ISS Newsletter March/April 2006: Technology Discipline and Focus!
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Distributed Generation – Get the latest on the technology and benefits of this new trend in generating electricity at the DOE EERE: www.eere.energy.gov/EE/power_distributed_generation.html
Interconnection guide at:
www.irecusa.org/pdf/guide.pdf and more information at their website www.irecusa.org.
IEEE Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems:
grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc21/1547/1547_index.html

Energy and the Environment – Technology to reduce greenhouse gases in reaction to climate change studies is enjoying some press from the Edison Electric Institute: http://www.eei.org/newsroom/press_releases/060404.htm
No matter what side of the issue you are on, it is good to know what the EPA is planning. Read article EPA Plan to Allow More Air Pollution Draws Friendly Fire at:
http://environment.about.com/b/a/256715.htm. It has a link to the internal EPA memo.


Upcoming Events – Hope to see you at:

One Laptop Per Child – Visionary program to develop a $100 laptop for developing countries. Learn about the program at: laptop.org. Yes, this is the one that was criticized by Bill Gates. Read the article at: news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/tc_nm/microsoft_gates_dc.


Self Driving Car – It was bound to happen, but what kind of gestures can a computer make? What toll will the stress of driving have on computer systems? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9707672/site/newsweek