According to the IESO, Earth Hour , which occurred at 8:30-9:30 pm ET last night, saved 920 MW in Ontario, about 6% and a percentage point more than last year. Toronto reduced its energy use […]
In February of this year Bill 150 the Green Energy and Green Economy Act was introduced in the Ontario Legislature. The objective of the bill is to foster the development of renewable energy, a decentralized energy grid energy, […]
The Province of Ontario plans to implement smart meters for all homes and small businesses in the province by 2010. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) began a pilot project, called the Ontario Smart Price Pilot […]
The Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO) tracks electricity demand in the Province of Ontario on an hourly basis. Tomorrow, for Earth Hour (Saturday Mar 28 at 8:30 pm ET) IESO will be tracking and reporting […]
I chatted with Greg Hebert of CFRA’s Business@Night about the pilots that Autodesk has initiated in Vancouver, British Columbia; Incheon, Korea and Salzburg, Austria last night. You can find the MP3 of the conversation here.
At MIX09, Microsoft announced several components of the Microsoft Web Platform, which is a set of tools that interoperate with open-source applications and products. The Microsoft Web Platform includes the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta, […]
President Obama has announced $1.2 billion for energy research at the Department of Energy’s national labs and proposed to extend a tax credit program for investments in research and development. The $1.2 billion is to upgrade […]
The Autodesk 2010 product line has been released. The release focuses on sustainable design and infrastructure modeling, among other things to help engineers and designers to take advantage of infrastructure stimulus opportunities. AutoCAD 2010 […]