After exploring its geography with Google Earth , the famous search engine will now explore the consumption of electricity. The software giant is developing the power meter to monitor consumption in detail. Such a meter, he records daily consumption of the home, allowing him to realize from the various devices in the energy bill. This information would have the effect of encouraging households to reduce their consumption by 5 to 10%. To time the software is being tested with seven suppliers électricté North American, an Indian and a German (YelloStrom). It means being equipped with an electronic "smart". Google ensures that these records remain confidential and will not be transmitted to an energy supplier. The software must be deployed in late 2009.
Reference Site: www.google.org / powermeter
Source: The ecological home from August to September 2009, page 7.
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