Data quality is a serious issue at most utilities and telecoms and is becoming more critical as we move into the era of intelligent networks such as smart grid. Field staff in utilities are frustrated […]
The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco has got some fascinating exhibits that illustrate the design process that takes a great idea and turns it into a reality. There are more than 20 […]
City council in Ottawa is looking at increasing water and wastewater rates by 10% in 2010 to address issues arising from aging infrastructure. This is in addition to a 4% municipal tax increase. The City […]
The Environment Minister has released a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations, which are designed to set standards for the discharge from all 4,000 wastewater facilities in Canada. Fundamentally it will no longer […]
Ontario has committed to phasing out all coal power generation by 2014. I’m not sure that it is entirely clear how that is going to be done, since something like 19% of power generation in […]
Autodesk has announced a renewal of the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program which provides clean tech companies with software grants. The program, which was initiated last July, is designed to help clean tech companies design […]
I just came across a fascinating article in earth2tech that outlines some of the smart grid activities in Asia, specifically in Korea, Japan and China. Korea A consortium of Korean firms including LG, SK Telecom […]
I just came across an interesting blog post by Jagan Nemani about the State of Green Business Forum 2010 organized by Greenbiz.com. Zero Waste Upgrade of Empire State Building Windows First of all, Jagan outlined […]