I wrote in this blog in the month of May 2015 that following its consumption is not enough to engage a citizen in saving energy. Transforming a passive citizen, not knowing what decision to make when facing an unexpected overconsumption, into a committed citizen, active […]
The emergence of Smart Cities is stimulated by certain factors or certain objectives. Two of them have a shared importance by many city councils: security and the search for a better resilience of the city. Security must be understood in a broad sense: security of […]
The energy storage and, in particular, storage of electricity has been heading the concerns in the field of Smart Grids for a couple of years. We are therefore focused on monitoring the progress of the different technologies considered for storing electricity. We “forsake” other energy […]
Some countries, including Switzerland, now require DSO (Distribution System Operator) to provide their customers with a portal to visualize their consumption. What to expect from this regulatory provision? How will it influence the development of energy efficiency initiatives and the evolution of consciousness in relation […]
End of May, Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, presented at the Paris City Council a plan to make his city a “Smart City 2020” (Sic). “The explosive growth of digital technology opens new perspectives in the field of mobility, energy, production and consumption, the […]
I met several teams trying to define the outline of a Smart City program and asking themselves, quite naturally, the question of the validity of a fibre optic network, as a base. This issue challenges minds because there is not, most of the time, for […]
In terms of energy governance, each country has its own equation to solve, defined by the level of commitment of local authorities and municipalities, on one hand, and by the structure of the actors, more or less national and monopolistic, on the other hand. In […]
To approach the question of the financing of the energy efficiency initiatives cannot be made without making the difference between the possible actions. Have they all the same characteristics for whom has to finance them? The passive energy efficiency initiatives, aiming at a performance attached […]
In terms of reducing energy consumption, all communications and all past and current work focused on the results achieved in terms of energy savings. The purpose of this article is not to debate the credibility and relevance of a particular performance. It is necessary to […]
It is one of the key issues that cannibalized the debate on the energy transition in France. In many other countries, this question is just as much important. In what, can the emergence of Smart Cities enlighten this alternative? Let us put at first the […]
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