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Opower Inc

Type: Company

Name: Opower Inc

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Honeywell International Inc

New Thermostat for Auto Demand Response

Keywords: Green Building, Utilities, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, demand response, thermostatDespite having technology in 150 million homes, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is often left out of the conversation about next-generation residential energy ... [Published The Energy Collective - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Honeywell International Inc, Opower Inc, South Sioux City (United States)

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Zpryme talks consumer engagement and the smart grid with Opower

With more than 85 utility partners, including eight of the ten largest utilities in the United States, Opower is utilizing behavioral science combined with big data analytics to help consumers save energy and money. Zpryme reached out to thought leader, Roderick ... [Published PluginEurope.com - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, Smart Grid, Behavioral Science, Big Data, Customer Engagement

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Honeywell Launches New Thermostat for Auto Demand Response

Despite having technology in 150 million homes, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is often left out of the conversation about next-generation residential energy management offerings.Maybe it’s because Honeywell is already a global giant. As one of the market leaders ... [Published Greentech Media - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Honeywell International Inc, Opower Inc, South Sioux City (United States)

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Op-Ed: Open Data Is Re-Defining Government in the 21st Century

Perhaps its the constrained fiscal reality, punctuated by threats of government shut-downs. Or maybe its the ideological wars in Washington, playing out most recently in the battle over privacy and security sparked by revelations about the PRISM surveillance ... [Published Nextgov.com - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, Invention, Entrepreneur

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Energy

OpowerOpower is a Virginia-based software company that uses data sorcery to pioneer innovative methods to lower energy consumption and encourage efficiency. Partnering with 85 utility companies in 31 states, Opower’s software generates tailored reports ... [Published Yahoo! News - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, San Diego (California, United States), Hydraulic Fracturing

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Video: Alex Laskey of Opower on the Power of Peer Pressure in Energy Conservation

Research has shown that “appeals to cost and conservation have no impact on people’s energy consumption.” What does have an impact? Peer pressure from neighbors.At the heart of Opower’s software is the behavioral nudge—a gentle push toward the right decision. ... [Published Tiger Comm - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, Peer Pressure, Energy Conservation

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

John Rowe

Former Utility Execs Join Opower Advisory Board

Opower, a provider of customer-engagement solutions for the utility industry, has announced that John Rowe, former chairman and CEO of Exelon, and Dick Kelly, former CEO of Xcel Energy and chairman of EEI, have joined its advisory board. In addition, ... [Published Renew Grid - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, Advisory Board, John Rowe, Tom Brady

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 2 reports

Former Utility CEOs John Rowe, Dick Kelly Join Opower Advisory Board

- $ Opower, the global leader in customer engagement solutions for the utility industry, today announced that John Rowe, former chairman and CEO of Exelon, and Dick Kelly, former CEO of Xcel Energy and chairman of EEI, have joined its . Tom Brady, former ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc, John Rowe, Tom Brady, Exelon Corporation, Xcel Energy Inc

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 7 reports

VIDEO: Saving energy? Your neighbours are doing better...

- ... or, “How behavioural science can lower your energy bill”. In this engaging TED Talk, Opower president Alex Laskey discusses the psychology of saving energy. His talk focuses on how the principles of behavioural science and social norms have motivated ... [Published Energy Management - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Opower Inc

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 4 reports

Why Intel thinks data democratization is a good bet

Intel doesn’t see money in the blending of personal data with publicly available data sets, not yet, anyway. But the chip maker does suspect that a market could form around that sort of behavior down the line. That’s why the company has been backing several ... [Published GigaOM - May 30 2013]

Entities: Democratization, Personal Data, Opower Inc

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 4 reports

WibiData gets $15M to help it become the Hadoop application company

WibiData — the big data startup from Cloudera Co-founder Christophe Bisciglia and Aaron Kimball — doesn’t have too big of plans. It only wants to become one of the first, if not the first, company selling off-the-shelf software that lets other companies ... [Published GigaOM - May 23 2013]

Entities: Hadoop, Christophe Bisciglia, Cloudera Inc, Opower Inc

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

WibiData Raises $15 Mln in Series B Funding

WibiData said on Thursday that it has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round. The lead investor was Canaan Partners . Existing investors NEA and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt also participated in the round. Also, Canaan Partners’ Ross Fubini ... [Published PE Hub News - May 23 2013]

Entities: New Enterprise Associates, Canaan Partners, Big Data, Data Applications Co Ltd

Quotes

Former U S Secretary of State George P Shultz, a member of the E2e advisory board, says, "I like the saying 'A penny saved is a penny earned,' which rings true from the standpoint of energy. Energy that is used efficiently not only reduces costs, but is also the cleanest energy around. The E2e Project will allow us to better understand which energy-efficiency programs save the most pennies."

MIT and UC Berkeley launch energy-efficiency research project [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 18 2013]

Accel Partner's Big Data team has published "The Last Mile in Big Data: How Data-Driven Software Will Empower the Intelligent Enterprise ", a whitepaper that explores the evolution of software and detailed analysis on why DDS will be a driving force for the next wave of innovation in software. Visit www.accel.com/bigdata to download the whitepaper."

