Tagged: Smart Meters
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Smart metering company expands into UK and EU markets News
02.04.2013 Galway-based energy-monitoring company Meterlogix, which recently announced 12 new jobs, has launched a new business in the UK market as a first step before launching into Europe. -
Smart grid investments hit US$13.9bn mark globally in 2012 – BNEF News
25.01.2013 Smart grid investments rose by 7pc at a global level in 2012, with utilities forking out almost US$14bn – that’s according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance... -
Galway smart metering firm Meterlogix to create 12 new jobs News
10.12.2012 Meterlogix, an energy monitoring and management start-up, is to create 12 new jobs in the next two years, the company has revealed.Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Hardware, Green Tech, Green Computing, Engineering, Energy -
Catagen and Wattics win top awards at all-island Seedcorn Business Competition News
29.11.2012 Catagen and Wattics have been named the Best High Growth company and the Best Emerging company at the InterTradeIreland 10th annual all-island Seedcorn Business competition. -
Ireland should capitalise on white spaces opportunity following analogue TV switch-off News
06.11.2012 Following the switch-off of Ireland’s analogue TV signal in recent weeks, tech industry giants like Microsoft and academics are urging the country to take advantage of a huge... -
US start-up AutoGrid raises US$9m to progress its smart-grid technology News
30.10.2012 AutoGrid, a Palo Alto, California, start-up founded in 2011, has raised US$9m in Series B funding to pioneer its big data analytics platform for energy, with the aim of allowing...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy -
UCD spin-out Wattics nominated for R&D award News
27.01.2012 Wattics, a University College Dublin spin-out, is tapping into the need for businesses to become more energy efficient in these lean economic times. The start-up, which is...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Green Tech, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Management, Business Software, Business IntelligenceTags: Innovation, Data Analytics, Data Management, NovaUCD, UCD, Energy, Electricity, Ireland, Smart Meters, InterTradeIreland, R&D, Start-ups, Spin-out, -
Water reform in Ireland to undergo six-week public consultation News
16.01.2012 The Government is today starting a six-week public consultation to look at its proposed reforms of the water sector via areas such as the water metering programme and the... -
EPA and Dublin Science Gallery to hold free water lecture News
10.01.2012 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Dublin’s Science Gallery are holding a free public lecture called Watertight: the future of Irish water, this coming Thursday (12... -
Clever start-up creates tech that makes smart meters smarter News
14.10.2011 Wattics, an innovative young company that has spun out of the Clarity Centre at UCD has developed a new technology that could revolutionise building maintenance by analysing...Categories: Software, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Computing, Green, Funding, Energy, Business Intelligence -
Intel locates global Energy and Sustainability Lab in Ireland News
14.10.2011 Intel has located its new Energy and Sustainability Lab at the major Intel campus in Leixlip. The lab will drive Intel’s research agenda in the application of information...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Energy, Education, Data Management, Data Centre, Green Tech -
Elster teams up with Irish cloud-based smart meter system News
19.07.2011 Smart water meters from metering solutions provider Elster are now compatible with the meter reading and meter data management system from Irish company Temetra. -
Half of European homes to have smart meters by 2016 News
18.07.2011 The installed base of smart electricity meters in Europe will grow 19.4pc a year between now and 2016 to reach 130.5m devices installed by 2016 – reaching 52pc of homes.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Hardware, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Economy, Digital Media -
Google’s PowerMeter to be ‘retired’ News
29.06.2011 Two years since it was launched, Google’s PowerMeter is soon to be no more as the company says its efforts have not scaled as quickly as it would have liked. -
Smart metering trial results released by CER News
16.05.2011 The Commission for Energy Regulation has today released the results of its smart metering trials in Ireland, revealing that customers react positively to smart meters, reducing... -
Cisco to pioneer Europe's largest sustainable city project News
13.05.2011 Cisco is to become the master planner for the IT and communications design of PlanIT Valley in northern Portugal, which is set to be the world’s greenest city when completed and... -
Future of next-gen smart grid technology News
22.04.2011 The global market for next-generation smart grid technology is set to grow from US$4.9bn in 2011 to US$43.3bn in 2020, according to a new report.Categories: Sustainability, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Digital 21, Cloud, Green Tech -
UCD PhD researcher scoops 2011 Globe Sustainability Award News
20.04.2011 Anthony Schoofs, a PhD researcher at CLARITY in UCD, has been awarded the Globe Sustainability Research Award 2011 in recognition of his contribution to sustainability research. -
Top 10 US utilities by DSM investment News
23.03.2011 Demand-side management (DSM) is on the cusp of a smart-grid evolution that will transform the way homes and businesses use electricity – that’s according to a new report from... -
E-cars accelerate green island on Europe’s western-most edge News
14.01.2011 For the first time, electric vehicles are to be used on the Aran Islands off Ireland’s west coast as part of a pioneering EU-wide sustainable living initiative. The average...