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Today's News Updates
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Smart Grid Revolution Disruptive for Utilities, Survey Says
Only 8 percent of utilities around the world
have completed their smart grid technology implementations while 37 percent
have projects underway and more than half haven’t yet started, according to a
new survey by Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.
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AHAM Testifies Before Senate on Smart Appliances
On March 10, Joseph M. McGuire, president of the Association
of Home Appliance Manufacturers testified before the Senate Energy &
Natural Resources Committee that S. 3059, the National Energy Efficiency Enhancement
Act of 2010, opens the door to perhaps the most dramatic energy savings yet
attributable to home appliances.
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Smart Appliance Market to Hit $15 Billion in 2015
The global market for smart appliances is projected to grow to
more than $15 billion by 2015, according to market research and consulting firm
Zpryme, Austin, Texas. China, U.S., Australia, and U.K. are among the top
markets for smart appliances to be purchased by ‘griders’ i.e. smart grid
‘active’ consumers.
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NIST Wants Comments on Smart Grid
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has launched a public forum to solicit views on questions pertaining to the consumer interface to the nation’s evolving “smart” electric power grid. The solicitation below was announced in the Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 33, February 19, 2010, under Notices.
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EPA Responds to Washington Post Article
The Washington Post article on ENERGY STAR published Feb. 22, 2010, raises an important issue that EPA works on continually — where to set the ENERGY STAR levels that determine which products can earn the label.
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GE Appliances Show Smart Side at Olympics
GE Appliances & Lighting’s smart or smart-grid-enabled
appliances are making a strong showing at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games – behind the scenes as well as in the public eye.
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AHAM Says Consumers Are Key to Smart Grid
At a panel discussion hosted by the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
(AHAM) affirmed that consumers are the key to the development and effectiveness
of the Smart Grid in the U.S.
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Spectrum Brands to Buy Russell Hobbs
Spectrum Brands, Atlanta, and Russell Hobbs,
Inc., Miramar, Fla., have signed a definitive agreement to bring Russell Hobbs’
network of well-known small appliance brands into Spectrum’s operating
structure.
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NPD Reports Appliance Sales Up in Fourth Quarter
Market research firm, The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., reported that both major and small appliances posted positive dollar and unit sales figures in the fourth quarter (October – December) of 2009, compared to fourth quarter (Q4) 2008.
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ZigBee Alliance Develops Retail Standard
The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of
companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management,
residential, commercial and consumer electronics applications, today announced
it has started development of ZigBee Retail Services.
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Consumers Seek Convenience over Green
According to a recent online survey by Whirlpool
Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., the majority of consumers (68 percent) want to
live “green” but only if it is convenient to their lifestyle.
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AHRI Publishes Standard for Walk-In Coolers and Freezers
Type here The Commercial Refrigerator Manufacturers Section of the
Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has approved for
publication AHRI Standard 1250-2009, “Performance Rating of Walk-In
Coolers and Freezers.”
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Advanced Refrigeration Part of DOE Innovation Hub
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu outlined the
Department’s plans to invest up to $366 million to establish and
operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating
research and development in three key energy areas
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AHRI Launches New Product Section for Fluid Pumps
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
(AHRI) announced the launch of its newest product section: Fluid Pumps. The product section was unanimously approved
by AHRI’s Board of Directors at its November 15, 2009 meeting, joining AHRI’s 40 other product sections.
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Electrolux Moving North American HQ
Electrolux announced it has selected Charlotte, North
Carolina as the location of its new North American headquarters, where it will
consolidate a number of its U.S. corporate office operations and support
functions into a single location.
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Water-to-water GHPs Can Now Earn Energy Star
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is
announced new requirements for residential geothermal heat pumps (GHPs),
enabling water-to-water geothermal heat pumps to earn the Energy Star label for
the first time.
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