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12/05/2011

Featured Articles » City of Seattle to Commercial Building Owners: Thou Shalt be Efficient! » Cloud Computing Becoming an Outlet for the Smart Grid » Johnson Electric Intros the First-Ever Gas Shut-Off Valve for Smart Meters   Sponsor: M2M Evolution Conference The M2M Evolution Conference will focus on the "value proposition" phase of M2M and how real life M2M technologies and applications are helping businesses fuel growth and productivity. This event will explore the role of the network platform and will define how the "cloud" plays a role in delivering M2M solutions. M2M Evolution will also explore the increasing variety of M2M enabled devices. This event is for all vertical industries but will have a particular emphasis on medical applications, including; remote monitoring and diagnostics, patient tracking, claims processing and more. Sessions include a series of analyst insight, real life case studies, and roundtable discussions designed to demonstrate how to exploit these new technologies. .   Top Stories » Body Heat: Coming to a Socket Near You » EnerNOC Selected by Duquesne Light Company » SingTel Group Subsidiary Joins GSMA Mobile Energy Efficiency Benchmarking Initiative   From The Expert Corner December 05, 2011 Giving Credit Where Credit Won't Do By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media An article came in my e-mail box from the National Green Energy Council. The article talked about President Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative and $4 billion of federal and private sector funds available for retrofitting government offices and businesses with energy-efficient solutions. If you recall former President Bill Clinton mentioned this idea in an article in Newsweek. And, according to Ralph Avallone, the author of the e-mail I received, it was Sept. 23, 2008, that the National Green Energy Council proposed this in its master plan. However, the tone of the e-mail was rather unforgiving to Congress.  Now the council’s website is actually here (http://www.greenenergycouncil.com/) which has the word International on it, which made me turn on my sound on to see if “the Internationale” was playing in the background. It was not. I can see why it was hard to get the initiative to be taken seriously. The website is not particularly friendly. The National Press Club event mentioned in the article has no corresponding press release, nor did I find the “Master Plan... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with Data Foundry, Inc.    Featured Resources » Finding your packet performance sweet spot » Competing in the information era: A smarter approach to smart grids.   TMCnet's Blogs » Truly Converged Access... » The Future Premises Network, Part I   Featured Channels » Solar Power » Renewable Energy » Embedded M2M Solutions » Smarter Utility - ATT   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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