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southern california edison: Let's go up on the roof: Southern California Edison: Let's go up on the roof...About damn time we started moving into the future! Now all we have to do is start building sustainable and energy efficient buildings and the need for massive quantities of power will diminish making solar, wind and wave not only viable but...; Tags: Southern California Edison; Discussion threads 2008-03-27
southern california edison: Let's go up on the roof: What do you do with 65 million square feet (that's nearly two square miles) of unused rooftops on California commercial buildings? If you're Southern California Edison SCE, you figure they're as good a place as any for a massive solar cell installation. Which is precisely what the utility announced today...; Tags: California, Southern California Edison, Sales Force Management, Sales, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-27
southern california edison: Why not keep your options open?: Southern California Edison: Why not keep your options open?Wellconsidering that water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and the major product of hydrogen fuel cells is water, I guess you could argue that killing the hydrogen economy is a good thing.And don't tell me that water...; Tags: environmentalist, hydrogen, global warming, Southern California Edison; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
southern california edison: Why not keep your options open?: I will be the first to admit that I am not a rocket scientist. But I like to think that makes me more like most of the people who read this blog than the people that I interview for this blog. Controversy, of course, makes for good...; Tags: Utility, Hydrogen, Southern California Edison, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-01-30
A blog on light bulbs to brighten the last day of 2007: In a perfect world, I would be posting my absolutely brilliant Top Something-Or-Other Predictions for Green Tech list today. Because I know every human being LOVES lists. But, I woke up this morning in Cape May, New Jersey, and it's beautiful outside and I haven't finished...; Tags: Blog, Greenhouse Gas, Southern California Edison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-31

Mirror, mirror on the wall. Where's the greenest city of them all?: It shouldn't shock you to hear that I receive a lot of pitches for this blog. (Which is a very good thing for ideas, actually, so keep them coming.) One trend I've noticed is that many of what I'll call the "real" green-tech efforts and experiments are...; Tags: Alternative Energy, City, Idea, Singapore, Wall, Southern California Edison, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-11-08
When it comes to electrical grid, smarter is greener: Got a dispatch out of Rosemead, California: "Southern California Edison Unveils Nation's Smartest Neighborhood Electricity Grid." The document goes on to cover what the utility calls the "Circuit of the Future," a project serving 1,420 homes and businesses in an area called the "Inland Empire." The project is designed...; Tags: Alternative Energy, Fiber-optics, Power Generation, Grid, Southern California Edison, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Networking, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Line Clearing GIS Mapping Project: Southern California Edison SCE manages line clearing for safety, reliability, and regulatory purposes. Fire prevention is important in Southern California, and SCE uses GIS as a tool to combat the risk of wildfire. In an effort to identify riparian habitat areas, SCE turned to GIS and Integrated Spatial Solutions Incorporated...; Tags: Southern California Edison, GIS, Software; Case studies

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Introduction to BIT: This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...; Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Photos: Where the building is the network: The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...; Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-14
Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico: An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...; Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Semantics add value to new travel site as UpTake emerges from private beta: Palo Alto-based travel meta-search site UpTake formerly Kango entered a new phase this morning, emerging from a private beta programme that began in December to give a clear indication of how they've been spending the $4million secured from Shasta Ventures last year. For...; Tags: Hotel, San Diego, Site, UpTake, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-14
MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?: MySpace won statutory damages of more than $230 million against spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines, but the big question is whether this ruling--delivered in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles--will act as a deterrent. To be sure, MySpace's win see court order PDF has some...; Tags: MySpace, Stanford Wallace, User Engagement, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged: Craigslist has filed its response to eBay's lawsuit and the company hits back--hard. Craigslist alleges that eBay participated in everything from "unlawful and unfair competition," false advertising, business interference and even phishing attacks. The official list via Craigslist: "We filed a complaint in California today, charging...; Tags: Google Inc., Craigslist, Advertisement, eBay Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
49% of consumers listen to radio for new music: In 2008, radio is mentioned as the medium “you turn to first to learn about new music” by about half of consumers (49%), with internet at 25%, according to Edison Media Research. In 2002, radio was mentioned by nearly two-thirds of consumers (63%) and only 9% mentioned internet. by NB; Tags: Consumer, Radio, Music, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-05-12
A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic: The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...; Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-11
18% of US consumers have listened to an audio podcast: 18% of consumers have ever listened to an audio podcast; up from 13% in 2007. 9% have listened to an audio podcast in the past month (an estimated 23 mln) , according to Edison Media Research. For the third straight year, awareness of XM and Sirius hovers around 60%. 16%...; Tags: Audio Podcast, Satellite Radio, Podcasts, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off: Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em offuh huhDon't know about Canada. Here in Montana, two years ago it was -50 so they are dead...all of them. What wasn't mentioned here is that they are a constant thing, but if it gets below -40 they die. The more...; Tags: global warming, winter; Discussion threads 2008-05-10
US weekly online radio audience increased in 2007 to 33 mln: The weekly online radio audience increased in the past year to an estimated 33 mln. 13% of the US population age 12 and older have listened to online radio in the past week; up from 11% (approximately 29 mln) in 2007, according to Edison Media Research. On a weekly basis,...; Tags: Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-05-09

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