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When the internet came along, it transformed our relationship to big data \u2013 unleashing innovation, markets and, yes, funny dog videos at a global scale.\u00a0 \u201cBig data\u201d is all the rage these days in the energy sector<\/a>, as investors, utilities and consumers wake up to what smart use of data can do for them.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I posted about Clean Heat<\/a> \u2013 a project in which organizing data about buildings attracted nearly $100 million to finance upgrades to cleaner heating systems.\u00a0 If we can cut soot pollution from heating oil in New York City 50% by 2013 with the power of open data\u00a0 \u2026 what opportunities might be out there at even bigger scales?<\/p>\n

This week, EDF teamed up with the White House, Google and HonestBuildings <\/a>to pull together a \u201cdata jam\u201d at Google\u2019s New York City headquarters in the impossibly hip meatpacking district of Manhattan.\u00a0 Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer,\u00a0kicked of a brainstorm among\u00a0 tech entrepreneurs, energy experts, finance whizzes, web designers and government agencies, to answer this question:\u00a0 if government makes its energy data open and computer-friendly, what could entrepreneurs invent to \u201cimprove energy outcomes for families and businesses?\u201d<\/p>\n

For six hours, we divided up into teams and jammed on this question, inspired by the extraordinary public data sets squirreled away in federal, state and city agencies on topics from energy efficiency to power plant pollution, electricity markets, transportation and health.\u00a0\u00a0 The jam session generated at least ten great ideas, ranging from consumer energy apps to ways to save money on your commute.\u00a0 Teams are coalescing around these ideas \u2013 and similar ideas developed earlier this year at a similar data jam at Stanford.\u00a0 \u00a0The goal is to turn the most promising ones into prototypes over the next 90 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether any of these ideas make it to market, it\u2019s too early to tell.\u00a0 But if this group can generate so many prototype-worthy ideas in one afternoon, imagine what could happen if consumers, students, entrepreneurs, businesses and families across the country were empowered to harness \u201cbig data\u201d to find the best ways to save money, cut pollution and improve quality of life?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It worked for the internet.\u00a0 It worked for smart phones.\u00a0 Now let\u2019s see if it can work for energy and pollution.\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping to be back in 90 days to tell you about the great idea the folks in my sub-group are developing to increase investor confidence in energy efficiency.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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