Saturday, November 21, 2009
Some people may feel that Google knows a lot about him. But for those who are not too concerned, the company has now signed up utility companies to offer a smart intelligent monitoring of the use of power in the country.
Google has just announced the technology in March without the existence of any partner. But from next month, customers Utility First, a provider of UK gas and electricity to 25,000 small households - will be able to monitor remote utility of mobile phones or laptops.
PowerMeter collect information about the use and sends it to the electric company every half-hour for electricity, and once a day for gas. Electric company went to Google, which then sends it to the customer.
Households can click on the graph to check the electricity usage on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. And even torture yourself by monitoring exactly what they spend each hour.
Users will get a smart meter and service for free, in exchange for signing up for a two-year contract.
Google has also signed a similar agreement with Yello Strom, a German utility company, which offers PowerMeter to 1.4 million customers. "When people know exactly what happened with their energy use, they can use energy efficiently without sacrificing comfort," said Yello Strom, Executive Director Martin Vesper. Google is pushing the U.S. Department of Energy to support the technology 'smart grid'. Back in March, Edward Lu, Advanced Projects Program Manager to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: "We must develop and use smart grid technology in a way that empowers consumers with greater information, tools and choices about how they use electricity, including access to energy information in real time. "
Guess what? Google says "Google is a project PowerMeter Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm."
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