Accel Partners Expands Investments In Big Data [Published Michigan Live - Jun 18 2013]

"While the rest of the world can now leverage the platform infrastructure software, few companies have the internal resources required to build these last mile applications in house. There are not nearly enough analysts and data scientists to meet this demand and only so many can be trained each year. Software is a far more scalable solution" Accel notes in a recent whitepaper

'Last mile' big data startups targeted by $100m fund [Published ZDNet - Jun 18 2013]

...Dick Kelly and Tom Brady bring deep industry knowledge and customer-engagement experience to Opower," says Dan Yates, founder and CEO of Opower. "Their knowledge of the utility industry, support for energy efficiency and leadership - both in the U S and abroad - will help guide Opower's growth."

Former Utility Execs Join Opower Advisory Board [Published Renew Grid - Jun 12 2013]

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MIT and UC-Berkeley Study: Are Energy Efficienc... [Published Green Technology - 4 hours ago]
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MIT and UC Berkeley launch energy-efficiency re... [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 18 2013]
New Thermostat for Auto Demand Response [Published The Energy Collective - Jun 18 2013]
Accel Partners Expands Investments In Big Data [Published Michigan Live - Jun 18 2013]
'Last mile' big data startups targeted by $100m... [Published ZDNet - Jun 18 2013]
Accel invests another $100 Million in Big Data [Published CXOtoday - Jun 18 2013]
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Accel Closes $100M For Big Data Fund 2 To Inves... [Published TechCrunch - Jun 18 2013]
Accel Closes $100M For Big Data Fund 2 To Inves... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Jun 18 2013]
Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM Network - Jun 18 2013]
Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM Network - Jun 18 2013]
Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM - Jun 18 2013]
Zpryme talks consumer engagement and the smart ... [Published PluginEurope.com - Jun 16 2013]
Honeywell Launches New Thermostat for Auto Dema... [Published Greentech Media - Jun 15 2013]
Op-Ed: Open Data Is Re-Defining Government in t... [Published Nextgov.com - Jun 13 2013]
Energy [Published Yahoo! News - Jun 13 2013]
Energy [Published National Journal - Jun 13 2013]
Video: Alex Laskey of Opower on the Power of Pe... [Published Tiger Comm - Jun 13 2013]
EnerNOC: I'm Buying Into the Brownout [Published Motley Fool Discussion Boards - Jun 12 2013]
Why You Should Come to Our Energy Efficiency Event [Published Greentech Media - Jun 12 2013]
Former Utility Execs Join Opower Advisory Board [Published Renew Grid - Jun 12 2013]
Food and Sleep for Energy Auditors? [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - Jun 12 2013]
Oklahoma Gets Big Home Energy Savings Out of Sm... [Published Greentech Media - Jun 10 2013]
Former Utility CEOs John Rowe, Dick Kelly Join ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Jun 10 2013]
Former Utility CEOs John Rowe, Dick Kelly Join ... [Published Market Wire - Jun 10 2013]
Brian Keane: I Got Religion: And It's Energy Ef... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 07 2013]
Making PR Atomic [Published GorkanaPR - Jun 07 2013]
Energy News Roundup: Prices, Tariffs, and Effic... [Published AOL Energy - Jun 07 2013]
A reading list in behavioral science, from spea... [Published TED Blog - Jun 06 2013]

Blogs

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Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM - Jun 18 2013] Venture capital firm Accel Partners is doubling down on its big data investments, announcing on Monday evening that it’s launching its second $100 million fund dedicated to analytic software and applications. The aptly named Big Data Fund 2 follows on ...
Accel Closes $100M For Big Data Fund 2 To Inves... [Published TechCrunch - Jun 18 2013] The tech industry has been buzzing about “big data” for years now. And according to venture capital firm Accel Partners , the excitement around the big data space is not set to die down any time soon — it’s just about to enter into a new phase. Accel ...
Accel Closes $100M For Big Data Fund 2 To Inves... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Jun 18 2013] The tech industry has been buzzing about “big data” for years now. And according to venture capital firm Accel Partners , the excitement around the big data space is not set to die down any time soon — it’s just about to enter into a new phase. Accel ...
Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM Network - Jun 18 2013] Venture capital firm Accel Partners is doubling down on its big data investments, announcing on Monday evening that it’s launching its second $100 million fund dedicated to analytic software and applications. The aptly named Big Data Fund 2 follows on ...
Accel Partners putting another $100M toward big... [Published GigaOM Network - Jun 18 2013] Venture capital firm Accel Partners is doubling down on its big data investments, announcing on Monday evening that it’s launching its second $100 million fund dedicated to analytic software and applications. The aptly named Big Data Fund 2 follows on ...

Audio/Video

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ECO:nomics: Next Big Thing: Opower [Published WSJ.com Video - Business - Mar 25 2013]

Press Releases

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WibiData Raises $15M in Funding, Leading Massiv... [Published Business Wire - May 23 2013]
Opower Named to the Inaugural CNBC Disruptor 50... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 21 2013]
MicroSeismic Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 List [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 20 2013]
Opower Delivers a Fully Integrated Mobile Solution [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 29 2013]
Honeywell And Opower Technologies Link Utilitie... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Jan 29 2013]