Using Social Media to Save Energy

ICTpost Energy Bureau Today, people under 25 make up 43 percent of the world’s population in some countries, that number is as high as 70 percent. This amounts to nearly 4 billion young people living on the brink of the greatest technological advances and human progress while also surrounded by intractable public health epidemics, record […]

Solar Storage: Resilient Clean Energy Technology in India

ICTpost Energy Bureau India has targeted doubling its renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW, from nearly 27,000. Renewables contribute about 12.5 percent of India’s energy, the report by the New and Renewable Energy Ministry shows. As coal and gas shortages and populist tariff regimes hobble the performance of thermal power stations, renewable energy players want […]

E-Pashu Chikitsa: An online system for veterinary tele-consultation through CSCs

Dr. Dinesh K. Tyagi, CEO-CSC SPV CSC e-Governance Services India Limited is the foremost institution in India to offer animal telemedicine facility (e-Pashu Chikitsa) through its last mile CSC network across the country. CSCs are now extending a helping hand to farmers and animal readers by providing tele-veterinary facility close to their place of residence. […]

Smart Grid: When Energy meets the ‘Internet of Things’

ICTpost Energy Bureau The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting new places such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to increase efficiency and […]

What is the future of Internet-enabled energy efficiency?

ICTpost Energy Bureau Internet communications, inexpensive sensors, and data analytics are enabling a high-tech, holistic approach to energy efficiency. In the past it was, “How do I design an efficient light?” Now it’s, “How do I design a whole network of efficient lights that talk to one another via Web communications, adjust output automatically, and […]

With the emergence of Internet of Things, energy harvesting will be a critical component for electrification

Mumbai: November 1, 2015? In response to growing demands from customers, partners and consumers, many organizations are moving beyond corporate social responsibility as a philanthropic activity, according to Gartner, Inc. They are integrating green- and sustainability-related initiatives into their core business operations. ?Green IT is moving beyond the environmental characteristics of IT equipment, allowing organizations […]