Smart Meters

Smart Meters Offer Best Hope Of Cutting Energy Use

IT applied to home energy use just might bring down our emissions, says Pilgrim Beart of AlertMe

13 years ago

Smart Meters Get A Parliamentary Kicking

Savaged by Parliamentery committees and consumer watchdogs, the people behind the government's smart meter plan need to get work on…

13 years ago

Government Smart Meter Benefits Called Into Question

The Public Accounts Committee warns the benefits of smart meters are unproven, ahead of an £11.7bn project

13 years ago

Sunderland Partners IBM For Cloudy Smart City

IBM is working with Sunderland City Council on a cloud platform to encourage economic growth

13 years ago

Tech Firms Score Badly On CRC League Table

The Environment Agency's ranking of green companies shows IT firms need to clean up their act

13 years ago

Smart Grids Must Short Circuit User Apathy

Smart meters might cut energy use - but only if users can be persuaded to welcome them and use them…

13 years ago

IBM Tests Consumer Reaction To Smart Meters

Big Blue is testing consumer reaction to smart meters to see if they can change energy and water usage habits

13 years ago

US Electric Utilities Investing In Secure Smart Grids

Investment in cyber-security to protect smart grids will increase as utilities upgrade control systems

13 years ago

Bristol Council Wins EU Funding For Green Projects

Bristol City Council has won £300,000 of European Union funding for two green tech projects

13 years ago

Smart Grids Face Health Backlash

Campaigners against smart grids say the radio networks they use will cause cancer. Peter Judge thinks they are overstating the…

13 years ago

Smart Meter Penetration Set To Rise, Berg Finds

Rising energy costs and national rollouts are driving the uptake of smart meters into homes and businesses

13 years ago

IBM, Cable & Wireless Kick Off UK Smart Energy Cloud

The data hub will gather information from smart meters across the country and distribute it to energy retailers

14 years ago

Engineers: Smart Meters Must Be Part Of Wider Plan

Smart meters will not provide the changes needed unless they are part of a smart grid, warns the IET

14 years ago

With Fuel Rationing On The Way, Can IT Help?

Personal energy quotas could be a wake-up call... and an opportunity for IT companies to help with a global challenge,…

14 years ago

BT’s SmartReach To Advise On Smart Meter Rollout

BT, Arqiva and Detica have formed the SmartReach consortium to speed up rollout of smart meters

14 years ago

Study: Smart Meters May Not Reduce Energy Use

Any energy-use reduction associated with smart metering depends heavily on social factors, say Oxford researchers

14 years ago

Greenwave: Smart Meters Need Smart Sockets

With increasing pressure to reduce carbon outputs, Tom Jowitt talks to a company that is using technology to help the…

14 years ago

Experts Warn Of High Cost Of Smart Meter Rollout

Consumer group Which? warns that the public shouldn’t foot the bill for tech that will save utilities money

14 years ago

It’s Time For Sun, Sea And… Smart Meters

Looking for a fantasy page-turner for the beach this summer? Try the government’s Smart Meter prospectus, says Andrew Donoghue

14 years ago

Europe To Get 100 Million Smart Meters By 2014

The UK, France and Spain will be the next countries to deploy meters in large numbers, according to analysts

14 years ago

2016 Smart Meter Target May Benefit BT Group

Moving the UK’s target ahead to 2016 could benefit a group of companies, including BT, bidding for the project

14 years ago

EC Attacks Wasteful Proprietary Technology

Governments across Europe can't afford to waste money on vendor lock-in, the EC believes

15 years ago

IBM Supplies Database Tech For EU Smart Grid

EU smart meters project uses Informix, but some critics question if consumers want the technology

15 years ago

Are Smart Meters A Dumb Idea?

The government's ID Card scheme failed because it wasn't thought through, says Andrew Donoghue. Smart meters could go the same…

15 years ago

Infosec 2010: Smart Meters Bring Security Risks

The government's plan to roll-out smart meters to every home in the UK by 2020 is putting pressure on utilities…

15 years ago

Where’s The Fun In Smart Meters?

Will smart meters give us control of the energy we use, asks Andrew Donoghue, or just drown us in so…

15 years ago

GE Experimenting With Smart Grids

A pilot programme employing WiMax 4G communications and GE smart meters has been demonstrated in Michigan

15 years ago