Archive for March, 2010
Manchester City Council, UK – DEHEMS and the city’s strategy on climate change
Posted by: | CommentsAs a local government authority Manchester City Council is required to report against a suite of 98 National Indicators (NIs), some of which concern the environment, and one of which, NI186, requires monitoring and reduction of city-wide CO2 emissions. In practice, this monitoring is conducted at a national level and reported publically each year. The Audit Commission oversee all these indicators but they are variously reported to specific government agencies/departments eg NI186 is managed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Read More→
Home Energy Monitoring in Helsinki, Finland
Posted by: | CommentsTake a look at this report from EuroNews for details of an energy monitoring project in Helsinki homes – the report includes a short video. The project BeAware, is an EU Framework 7, project. The project objective for BeAware is to study how “ubiquitous information can turn energy consumers into active players”. Th eproject is looking at three aspects of technology:
- Wireless monitoring of energy consumption at appliance level
- Mobile interaction to integrate energy use profiles into users’ everyday life
- Value added service platforms and models where consumers can act on energy information
SMARTER – a DEHEMS further development project launches
Posted by: | CommentsOn Friday 26th February the first project deploying technology and research emanating from the DEHEMS project was launched. Read More→
