Last week, Cleantech Group named Enlighted, Inc. in its 2015 Global Cleantech 100 list. This isn’t the only award the company received for its digital sensor and analytics platform, which has made commercial buildings smarter and greener. Enlighted also received the “North American Company of the Year” Award, which recognizes the highest … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Stephen Abbott, Chris Page, Brett Illers, Jacob Susman Amidst the wheat farms of central Kansas, construction has begun on one of the Midwest’s latest wind farms. The 48 MW Alexander Wind Farm, owned by NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV) and developed by OwnEnergy in … [continued]
The American Wind Energy Association has released its fourth quarter 2014 wind energy industry report, and it was good news for the American wind energy industry in 2014, with more than four times more wind energy coming online than the year previously. The report, released on Wednesday to members of … [continued]
Originally published by the ECOreport. Amidst a flurry of energy announcements, the White House also released a video called “The Solar Panels” today. The video was the backdrop to a series of announcements made today. A solar commitment, from the White House to America. “Solar panels in the White House … [continued]
The White House video above doesn’t note that President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House decades ago that were later removed by the Reagan administration, but I guess they didn’t want to get too political with that. It is nice that the Obama administration finally got solar … [continued]
This is an odd an interesting news item that crossed my desk recently. Apparently, “Yahoo Mail users will spend $110 more this year on electricity,” Opower reports. “Based on the company’s cutting-edge behavioral science and patent-pending data analytics, Opower found that, on average, Yahoo Mail users consume 939 kilowatt-hours … [continued]
Greenpeace released a report highlighting the green efforts and not-so-green efforts of the world’s top IT companies recently. Take a look at the key findings.
I received this from a friend this week and thought it was worth a share. Interesting information on data centers and, in particular, the data centers of the web’s biggest sites — Facebook, Google, Yahoo, WordPress, Plenty of Fish, and more. Check it out.
Tech giant Yahoo’s new data center in upstate New York may resemble a giant chicken coop, but inside those almost whimsical looking walls there is some serious energy conservation going on. Instead of using conventional chillers or air conditioning to cool the servers, Yahoo is relying almost entirely on letting outside air blow through the building.
Nike has been one green company lately — in the last year, it has pushed for a strong clean energy and climate bill in Congress on its own and in concert with others and it has helped to reduce deforestation of the Amazon. Now, Nike has also just reported that … [continued]
