ICTs and Climate Change: Global Symposia

Two 2008 international symposia (in Kyoto and London) focused on ICTs and Climate change. Some tidbits:

Climate change: ICTs to the rescue? 
ICTs as a clean technology
Towards a high bandwidth, low carbon future 
What kind of targets might be established for the reduction in GHG through the use of ICTs?
What contribution to this could be made by the implementaion of relevant ITU Treaties and ITU recommendations?

VC Shift from Alternative Energy to Energy Efficiency

NY Times article on Venture Capital shift to energy efficiency:
Venture capital is starting to move away from its infatuation with alternative energy and returning to one of its traditional strengths: applying information technology to improve the efficiency of energy consumption.
Many investors say developing new forms of energy can consume hundreds of millions of dollars over [...]

Hacking the Home (and buildings, and …)

Joe Romm on Climateprogress reviews the new energy economy in a post about “The Next 100 Days, Part 2: Bring on the Sizzle”
What’s interesting is his visual:

My hacked home vision is this:
 
You make the call.