Archive for August 2nd, 2009

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Same old advice gets new package

August 2, 2009

Michael Giberson

My essay of advice to free-market windpower critics, originally published at Master Resource, has been re-published at AltEnergyStocks.

(But the really interesting new stuff at AltEnergyStocks is the immediately prior post on how lead-carbon battery developments will challenge lithium-ion designs for uses in which lithium-ion’s low weight is not a critical factor.  So do go re-read my essay, so the hits are high and Tom Konrad will consider publishing me again someday, but then click back a post and read John Petersen on battery technology.)

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Energy geeks rejoice! Ecobee to offer thermostat control via iPhone app

August 2, 2009

Michael Giberson

Have you ever hopped into your car heading out of town, and thirty minutes down the road you wonder, “Did I remember to adjust the thermostat?”

There will soon be an app for that, at least if you have Ecobee‘s thermostat and an iPhone.

Tyler Hamilton reports:

Toronto-based Ecobee Inc., which has developed a cool-looking smart thermostat that connects to your home Wi-Fi network, will soon be launching a new application that lets a person control the thermostat from their iPhone wherever they happen to be. “Basically we have created an iPhone application that turns the iPhone into a thermostat replica,” a spokesperson told me.

Or also, if you happen to be sitting on the couch watching football and decide the house is a little warm, you can adjust the thermostat without having to get up.

(Via Tyler Hamilton on Energy Collective.)

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