Taiwan's biggest power company, telecom operator and IT firms are designing metering and communication systems to link air conditioners and lighting systems with computers and mobile phones. Efficiency gains from the scheme could save millions of tons of carbon emissions.
The technologies will enable property owners to set "energy budgets" for their buildings, send electricity price change updates to consumers via cable TV or mobile phone, and let telecoms firms start providing power optimisation services. These systems are likely to be crucial to recently announced moves in Britain, the US and China to build "smart grids", because Taiwan develops and manufactures many of the world's electronic chips and components.
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Saturday 24 October 2009
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