Alternative Energy Ideas

From earth2tech:

While Google has been openly discussing its yet-to-be-released online energy management software PowerMeter since back in February, Microsoft has spent the last two years quietly toiling away on its own energy management tool, dubbed Hohm,

Here’s how Hohm’s basic level works: Consumers can log into the Hohm site, and start off by entering just their Windows Live ID and their zip code. Using this simple location information Hohm uses algorithms licensed from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy to start predicting home energy consumption.

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