Our globe is undergoing a major environmental crisis and is warming up. The ever increasing, pollutive energy consumption is one of the main causes for the greenhouse effect. Improving the world’s energy efficiency is the first item to address. Many energy studies have shown that if you measure your consumption with the right granularity, you will be able to become more efficient and save.

The last 30 years have seen dramatic network revolutions. Unlike the cellular, cable or the phone networks, the electrical grid has not evolved much in over 100 years. Enterprises, as well as homes have very limited visibility into the flow and usage of their consumed electrical power. Recent activity to evolve the network into a smart grid may increase external power visibility for utilities, but will hardly affect the internal, enterprise grid.