With the geothermal market enjoying an enormous surge in popularity due to financial incentives and its reputation for sustainability, now is the time for contractors to strike while the iron is hot and add geothermal to their offerings.

It is 2018, and this is not your father’s rooftop equipment. The old, reliable system taking up space on the roof has become so much more.

At the AHR Expo, manufacturers talked about what’s fueling their design of smart products and ensuring they are simpler, more integrated, and save energy and time.

Smart HVAC products today need simplicity, seamless integration, while also achieving a reduction in energy usage.

The expected surge in smart thermostat sales will have equipment manufacturers, many of whom have their own proprietary controls, competing with the well-known universal thermostat brands, such as Nest, Honeywell, and ecobee.

This climate control solution ensures balanced, room-by-room comfort throughout the home.

For residential HVAC contractors, smart homes are a fast-growing market that offers opportunity for profit.

What is the best approach to providing a holistic smart home experience for consumers?

One innovation leading the way in home comfort and efficiency is an air-to-water monobloc heat pump, which offers a blend of efficiency, sustainability, and cutting-edge technology.

Kishore Bhatia discussed Ethereum and Smart Contracts with John Crain. Topics include: understanding the motivations for a decentralized computing model, Application architecture on Ethereum, development frameworks and tools. John’s experience developing and launching his own product Pixura on Ethereum mainnet, approaches,

Tim Coulter, the founder of Truffle (Ethereum DApp development framework) discusses the Truffle framework for Ethereum SmartContracts and Decentralized App development. Kishore Bhatia spoke with Tim Coulter about: Ethereum Decentralized Apps (DApps)...

Jon Smart, author of the book Sooner Safer Happier: Patterns and Antipatterns for Business Agility, discusses patterns and anti-patterns for the success of enterprise software projects. Host Brijesh Ammanath speaks with him about the various common...

The present electric grids use the technology of 1970’s. But with the advancement in various concepts of power generation, problems associated with power outages and thefts, and also due to increase in demand, we require a modernized grid to avail... Read more

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Network planning Power electronics (HVDC/FACTS) Bulk renewable integration Energy Management System (EMS) Smart substation automation and protection Integrated Substation Condition Monitoring (ISCM) Communication Solutions Distribution Management System (DMS) Distribution automation and protection Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Decentralized Energy Management System... Read more

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Modernization of the grid will increase the level of personal information detail available as well as the instances of collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Instead of measuring energy use at the end of each billing period, smart meters... Read more

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The smart network will set up a virtuous cycle for distributed generators and energy storage devices. It will grow the market by opening up more niches where distributed energy is economically competitive. This growth will lead to economies of scale... Read more

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From a communication point of view, each system plays the role of either supplier or consumer of information, or more typically both. In addition to this intersystem communication, these systems consist of subsystems with specific internal communications. The following paragraphs... Read more

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Power utilities use telecommunication systems either as a support for grid assets’ operation or as the enabler for voice communications among operating staff. The main objective of utility telecommunications is to connect remote premises and staff with central premises and... Read more

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Partnering with WMG, University of Warwick, Sustainable Packaging Technologies will lead efforts to commercialize FlexSea’s seaweed biopolymer material.

Chile recently passed a law that will ban all single-use plastic in several fields. The industry has been searching for materials that are non-plastic but that still have all the characteristics of plastic.

In this episode with Lee Coffey of Rockwell Automation, we delve into the results of a recent survey conducted by Rockwell regarding smart manufacturing in CPG.

Smart packaging is developing rapidly. A major factor driving the growth of the smart packaging market is increasing demand for packaging that indicates and maintains product quality throughout the supply chain.

Recently adapted to suit industrial settings, the company’s Robust RFID-Labels ensure reliable, trackable connectivity for products across a broad set of high-leverage sectors, including electronic and automotive components.

Smart Packaging or Smart Products, are assigned internet IDs to allow consumers to engage with their everyday products.

The PetSmart Pet Food & Treat Bags Free Recycling Program is now in 100 PetSmart stores across Arizona and New Jersey.

Headlines from the past year or so reveal two distinct trends when it comes to packaging for candy and confectionery products.

 Redesigned packaging features a "New & Improved" badge, setting the stage for a new chapter of growth for the brand.

A higher quality, more sustainable supply chain needs the integration of smart packaging.

Demand for smart connected packaging is increasing the need for companies to be customer-relevant: The drive to achieve supply chain resiliency while also advancing sustainability is paramount.

Although the CIP process is very effective, streamlining its automation and simplifying the process for all of a facility’s tubular drag conveyors has been a priority for leading innovators in the industry.

Michael Kundinger of Kundinger Inc. elaborates on several of the technologies that the company showcased at its booth at the recent Converters Expo.

Bob Hensle and Scott Mattoon, the authors of two new Oracle white papers on Cloud Computing, discuss resources and strategies for making smart early cloud decisions.

In the final segment in this series, Bob Hensle and Scott Mattoon discuss why successful cloud migration may lead some organizations to become cloud providers.

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Gabriele Provinciali, an engineer and solutions architect at Oracle in Rome, about smart and safe city models built with Lego Bricks, Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, and a variety of IoT edge sensors all connected to the Oracle Cloud. Twitter Thread. Video on YouTube.

Oracle News Connect Article

• Little towns, big ideas: How scale models can imagine smarter and safer cities

Gabriele Provinciali, Solution Architect, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele/
  
• https://twitter.com/GabbaPro

ProximaSafe: Joining the Dots in OCI to build a Stream Analysis Lab

• Part 1: Setting up the event-driven OCI components
• Part 2: From Edge to Serverless
• Part 3: Sensors, Pipelines and back to Edge
• YouTube Video: Oracle Proxima City

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations

• https://twitter.com/jimgris
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
• https://developer.oracle.com/team/
• https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/

Dropping faster than your 5G. Down to its ATL, possibly most popular but equally most hated compact OzB microwave.

Get onto it whilst your food is hot and your wifi is not.

The holiday airfares out there have dipped across the board this year, compared with the same period in 2023.

Resolution 86 - (Hammamet, 2016) - Facilitating the implementation of the Smart Africa Manifesto

Resolution 98 - (Rev. Geneva, 2022) - Enhancing the standardization of Internet of things and smart cities and communities for global development

Principles for on-site telecommunication smart maintenance

Generic information model for on-site telecommunication smart maintenance

Requirements for on-site telecommunication smart maintenance management function

Framework of smart operation, management and maintenance

Requirements for robot-based on-site smart patrol of telecommunication networks

Interface for on-site generic telecommunication smart maintenance - Protocol neutral requirements

Requirements for optical distribution frame (ODF) on-site smart maintenance

Interface for on-site generic telecommunication smart maintenance - Protocol neutral analysis

Smart sustainable city impact assessment

Requirements for interoperation of the smart port with the smart city