Getting Greener and Greener with Google PowerMeter
Google.org continues working around their mindset “aspires to use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age”. This time presenting PowerMeter, software to measure and control the electricity you are using/consuming at your place.
Today’s technology demands “green compliance”. Starting with hardware and green labels, including thousands of reports to achieve a green datacenter (mainly pushing virtualization technologies). You’ll see that most of the capacity planning tools offered considers as an important variable the power consumption of your datacenter.
Check this short video (1min 10s):
“Unfortunately, many of today’s smart meters don’t display information to the consumer. We consider this unacceptable. We believe that detailed data on your personal energy use belongs to you and should be available in a standard, non-proprietary format.”
It’s a good idea, but of course, this project will need (and already has a few) several partners to deploy the utility among the users.
Any little step towards a green environment, like having a small gadget showing you the power consumption, always sounds like a great idea. Cheers to that.
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