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps has made its debut.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-10a | Author: Mary Horsey
PV LED Lighting Effective but Expensive in Field Tests
November 23, 2009
Recent field testing of solar-powered outdoor light-emitting diode (LED) lighting shows that LED/photovoltaic (PV) technology could provide adequate light while reducing energy use and light pollution.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-12-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Google to Compete with Utilities for Energy Information Supremacy?
November 23, 2009
Google has announced a partnership that allows customers to see detailed information about their energy consumption without needing a utility smart meter.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-12-09b | Author: Essie Snell
Water Heaters Garner Energy Star Rating (Finally)
November 23, 2009
Energy Star has finally developed a water heater labeling program thanks to demonstrated reliability and decreasing costs of new water heater technologies that are opening the door to high-efficiency options.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-12-09c | Author: Joe Shekiro
New Demand-Response Technology Could Offer Increased Flexibility at Lower Cost
October 22, 2009
A new web-based technology with simple plug-in installation could offer demand-response switching and load monitoring for residential, commercial, and industrial appliances.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-09b | Author: Essie Snell
New Lighting Standards: Say "Goodbye" to T12s
August 25, 2009
New national minimum energy-efficiency requirements for general purpose fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps promise big energy savings and will affect utility incentive programs.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-9-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Two Heavyweights Enter the Home Energy Information Arena
August 25, 2009
In recent months, both Google and Microsoft have announced new web-based services that offer consumers access to detailed information about and control over their energy consumption.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-9-09b | Author: Dan Greenberg
Solar Power Optimizers Step Out of the Shade
August 25, 2009
A pair of products that hit the market in May 2009 promise to reduce photovoltaic system vulnerability to shade, enhance array design flexibility, reduce installation costs, and offer other benefits.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-9-09c | Author: Dan Greenberg
New Residential HVAC Motors Open Up Retrofit Opportunities
July 29, 2009
Three high-efficiency motors introduced in 2009 offer new retrofit savings opportunities for residential furnaces and air conditioners.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-09b | Author: Peter Criscione
Cost-Cutting Technique Puts Refrigerant Charge in the Palm of Your Hand
July 29, 2009
A breakthrough temperature-based technique for determining and adjusting refrigerant charge levels in air conditioners has the potential to reduce the costs of maintaining equipment efficiency.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-09e | Author: Mary Horsey
Special Report from LightFair
Advances in LEDs, Fluorescents, and Lighting Controls
June 25, 2009
Light-emitting diode (LED) products that use new cooling strategies to increase efficiency and lifetime were just one innovation presented at the 2009 LightFair International Trade Show and Conference.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-7-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Getting In-Home Networks and AMI on Speaking Terms
June 1, 2009
The first open standards–based software platform for in-home networks, which link devices like thermostats and load switches, promises to improve communications between utilities and residential customers in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart grid environment.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-6-09a | Author: John Sustar
Ill Wind Blows on Small Turbine Performance
June 1, 2009
In the wake of new federal tax credits for small wind turbines, two recent studies have revealed that many on-site small turbines with rated outputs of 10 kilowatts or less don’t perform as well as expected.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-6-09b | Author: John Sustar
Will U-SNAP Make Smart Grid a Snap?
June 1, 2009
A versatile new adapter has the potential to overcome significant barriers to widespread adoption of home-area networks, envisioned as an integral part of future smart grid deployments.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-6-09c | Author: Dan Greenberg
Will Green Plug Wipe Out Wall Warts?
April 22, 2009
A new universal power supply technology promises to reduce plug load energy consumption, decrease trash, and rescue consumers from the ever-increasing tangle of individual power supplies, or “wall warts.”
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-5-09a | Author: Jarett Zuboy
New Software for Efficient Building Design
March 1, 2009
A new free software program can help you design more efficient buildings by providing simulation data as early as the conceptual design phase–instead of at the design’s end, as is typical.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-09a | Author: Jessica Rivas
A Lighting Gateway to Demand Response
March 1, 2009
A new lighting control product promises to simplify the inclusion of lighting into demand-response programs for buildings that have building automation systems.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-09b | Author: Ira Krepchin
Task/Ambient Lighting: Stylish, Portable, and Efficient
February 1, 2009
A new desk lamp combines task and ambient lighting in one product to provide an efficient and aesthetic lighting solution for small offices, hotel rooms, lobbies, and waiting rooms.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
New Load-Control Switch Talks Back
February 1, 2009
A next-generation load-control switch that can provide more advanced verification of load shedding was released at the end of 2008.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-09b | Author: John Sustar
The Dawning of Solar CHP?
February 1, 2009
A first-of-its-kind combined heating and power (CHP) system is being developed for the residential market.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-09e | Author: Dan Greenberg
Smart Appliances Try Again
January 1, 2009
A new line of residential smart appliances with advanced load control features will be available from a leading appliance manufacturer in early 2009.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-09a | Author: John Sustar
Envisioning 2025: Nationwide Initiative Sets Goals for Energy-Efficiency Policy
January 1, 2009
In a new report, the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency presents goals and strategies to facilitate collaboration among utilities, regulators, and other stakeholders in establishing a supportive policy environment for demand-side management programs.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-09b | Author: Dan Greenberg
Daylight Harvesting: Keeping It Simple
New System Promises Friendly Operation and Low Cost
January 1, 2009
A new approach to daylighting, called the Simplified Daylight Harvesting system, promises to reduce the difficulties plaguing many installations that automatically adjust electric lights in response to the amount of incoming daylight.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-09e | Author: Ira Krepchin
Breathing New Life into a Low-Cost Heat Pump Water Heater
November 15, 2008
The AirTap add-on heat pump water heater, which features a low-cost innovative design, has been acquired by a new company that plans to breathe life into the product with a new marketing campaign.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-08a | Author: John Sustar
Safety First for Metal Halide Lamps
November 15, 2008
Metal halide lamps usually fail safely, but on the rare occasions that they don’t, the results can be disastrous. For example, in 2001 a fire caused by a metal halide lamp gutted about 80 percent of a 990,000-square-foot warehouse in Mount Joy, Iowa.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-08b | Author: Ira Krepchin
Look Ma, No Mercury!
Electron-Stimulated Luminescence: A Bulb for the Future?
November 15, 2008
An alternative to the incandescent lamp, now under development, uses no mercury and promises better efficacy and longer life—although it’s not quite up to compact fluorescent lamp or light-emitting diode standards for some applications.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-08e | Author: Ira Krepchin
Can Dimming Ballasts Enable a Brighter Future?
October 1, 2008
A new dimming ballast for linear fluorescent lights will soon be available at a cost low enough to enable a host of lighting control capabilities that save energy, reduce demand, and provide better lighting satisfaction.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-10-08a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Smart Thermostat Knows More than Just HVAC
Tech News, August 2008
August 1, 2008
A new programmable communicating thermostat with advanced features that allows it to centrally control a home energy-management system was officially launched in 2008.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-08a | Author: John Sustar
Laser TV Takes Aim at Energy Use
Tech News, August 2008
August 1, 2008
Mitsubishi Electric is slated to release a high-definition, laser-driven TV—called LaserVue—that the company says will consume significantly less power than existing flat-screen technologies while providing a superior picture.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-08b | Author: Spencer Sator
Beating the Heat When It Matters
Tech News, August 2008 — Emerging Tech
August 1, 2008
A new high-efficiency residential air conditioner that performs well in very hot conditions will soon be available, making it the second of its type on the market.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-08e | Author: Peter Criscione
