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"ATLANTA – A new program to inform building owners and operators, tenants and prospective buyers on the energy use of buildings, similar to a nutrition label on food or miles per gallon ratings on cars, was launched to encourage the building industry to find ways to cut energy use and costs. The Building Energy Quotient program, which will be known as Building EQ, will include both As Designed (asset) and In Operation (as operated) ratings for all building types, except residential. It also will provide a detailed certificate with data on actual energy use, energy demand profiles, indoor air quality and other information that will enable building owners to evaluate and reduce their building’s energy use. The program is administered by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

I'll be there from December 12th until December 18th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

"(Old Town, Maine-4 December) National GIS firm James W. Sewall Company announces today the release of a new user interface for GeoPowerT, Sewall's innovative enterprise solution for the delivery of GIS mapping, applications, and associated information over the web." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

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I'll be there from November 20th until November 29th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

"PublicEarth is a'wikipedia for places' that can be extended by users. Using Google Maps to display 'crowdsourced' Points of Interest [POI] locations. Guests can view the data in a read-only format whereas registered users rate places,create collections and can personalise their suggestions." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

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"The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"Aral Sea Rebirth? Thursday October 29, 2009 The Aral Sea, located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan might not be dying as quickly as it once was and might even be coming back to life. Kazakhstan built a dam to divert the water of the Syr Darya river into the portion of the Aral Sea located in Kazakhstan. Thus, the fishing industry along with ecosystems based on the Aral Sea are seeing some signs of recovery. It's a great story of what was once the world's fourth largest lake (and now isn't even in the top ten). The Associated Press has a fantastic story on the rebirth of the Aral Sea." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

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I'll be there from October 28th until November 3rd. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

"Despite a worldwide effort to cut the number of hungry people around the world, as part of the Millennium Development Goals, the number of hungry people worldwide rose more than 100 million to 1.02 billion people. Thus, more than one in seven people on the planet have serious food security issues. According to researchers, food production needs to be increased by 50% to meet the needs of the growing global population. I am a bit surprised by this fact as I had long been of the understanding that food distribution, and not production, was the issue" - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"I had been tracking Google PowerMeter, a Google initiative that lets people monitor their energy usage online, but it was only available to customers of electric providers who were using so-called "Smart Meters". Smart Meters send usage data back to the provider, and PSNH isn't one of them. Then, this week, Google announced on their blog that normal mortals could now order a device called The Energy Detective (or TED, as he's known by his friends...) TED is made by Energy, Inc. out of South Carolina, and consists of a minimum of two components. The first piece is an inductive current measuring device that lives out in your circuit breaker box. The second is a gateway device that plugs into a wall socket and has an Ethernet jack. Optionally, you can also get a stand-alone display, so that you don't need a computer to view your usage." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

WOW! this is amazing! "Indoor Autonomous Mapping and Navigation The movie below details the work led by Nick Roy at the Robust Robotics Group at CSAIL, MIT. It is extremely impressive, while a little scary at the same time, note the real-time mapping and 3D model production as the helicopter scans the environment: You can find out more about the research and the robotics group in general at http://groups.csail.mit.edu/rrg..." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

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I'll be there from October 13th until October 16th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

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I'll be there from October 7th until October 9th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

"Over the last year I’ve been to many geo-conferences, and been privileged enough to speak at most of them. However, I think that there is something amiss in the current conference landscape. To quote Mark Frost in Fortune Magazine… We’ve all been there: the dull business conference. A half-empty room of half-asleep attendees answer their e-mail on laptops and BlackBerries, while some hapless speaker lumbers through a PowerPoint speech." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"As luck would have it, this week also sees the publication of a new book that includes a map of Britain's cheeses - a portrait of lactic invention to make a cheese lover's heart sing." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"GIS Cloud Host, Skygone Inc., opens new headquarters in Redlands, CA Written by Skygone Inc    30 September 2009 New office provides 6,600 sq. ft. of space to accommodate Skygone's growth Redlands, California-Skygone Inc. has opened their new headquarters office at 1000 New York St. Suite 107, Redlands, CA 92374 to accommodate the need for more office space due to growth." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu above to find a map of interest." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

I'll be there from October 4th until October 7th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Stu Rich

"Video Analytic technology addresses all the shortcomings of common motion sensors enabling greener energy practices for building operations." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

Awesome! Congrats Benton. Can't wait to learn more. - Stu Rich

Sweet, congrats! =) - ronin

"Five years ago the US National Institute of Science and Technology estimated the lack of interoperability in the construction industry was costing around $16 billion per year." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"Flickr just announced support for OpenStreetMap, the wiki-like mapping service that allows users to create and edit maps. Starting today, photos that are tagged with an OpenStreetMap node ID will include a link to OpenStreetMap (OSM) right underneath the photo. OSM assigns a random number to objects on its maps and Flickr can now read this number and also extract additional data about places from the OSM database. In addition, Flickr also announced that it will now support venue ID tags for the increasingly popular Foursquare service." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"The MBTA began a two-year effort this morning to upgrade its rapid transit maps -- known as spider maps -- in its stations, along with some neighborhood maps that haven't been upgraded in more than 40 years. The new spider maps show 15 key bus routes, for the first time, along with subway lines, commuter rail lines, and the Silver Line enhanced bus service. The first map went up today in Government Center station. Eventually, the new maps will go up in every subway, commuter rail stop, trolley stop, and bus terminal. Smaller maps with a few less details will go up in subways and trains." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet

"This week’s opening of a new exhibit at the New York Public Library, “Mapping New York’s Shoreline, 1609-2009″ coincides not only with the Hudson 400 anniversary, but also with the online launch of the Library’s map division (up from tomorrow, Friday)." - Stu Rich from Bookmarklet