Autodesk has announced AutoCAD Utility Design 2012 (AUD), a model-based design solution for electric utility distribution networks. AUD integrates a rules engine into the AutoCAD Map 3D environment and includes an electric distribution data model […]
Autodesk has announced new software for conceptual design as part of its BIM for Infrastructure portfolio. Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 is designed for GIS, planning, and civil engineering professionals to help evaluate future infrastructure designs. […]
I remember a few months ago that it was headline news when it was revealed that Apple iPhones were retaining geolocation information that could be used to track users location. Last week, American Civil Liberties […]
August 6, 1991, at a CERN facility in Switzerland, the first web site Info.cern.ch began running on a NeXT computer.
In March 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Order No. 745, ruled that demand response, in other words paying for reducing power demand, must be compensated at the same rate as power generation, […]
A new survey of Californians’ attitudes on the environment has been released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Renewable energy California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) policy requires that one-third of the state’s electricity […]
Estimates of the transmission buildout required in the US to bring renewable electric power to market have ranged from 19,000 to 50,000 miles of new transmission lines. The Brattle Group has estimated the total investment […]