Archives Jan. 1, 2016

Dear Paddy,

Waiting 30 years for smart homes and still counting

Back in 1980 when I still lived in the Netherlands I worked with the
Dutch futurist Griet Titulaer (an astronomer by trade) in building ‘The
Home of the Future’. I would say that at that stage it was more built
around innovative interior design with automation features. Home
entertainment also played a key role in it.

At that stage these concepts had nowhere near the amount of technology
that we are seeing in the homes of the future that we envisage today,
but in essence lots of the elements ...

This latest newsletter brings you updates on the first phase of installations in Ireland and on preparations for the German and Latvian trials, as well as other RealValue news.

Click here to download the Newsletter.

Energy Show 2016 will take place on the 6th and 7th of April in the RDS.

Last year's show saw the exhibition grow by 20% and visitors up 10% on last year to 3,800. We hosted over 170 exhibitors along with multiple networking events, an extensive electric vehicle showcase, live retrofit demonstrations, an international markets pavilion and a wide range of workshops

Energy Show Brochure available HERE

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) published its achievements statement for 2015 which shows how €47 million government support through the Better Energy programme secured €113 million of building energy ...

MOU between Smart Grid Ireland

MOU SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN KSGA AND SGI

during the 6^th Smart Grid Week at Coex 3rd Fl. Conference room(South) 318, 159, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Document can be viewed in full HERE

SGI is pleased to announce that in partnership with the GSGF, the

third ISGAN Award of Excellence Competition for 2016 has been launched.

This year's theme for the competition is "Smart Grids for Reliable

Electricity Service".

More details of the announcement can be downloaded HERE

AI AND SMART CITIES

I have written quite a bit about artificial intelligence (AI) over the
last 20 years - and perhaps even earlier than that. (Searches in our
blog go back to 1999)

This in itself is an indication that things aren't moving all that
quickly. But looking back - in particular at the capabilities of smart
phones and their apps - I can see that progress has been made. Certainly
not through big bang events, but slowly and steadily nevertheless. And
this is how progress should be made around artificial intelligence
because it will absolutely transform human society and we ...