Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced at an industry event this week that it is installing 13,000 new smart meters a day, a pace that the utility will have to keep up if it wants reach its goal of 10 million installations by 2012. To many, this is great news — further proof that the smart grid is picking up steam and, as Pike Research forecasts, is well on its way to hitting 250 million smart meter installations by 2015. But not everyone is as jazzed about the smart-metering boom. In Bakersfield, Calif., some resident say the smart meters have brought nothing but misery. This week, I take a look at what went wrong in Bakersfield and what other utilities can learn from PG&E's mistakes. Subscribe now or sign in to view this Weekly Update »
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Software Shuts Down Office PCs When Not in Use

Power management software from NEC, called enepal PC, monitors user activity over three months, allowing corporate PCs to enter sleep mode or shut down automatically when workers are away.
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Cree to Light up 650 Wal-Mart Stores’ Aisles with LEDs

LED lighting maker Cree scores a contract to provide Wal-Mart with general purpose recessed fixtures and spot lights that use 82 percent less energy than the ceramic metal-halide bulbs they replace.
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Facebook Goes Green with New Data Centers « Data Center Knowledge

Facebook's growth means more data center space, which in turn is prompting the social networking site to seek leases in LEED-certified facilities.
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IBM Sees Green IT Pastures in Emerging Markets

Half of IBM's green data center revenue is generated outside the U.S. and new deals in India, Slovakia and Sao Paulo, Brazil are evidence of green IT's growing global appeal.
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Nov 6, 2009 — Proving that there's always room for improvement, NEC is taking a different approach to corporate PC power management. Instead of creating software that powers down after a period of inactivity (a very old trick, frankly), NEC's enepal PC monitors keyboard and mouse input over a period of a couple of months and relies on usage patterns to schedule standby and sleep modes. On the downside, a habitually darkened screen may look to your boss like you've been taking one too many snack or smoking breaks...
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