Month: September 2010

HOME ENERGY MONITORING-DELIVERED BY GOOGLE STORY FROM SPRINGWSE NEWSLETTER Reducing energy consumption is clearly a global imperative, but before one can reduce it helps to know how much one is already consuming. Targeting the 40 million “smart meters” now in use worldwide—and the 100 million more soon to be added—Google is testing a new gadget…

SOLAR PANELS SHAPED LIKE CLAY ROOF TILES- SPRINGWISE NEWSLETTER From Recently Updated Converting to solar energy means covering a roof in unsightly solar panels. Not necessarily: Philadelphia company SRS Energy has developed the Solé Power Tile, a roof tile designed to sustainably convert sunlight into electricity without compromising aesthetics. The dark blue tiles, manufactured by…