TALKINGplug™ featured on CNET News
Posted on November 10 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Press Mentions, Energy + Climate, Green Business + Investment, Technology + Design, TALKINGplug™
CNET News, November 9, 2009
by Martin LaMonica
What if you could better control home appliance energy use by making your wall socket more clever?
That’s the idea behind TALKINGplug™ from Toronto-based Zerofootprint, a company that makes software for measuring and monitoring corporate carbon emissions.
TALKINGplug™ is a plug that fits on top of existing electrical outlets. But it’s equipped with componentry to make it a controllable node on a network, including an RFID chip, microprocessor, and wireless networking. The company plans to introduce the product next week.
The “smart plugs” will be able to give detailed information on how much electricity individual appliances are using. Because it’s programmable, people can also control appliances. For example, a person could have a TV set-top box turn off at midnight and turn on again at 7 in the morning.
A set of plugs create a mesh network and can send information via a home or office building router to Zerofootprint. The company’s software processes and analyzes the data, showing people how the energy use compares to others.
“It will completely transform our world when plugs talk to each other and interact with each other,” said Ron Dembo, the CEO of Zerofootprint.
TALKINGplug™ featured on CNET News
Posted on November 10 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Press Mentions, Energy + Climate, Green Business + Investment, Technology + Design, TALKINGplug™
CNET News, November 9, 2009
by Martin LaMonica
What if you could better control home appliance energy use by making your wall socket more clever?
That’s the idea behind TALKINGplug™ from Toronto-based Zerofootprint, a company that makes software for measuring and monitoring corporate carbon emissions.
TALKINGplug™ is a plug that fits on top of existing electrical outlets. But it’s equipped with componentry to make it a controllable node on a network, including an RFID chip, microprocessor, and wireless networking. The company plans to introduce the product next week.
The “smart plugs” will be able to give detailed information on how much electricity individual appliances are using. Because it’s programmable, people can also control appliances. For example, a person could have a TV set-top box turn off at midnight and turn on again at 7 in the morning.
A set of plugs create a mesh network and can send information via a home or office building router to Zerofootprint. The company’s software processes and analyzes the data, showing people how the energy use compares to others.
“It will completely transform our world when plugs talk to each other and interact with each other,” said Ron Dembo, the CEO of Zerofootprint.
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