Thursday, April 18, 2013
EPA applauds companies for leadership in use of renewable energy.
Bethesda-based defense giant Lockheed Martin Corporation ranked ninth on the Environmental Protection Agency's list—released Wednesday—of organizations using renewable energy, according to an EPA news release. Microsoft Corporation, whose Mid-Atlantic District headquarters is in Chevy Chase, came in at No. 2 on the list of the nation's top 50 organizations "that are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources." Microsoft "moved into second place by increasing its green power use to more than 1.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually," the news release added. The top 10 renewable energy-using organizations in the country, according to the EPA, are: "We applaud the leadership demonstrated by organizations that are helping …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In Montgomery County, owners of selected historic houses may participate in a free energy audit through the county planning department's historic preservation section.
Owning a historic house doesn't have to mean higher energy expenses. In Montgomery County, owners of selected historic houses may participate in a free energy audit through the county planning department's historic preservation section. "Thanks to a $9,000 grant from the Maryland Historical Trust, historic preservation planners will run the local Energy Efficiency Initiative for selected owners of eight-10 historic homes in the county. There are more than 3,000 homes designated historic on the county Master Plan for Historic Preservation or located in a designated historic district," according to a planning department news release. The audits—valued at about $500 each—"will reveal a household’s energy usage and recommend measures to …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Currently, there is no "opt-out" option for customers.
Are Pepco’s new “smart meters” a tool to help us monitor—and hopefully lower—our electricity use? Or, are they potentially dangerous radio frequency-emitting devices that expose households to cyber-hackers and carcinogens? Many attendees at Wednesday night’s Pepco presentation about the new smart meters to be installed in Chevy Chase-area homes this summer were of the latter camp, and they expressed strong disapproval for the new meters. Smart meters are similar in size to standard meters, but do not need to be read every month by a meter reader. Instead, smart meters send radio signals about a household’s electricity usage to Pepco. Once the meters have been installed across the region and the new digital system has been activated, …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Smart meters will help households to monitor electricity usage, and will let Pepco know when the power is starting to fade (or when it's out completely).
Measuring your household’s electricity usage will soon get a lot easier, thanks to Pepco’s new “smart meters,” which the utility company has begun installing on Maryland properties. Smart meters are electronic devices that send low-powered radio signals to Pepco to report on electricity usage at 15-minute intervals, reported Maria Cowan, a Pepco engineer, and Ken Farrell, a Pepco manager, at a meeting of the Village of North Chevy Chase Council on Tuesday, Nov. 15. While current electric meters must be read every month by a meter reader, the new smart meters will send the data directly to Pepco, and—once the region’s meters have all been replaced and the system is up and running—customers will be able to access that data through their …
George Karadimas
12:27 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Sensus Inc IconA smart meter is a Known FIRE STARTER http://marylandsmartmeterawareness.org/smart-meter-news/don-baker-a-sensus-engineering-employee-filed-a-complaint-with-direct-personal-knowledge-that-these-alabama-smart-meters-were-defective-and-dangerous/ Learn all about it here http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/01/20/meters-that-endanger-shocking-details-from-a-whistleblower/ more ›