Tag Archives: computing
The ‘Apps for Energy’ Challenge
The Department of Energy (DOE) is launching an “Apps for Energy” challenge today that invites entrepreneurs and students to come up with innovate ways to implement its new Green Button program. In March, the Obama administration announced an agreement with nine major utilities to give customers access to data about their energy use, with a simple [...]
Tenfold computing power with energy-saving 3D chips
Noso long ago our computers relied on single-core chips that had to beboosted for performance, which eventually turned the machine into aheating system, requiring loads of energy to keep churning the bits andbytes. Researchers at IBM Research Lab, EPFL and ETH Zurich are workingon ecofriendly chips that are much more powerful but consume anegligible amount [...]
Interactive Map of Los Angeles Electricity Use
A new energy map of Los Angeles developed at UCLA lets residents find how much electricity the average customer in their neighborhood uses, see how a neighborhood’s energy use relates to its average income level and track energy use over time. The map, released by UCLA’s California Center for Sustainable Communities, is the most highly interactive map of [...]