Cut the Cost of Making Your Home Energy Efficient -- Savings Experiment
A New York homeowner explains how he made his home energy efficient.
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The Profitable Side of Going Green
Mother Earth is getting a little bit of relief as more companies yield to pressure from environmentalists and activist shareholders to reduce their carbon footprints. But Gaia isn't the only one who's benefiting: Just ask some of the companies that have saved serious greenbacks by going green.
Putting Energy-Hog Buildings on a Strict Diet
Cutting energy use in buildings -- both commercial and residential -- is a hot market for a growing number of tech companies, from giants such as GE and Intel to Silicon Valley startups. And the federal government is an eager booster.
Cisco Goes Shopping: Networking Giant to Buy Smart-Grid Startup Arch Rock
Cisco is expanding its foray into the smart grid with plans to acquire Arch Rock. The San Francisco-based startup is developing wireless-networking equipment for the electrical grid.
Investment Surge Powers Up Smart-Grid Tech
EMeter, which makes software that monitors energy use, is the latest smart-grid tech startup to garner significant investment -- $12.5 million worth. With old electricity grids being replaced with smart ones, investors -- and tech giants like Google and Cisco -- are surging into the sector.
