May 3, 2012
"The energy requirements for electric vehicles will challenge the current power grid as plug-in vehicle counts continue to grow to an expected 2.9 million worldwide by 2017. This project has the potential to ease the infrastructure and consumer concerns associated with the mass adoption of EVs, by adding another layer of agility to the EV charging process. This level of intelligence will help make charging seamless for consumers, while ensuring the electricity source is reliable and the infrastructure is stable."

— Quote found in a Pacific Gas and Electric Company press release about a new pilot project that allows Utilities to communicate charging instructions directly to EVs based on Power Grid conditions.  The press release is titled “IBM, Honda, and PG&E Enable Smarter Charging for Electric Vehicles”

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Filed under: smart-grid energy sustainability electricity charging EV Electric-Vehicles HOnda IBM PG&E 
December 15, 2011
"Although better hardware design can reduce energy consumption, companies must also take into account the utilization of their IT equipment. The utilization rate of certain types of servers can typically be only 20%. Underutilized systems expend a lot of energy on non-business purposes, thus wasting a major investment. Virtualization and consolidation can help utilize the entire capacity of your IT equipment."

— Quote found in an IBM Redbook titled “Smarter Data Centers Achieving Greater Efficiency”

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Filed under: ibm smarter data centers greenIT Green Green IT smarter-planet smarter planet energy sustainability 
November 10, 2011
"Electrical grids, the interconnected systems that transmit and distribute power, are at the heart of how we use energy. Yet despite their importance, in many places around the world these grids are falling apart. In the United States, while electricity demand increased by about 25 percent between 1990 and 1999, construction of transmission infrastructure decreased by 30 percent. Since then, annual investment in transmission has increased again, but much of the grid remains antiquated and overloaded."

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Quote found in a MIT Technology Review Briefing article titled: The Smart Grid

Smart Grid

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Filed under: smart-grid energy utlitities utility power smarter-planet smarter-energy 
August 4, 2011
"‘Project Green Insights’ seeks to demonstrate the benefits of smarter buildings through elements such as instrumentation through smart metering, interconnectivity through the Internet, and intelligence through energy analytics. Specifically, a network of smart meters will be installed in the selected schools to capture data on energy usage which will be transmitted, using IBM’s cloud-based solution, to the Internet for sharing with all stakeholders"

— Quote found in an article titled “Singapore Green Building Council Receives US$100,000 Grant from IBM to Help Build a Smarter Planet” at online site Green Business Times

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Filed under: smarter-buildings smart-buildings sensors energy efficiency low-carbon green green-buildings singapore ibm buildings 
June 22, 2011
"When it comes to environmental sustainability, the information technology community has seriously mistaken its priorities. Our latest research has confirmed what we have been saying for four years. The IT industry is already energy-neutral in terms of its consumption and savings, but there is still no credible scenario for safely managing the global production and disposal of literally billions of personal computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Yet even today, improving the energy efficiency of IT equipment is still the overwhelming focus of the Green IT community."

— Quote found in a blog post by David Moschella of IDG on Infoboom: The Green It Movement Has Lost The Plot

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Filed under: GreenIT Green energy smarter-planet utilities carbon 
May 31, 2011
"The proliferation of computing power into more and more devices, buildings and infrastructures is driving new levels of insight and operational efficiency for organizations around the globe. From rail lines criss-crossing a country, utilities with thousands of miles of pipeline to hospitals with tens of thousands of clinical devices, we can put technology into places that you never could before and glean actionable intelligence."

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Quote by David Bartlett, IBM vice president of Industry Solutions.  Quote found online at Global Energy Magazine article “IBM launches new smart metering and smart transportation software”

Global Energy Magazine

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Filed under: energy analytics smarter-planet sensors intelligence smarter-cities information meters 
April 29, 2011
"The smart grid, which has received significant attention, is – in the end – a platform. The Smart Building might turn out to be the first true ‘killer app’ of the new smart grid infrastructure. Advances in energy efficiency and electricity demand management through SB systems will transform the interaction between commercial buildings and the electricity grid."

— Quote by Casey Talon, a research analyst with IDC Energy Insights found in IDC Press Release “IDC Energy Insights Forecasts 27% Worldwide Growth in the Commercial Smart Building Systems Market”

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(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: building smarter-planet smart-buildings smart-cities intelligence intelligent sensors energy smart-grid 
April 6, 2011
"In 14 and a half seconds, the sun provides as much energy to Earth as humanity uses in a day. In 112 hours – less than five days – it provides as much energy as is contained in all proven reserves of oil, coal, and natural gas on this planet. If humanity could capture one tenth of one percent of the solar energy striking the earth – one part in one thousand – we would have access to six times as much energy as we consume in all forms today, with almost no greenhouse gas emissions. At the current rate of energy consumption increase – about 1 percent per year – we will not be using that much energy for another 180 years."

— Quote found in an article written by Ramez Naam, CEO of Apex Nanotechnologies, appearing in Scientific American titled “Smaller, cheaper, faster: Does Moore’s law apply to solar cells?

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Filed under: solar energy smarter sustainable sustainability sun 
October 28, 2010
"Consider the Perry Avenue Building… The building combines wind turbines, rooftop solar panels and reflective roofing to reduce surface temperatures. Rainwater is recycled in the toilets and there are even special accommodations for low-emission vehicles. The building’s functions are all integrated, managed and monitored with technology."

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Quote found at “Smarter Buildings Make for a Sustainable Future” in an article written by Florence Hudson and published online at The Huffington Post

Perry Avenue Building

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Filed under: buildings smarter-buildings energy efficiency wind solar green smarter-planet 
September 21, 2010
"IBM Accelerates Smart Grid Adoption: First to Offer Complete Smart Grid Communications Services for Utilities This new offering will allow utilities to transform their networks and make the transition from traditional to “smart” grids. With secure and scalable communications infrastructure integrated from the data center all the way to the sensor or smart meter, utilities can maximize service levels, better consolidate and manage security, execute network monitoring and management functions, manage assets, meet regulatory requirements and further accelerate the deployment of smarter grids – all while meeting cost objectives."

— IBM Accelerates Smart Grid Adoption; Helps Utilities Modernize Communications Networks   via IBM U.S. Press Room, 21 Sept 2010

(Source: prnewswire.com)

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Filed under: grid energy smart-grid telecommunications telco utilities smarter-planet smart-cities intelligent sensors smart-meters ibm green sustainability 
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