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STMicroelectronics Unveils Ultra-Low-Power Technology Platform for 8-bit and 32-bit Microcontrollers

Manas India on June 22, 2009

STMicroelectronics has announced details of an ultra low power technology platform for building a range of 8 and 32bit microcontrollers. ST claims that this platform would enable future generations of electronic products to consume less power, meet energy efficiency standards and operate for longer from batteries. ST will introduce the first new microcontrollers, the STM8L and STM32L, later in 2009 as part of its ultra low power product paths for the 8bit STM8S and 32bit STM32F families. The microcontrollers have been designed to achieve power consumption as low as 150 ...

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SELINA Project - Newsletter Nº1

Carlos Patrão on May 29, 2009

SELINA Project Has Taken Off A new Energy Intelligence for Europe (IEE) project has taken off : the SELINA project which stands for Standby and Off-Mode ...

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Texas Legislature Folds on Solar Bet

Dean Dowd on June 15, 2009

Texas: the home of longhorns, domestic oil, and Texas Hold'em poker. While most energy analysts would consider solar power a fairly safe bet at ...

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Plea for UK government help for Deepstream Technologies

Pippa Rojo on June 24, 2009

Couldn't help but notice this article written by the editor of a serious publication, Electronics Weekly. When there's so much talk about how ...

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Can HP's alliance with Alcatel-Lucent pose real threat to Cisco ?

Manas India on June 20, 2009

Came across this article at blog Tech Balls http://techballs.blogspot.com HP has entered into a 10-year alliance with Alcatel-Lucent. HP has been trying ...

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Energy Star Rating for Servers

Tech Analyzer on June 9, 2009

US Environmental Protection Agency launched much awaited Energy Star program for enterprise servers. Energy star rating would act as a yardstick with the customer to ...

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Applications for infrared thermometers

Jerry Rodgers on June 8, 2009

nfrared thermometers are a very "hot" item for spotting energy losses in energy efficiency audits. They can also help to diagnose a wide range of ...

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5 June 2009 is World Environment Day

Philippa Martin-King on June 5, 2009

On 5 June 2009, World Environment Day, UNHCR which is across the road from the IEC and watt watt , was showing some examples of solar ...

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Cisco consolidates its presence in server market with Rack Servers

Manas India on June 5, 2009

A good article at the blog Techanalyst Talks ( http://techanalysttalks.blo... ) Cisco this week extended its Unified Computing System data center convergence platform with ...

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Electric industry emits half CO2 amount you imagine

Claudio Puliti on June 3, 2009

As well known, world’s electric power industry is poised in a quite difficult situation at the moment, cause the huge investments needs to renew ...

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Five Ways to Keep Your House Safe

Jackie Taylor on May 28, 2009

Life is precious and you can never do too much in an attempt to protect it and preserve it. By guarding and securing your home ...

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IBM: The Dynamic Infrastructure Worldwide Virtual Forum

Saurabh Surana on May 28, 2009

The road to a dynamic infrastructure leads to you. June 23 (North America), June 24 (Asia Pacific, India, Europe) Are you ready to thrive on ...

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Care4it competition winner

Philippa Martin-King on May 27, 2009

You can watch this video - the winner of the Care4it competition - together with others on the IEC video channel on YouTube.

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IEC gets picked by US DoE for Smart Grid

Jonathan Buck on May 26, 2009

It's good to see that IEC is playing a role in helping to map out the smart grid of the future. The US Department ...

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SIRVE O NO?

Ruly Rojas on May 25, 2009

Hola Gente! No tengo demasiada experiencia ni conocimientos en estos temas pero no dejo de estar interesado sobre el particular y tengo una duda "casi ...

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Residential vs. Concentrated Solar Power

Taylen Peterson on May 22, 2009

Under the renewed guidance of an environmentally eager federal government, the race to transform the national energy grid from fossil fuels to renewable energy is ...

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Business and Energy Groups Investigate Hosting Solar Panels

Taylen Peterson on May 11, 2009

The idea is as old as the landlord-tenant relationship; one party needs a place to put something, the other has the place. Ideally it is ...

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All UK Homes to have smart meters by 2020

Jonathan Buck on May 11, 2009

Found this story on the BBC site interesting and the quote from one of the trial customers at the end.

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Harwich International Port flies to turbine heights

Philippa Martin-King on April 29, 2009

Believe it or not, this futuristic impression of turbines growing in the sea is a picture taken on 28 April from the office of the ...

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AMR , SCADA

Abhishek Gaur on April 28, 2009

I am working in AMR for Various substations and need more and more updates on it and related areas also some new fields to be ...

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Webcast about conditioning your infrastructure on April 28th 2009

Saurabh Surana on April 27, 2009

Hi, Found a great link to a webcast about conditioning your infrastructure for Cloud computing, and maximizing energy efficiency in your business. Check this out ...

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Hidden power problems

Jerry Rodgers on April 26, 2009

I ran across an interesting article entitled "5 warning signs you may have a hidden power problem." The article addresses the symptoms of and cures ...

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Power quality primer

Jerry Rodgers on April 26, 2009

Here's a nice article that outlines power quality troubleshooting techniques. It focuses on a hospital technician but the methods could be applied in most ...

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Care4it competition winners announced

Last week the IEC announced the winners of the wattwatt.com Care4it competition organized by the IEC in collaboration with the IEA (International Energy Agency).

The theme of the competition, open to any school student in the world, was electrical energy efficiency. wattwatt asked students – tomorrow’s adults – to submit ideas to help increase awareness of the use or consumption of electricity and to suggest ways in which it might be used better or differently.

The judges - Nigel Jollands, Principal Administrator in the IEA Energy Efficiency and Environment Division; Jack Sheldon, IEC Standardization Strategy Manager; and Bill Thompson, independent journalist and critic, well known for his regular contributions to the BBC’s (British Broadcasting Corporation) programme, Digital Planet - were unanimous in their decision. They awarded the first prize of USD 10 000 to the the Akosombo International School in Ghana, whose two-minute video entry contained all the elements they felt best summarized the theme:

concern for a local site – the Akosombo river which is threatened by the dam built to generate hydroelectricity
increased awareness about electricity use – the entire school participated in the project
advice given – switch off electric appliances not being used
creativity and originality – an original musical composition written specifically for the purpose
future implication – the possibility of spreading the message, “Energy Conservation is everybody’s business” to a much broader audience and educating other youngsters to save electricity in a meaningful manner.

Second prize went to the 6th grade students of the Kappelimäki primary school in Laitila, Finland, who will receive USD 3 000 for their “snowball project” and “Care4the world” video. The DVD they submitted showed pupils learning the effect of turning off lighting in the school whenever they left the classroom for longer than 10 minutes. They compared data over two years and then looked at energy consumption data from the local electricity utility. The results of their studies influenced the school to make light energy savings. They noted that over the single month of November 2008 they were already able to make a saving of EUR 110. In changing their behaviour, they also implicated others. They involved other pupils, their parents, other schools. They set off a snowballing effect in making people aware of the possible energy savings. Now they are aiming to continue this effort and to contact other schools both in Finland and Scandinavia

The winner of the third prize of USD 2 000 is the Chomutov Public Secondary School in the Czech Republic. The entry submitted by a group of 16- and 17-year olds was a study mostly in Czech, but with a well-structured, colourful introduction of several pages in English about the different ways in which energy is used and where savings could be made in the Czech Republic. The study includes devices, labelling, graphics, light bulbs and electricity uses for various devices, together with relevant site links.

Other entries – particularly a series of graphically striking posters received from school children in Turkey on the theme of electrical energy efficiency – will receive a certificate of commendation.

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