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New Standards Put EV Charging in the Fast Lane
by
Rick Laezman
| December 2012
| under
  • Green Building

If every form of promising new technology has a catch, then, with electric vehicles (EVs), that catch has to be the charging times.

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Get Ready to Get Charging
by
Chuck Ross
| November 2011
| under
  • Green Building

James Strange III, vice president of Louisville, Ky.-based Advanced Electrical Systems Inc., first began thinking about adding electric vehicle (EV) chargers to his company’s installation services at last year’s NECA Show.

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Chicago Announces Citywide Network of EV Charging Stations
April 2011
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  • Green Building

During the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago city officials announced the selection of 350Green, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, to design, build and operate a network of 280 EV charging stations throughout the Chicago area.

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Guiding Automation
by
Claire Swedberg
| April 2011
| under
  • Systems

The gradual emergence from the recession, as well as development of more efficient technology, is signaling what vendors predict will be a surge in commercial building automation.

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Full Charge Ahead
by
Chuck Ross
| March 2011
| under
  • Green Building

To borrow a horse-racing metaphor, electric vehicles (EVs) have barely left the starting gate in their efforts to transform our transportation system, but forecasters predict a growing market for the charging equipment needed to keep them on the road.

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Full Charge Ahead
by
Chuck Ross
| March 2011
| under
  • Green Building

To borrow a horse-racing metaphor, electric vehicles (EVs) have barely left the starting gate in their efforts to transform our transportation system, but forecasters predict a growing market for the charging equipment needed to keep them on the road.

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Dominion Virginia Power Proposes Rate Options for Charging Electric Vehicles
March 2011
| under
  • Green Building

Dominion Virginia Power proposed a pilot program to offer time-of-day pricing options to encourage off-peak charging of electric vehicles, taking another step in supporting the arrival of plug-in vehicles in the marketplace.

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Obama Raises the Bar for Renewable Energy, EVs
by
Rick Laezman
| March 2011
| under
  • Green Building

It should come as no surprise that President Barack Obama wants the nation to do more to exploit the benefits of green power.

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Prototype Electric Vehicle Solar Charging Station With Energy Storage Unveiled
by
Mike Breslin
| March 2011
| under
  • Green Building

In late January, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), working with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), unveiled a prototype of a new, six-bay electric vehicle charging station at the EPRI laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn.

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