When the Green Button program was launched as a way for energy users to share data , the initiative was hailed as an opportunity  for third-party developers to build new commercial and residential energy management applications. While many utilities and service providers have jumped aboard the Green Button program, there has been little progress in building a larger [...]

The Green Button, as hoped , is unleashing a new wave of innovation for energy management. As part of a challenge for third-party developers to take advantage of residential and commercial energy usage data, the U.S. Department of Energy doled out cash awards yesterday to the top winners for the most compelling mobile and Internet energy applications. [...]