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google.org - 2/10/2009

Energy Information

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What Google is Doing Google PowerMeter, now in prototype, will receive information from utility smart meters and energy management devices and provide anyone who signs up access to her home electricity consumption right on her iGoogle homepage. PowerMeter annotated graph

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youtube.com - 2/10/2009

Google PowerMeter (video)

— youtube.com — Googlers talk about our prototype product that will allow you to see detailed home energy information right... on your computer. (more) Google PowerMeter (video)

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greenlaunches.com - 2/17/2009

Google PowerMeter helps to reduce energy consumption and bills too

— greenlaunches.com — powermeter_.jpg After talking about Microsoft’s green foray, it time to know about Google’s attempt to regularize energy... consumption. They have conceived a free web service, dubbed PowerMeter , to help users to keep a tab on their energy consumption. ... (more) Google PowerMeter helps to reduce energy consumption and ...

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