The Power of Networking
Visitors to the fourth floor CalPlug Center in the Calit2 Building are greeted by the “Wall of Power” – a living room simulation equipped with everyday entertainment and household devices that plug into outlets and consume energy. The Wall has become a popular educational tool for consumers to power on and off devices in order […]
CalPlug Workshop Series: Oct 2012
CalPlug’s second full-day set-top box workshop held at the end of October brought together 75 academics, manufacturers, service providers, utility and public agency representatives, who brainstormed energy-saving approaches to device usage.
Wasting No Energy Getting Up to Speed
Less than three months on the job and the newest California Energy Commissioner is already familiarizing himself with who’s doing what in the area of energy efficiency. In May, Andrew McAllister was appointed to one of five state energy commission seats; in July, he paid a visit to UC Irvine to learn more about the […]
CalPlug STB Funding Authorized
July 25, 2012: The California Plug Load Research Center’s first project is now official. The work authorization for set-top box research was stamped yesterday at the California Energy Commission’s Department of General Services. The official stamp is the project’s green light to develop and demonstrate, over the next 18 months, a prototype of next-generation energy-efficient […]
CalPlug Workshop Series: Feb 2012
CalPlug hosted a one-day workshop to promote converged efforts in developing and adopting energy efficient set-top boxes (STB). To ensure informed decisions and actions on technology and business development, a broad range of experts were invited to represent: TV service providers, STB and microelectronics manufacturers, utilities and public agencies.