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Big Data

Power With A Purpose: This Startup Is Building The Internet Of Energy

Tomas Kellner
April 21, 2016
There are no dumb bricks in John Gordon’s world, only buildings with the potential to be intelligent. “If you deploy smart lights with sensors to gather data and digitize the energy system, you’ll end up with a nervous system running through the whole building,” he says. “The benefits in terms of savings and productivity can be enormous.”
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Boston

How GE’s Move To Boston Is Really A Homecoming

Tomas Kellner
April 04, 2016
GE said in January that it will relocate its headquarters from Connecticut to Boston. The company had a significant presence in the city even before the move — GE businesses ranging from Aviation and Current to Digital and Healthcare employ almost 5,000 people in the city and surrounding area. But GE’s Boston roots go to the very beginning of the company. Our video and also our photo essay tell that story.
 

 
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Renewables

How GE Is Helping Build America’s 1st Offshore Wind Farm

Timothy Brown
March 18, 2016
New wind farms added more than a quarter of total new power generation capacity in the United States between 2010 and 2014, reaching 75,000 megawatts at the end of last year. No other country with the exception of China has more. But the race is on.
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LED

3 Billion Sunsets Later: This LED Will Help Humans Spring Forward, Sleep At Night

Tomas Kellner
March 08, 2016
All living things — from animals and plants down to cells — carry inside them a clock set to the most basic cycle on Earth: night and day. Scientists believe that this clock, called circadian rhythm, dates to the very beginning of life on Earth, some 3.5 billion years ago. It helps us stay awake and active when the sun is out, and rest during the night so cells can carry out basic maintenance and the brain can record memories.
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LEDs

Say Goodbye, Say Hello: GE Stops Making CFLs, Says Go, Go, Go To LEDs

February 01, 2016
GE is breaking up with compact fluorescent lamps.
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Intelligent Lighting

Swimming With Current: New Chief Digital Officer makes Intelligent Environments a Platform for Innovation

Tomas Kellner
December 07, 2015

In October, GE launched Current, a startup focusing on bringing to market a holistic energy-as-a-service offering absent from the industry today. Former IBM Watson executive John Gordon just became Current’s first chief digital officer.

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Lighting

Thanks For The Memories: Norman Rockwell’s Paintings Shed Light On Thanksgiving And The History Of Electric Illumination In America

Tomas Kellner
November 24, 2015
Although painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell wasn’t a founding father, there are few things more American than his art. From 1916 until 1963, he re-created scenes from everyday life on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, back then the most widely circulated magazine in the U.S. Throughout his career, Rockwell painted American presidents, and his work now decorates hallways inside the White House.
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Go with Current: GE's New Energy Business Changes the Power Game

October 07, 2015
GE announced today the creation of Current, a startup that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers.
The company, which is backed by GE’s balance sheet, brings together GE’s LED, Solar, Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle businesses as a one-stop shop for early customers like Walgreens, JPMorgan Chase, Hilton Worldwide and others.
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