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Earlier today, Honeywell announced a partnership with a cloud-technology company named Opower, a business that analyzes home energy patterns to provide specific recommendations on how to effectively save on energy costs. The collaboration between the two companies will integrate the cloud-sourced information from Opower with Honeywell's lineup of smart thermostats. The smart thermostats require a broadband Internet connection to provide… Read More

Microsoft has announced it will be discontinuing its Microsoft Hohm utility and energy usage monitoring service on May 31, 2012, although the service will continue to run until then. Launched in 2009, Hohm was an effort to enable consumers to more easily track and analyze their home electric, water, and energy usage patterns in order to save resources—and money!—and lead a greener lifestyle. “The feedback from customers and… Read More