SMART GRID - NEGAWATT - LED - ENERGY SAVINGS - SHIPPING -
ELECTRIC TRUCKS Efficiency innovation is, simply put, doing
more--"getting more"--with less. For instance, the notion of the
"negawatt": a unit of energy that is NOT created (when it
otherwise would have been) due to energy savings and efficiency
(and the follow up notion of an arbitrage market on which these
negawatts might then be exchanged). New smart grid technology
utilizes two way digital communication to manage electricity
more efficiently, intelligently monitoring and controlling
appliances at consumers' homes in order to increase efficiency
and reduce cost. A dish washer is automatically run in the
middle of the night (during off peak hours), negawatts are
generated, energy is saved. Another example: LEDs create light
with less energy expenditure (thus lowering energy consumption)
and have a longer lifespan than traditional lighting sources. Of
course energy efficiency doesn't just involve pushing
electricity around in a more intelligent fashi