Public Radio is taking a look at the future of energy, with a week long "Power Trip" around the country to find innovative technologies. John Hockenberry, an Emmy and Peabody award winning correspondent on The Takeaway, stopped by Sentilla to discuss the Sentilla Energy Manager. I gave John a demo of Sentilla's system, and it was exciting to watch the reaction of the producers as we showed them exactly how much all of their equipment consumes (and costs!). John also got a tour of our facility to see how we develop our products.

With a Sentilla demo that showed exactly how much energy is consumed by John's laptop, you can see how IT equipment has a huge impact on our country's energy consumption. With all of us streaming videos from YouTube (like the one below), procrastinating by checking out Facebook, and doing research with Google, we're consuming energy. Both our laptops are consuming energy and so are the servers that deliver all of this rich content. With the granularity of the Sentilla Energy Manager, everything is measurable, from your home appliances to expansive datacenters and massive industrial processes. They all consume and waste energy, and all can be operated more efficiently by knowing exactly where energy is consumed.

Garry Golden got into the energy debate this week too, with a blog about "Ten unusual technologies that may power the future." Only one technology got a 10/10 rating for likelihood to have an impact in the next 10 years -- Silicon Valley Power. Golden emphasizes that Silicon Valley Power is the only technology that focuses specifically on energy reduction instead of new ways to generate power. Just like Obama said, the cheapest, cleanest, fastest form of renewable energy is energy management.

Both the radio interview and a video are available online. The video is embedded below, watch it to see why space heaters are evil! The radio interview is heard on The Takeaway website.