A few weeks ago, IBM made one of its strongest plays in the smart buildings market by announcing that it was acquiring Las Vegas-based Tririga. Today, word is that the deal is done. Financial terms remain undisclosed, however. With Tririga, a maker of facility and real estate management software, in the fold, IBM can leverage […]
MSI LEDs to light up the San Diego Air and Space Museum
Today’s LED-related news offers a neat, practically literal parallel to the story of the solid-state lighting technology’s ascendancy. Deerfield Beach, Florida-based MSI announced today that the San Diego Air and Space Museum is replacing the tungsten halogen lighting it currently uses with the LED lighting manufacturer’s LED bulbs. Coincidentally, MSI’s LEDs are already being put […]
Infographic: Your home’s energy intensive ways
I love a good infographic in the morning. 1BOG’s pixelsmiths are at it again with a new infographic that illustrates how the American home has grown (literally and figuratively) to a big consumer of electricity. Did you know that by 2001, 86 percent of American households had microwaves compared to just 14 percent in 1980? […]
IBM snags smart buildings software maker Tririga
IBM today announced that it is acquiring Tririga, the Las Vegas, Nevada-based maker of facilities management software for an undisclosed amount. The move is the latest in Big Blue’s Smarter Buildings initiative, which pursues IT opportunities in a burgeoning market for solutions that improve cost- and energy-efficiency of real estate assets like corporate offices and […]
Can Microsoft Kinect with the smart home?
Besides leading to explosive sales for Microsoft, its Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 has also turned into an impressive “innovation platform,” to quote Tim O’Reilly. One of those innovations comes from Nitrogen (aka Mike) who hacked a Kinect sensor bar to interface with a home automation control system. As you can see in the […]
Top 10: SunRun ranks the greenest stadiums in the U.S.
Just in time for the Super Bowl, SunRun, the San Francisco-based home solar financing and installation startup has ranked the ten greenest stadiums in the U.S. Though Cowboys Stadium, this year’s home to the big game, didn’t top the list, it made a strong showing nonetheless. Instead, the number 1 spot goes to Qwest Field, […]
Semitech lands Series A funding for power line smart grid communications
Singapore-based Semitech today announced that the company has raised $3.4 million AUS — incidentally nearly the same USD amount due to current exchange rates — with an option for up to $6 million more for a total possible haul of $9 million. The Series A round was led by Melbourne, Australia’s Cleantech Ventures. The startup […]
EverLast’s renewable-powered lighting system is NASA-approved
While it won’t be going into orbit, EverLast’s outdoor lighting system is still accomplishing a pretty neat feat for the spacefaring agency. The Jackson, Michigan-based company is behind the sensor-backed tech that’s providing an 0ff-grid parking lot at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas with zero-emissions, energy efficient outdoor induction lighting. How? With […]
GE: “Everyone is talking about the Volt”
A fair assessment, judging by the press its getting by winning The North American Car of the Year title. And if you’re in any way invested in the EV ecosystem, there’s reason to be happy. GE spokesman Robert Peterson thinks that the other General’s win (GM) is significant because it represents a not only a […]
Ford: Start-Stop tech is a-comin’
I’m more of a green computing/data center/gadgets/ type of guy, with a sprinkling of cleantech and smart grid. (Wow, that’s a lotta slashes…) But occasionally there’s a little automotive ingenuity that deserves a mention. Heck, green geeks need to get behind the wheel too, right? Ford this week announced that its Auto Start-Stop tech will […]
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