Greenpeace Staging Rolling Sunlight Tour to Showcase Solar Energy
August 31st, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Greenpeace USA rolled through my town, Bloomington, Indiana this weekend as part of its national tour to showcase solar energy. [&hellip
About Carol Gulyas
Carol Gulyas Carol Gulyas is a leader in the renewable energy community in Illinois, where she serves as VP of the Board of the Illinois Solar Energy Association. Recently she co-founded EcoAchievers -- a provider of online education for the renewable energy and sustainable living community. She spent 18 years in the direct marketing industry in New York and Chicago, and is currently a teaching librarian at Columbia College Chicago. Carol grew up in a small town in central Indiana, then lived in the Pacific Northwest, Lima, Peru, and New York City. She is inspired by reducing energy consumption through the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and green building technology.
Author Archives: Carol Gulyas
Solar Thin Film Technology Attracts Big Players in Japan
August 24th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Thin film solar technology has attracted interest from venture capitalists because of its higher efficiency, lower use of limited silicon, [&hellip
SolCool Solar Air Conditioner Production to Ramp Up in China
August 17th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Solar air conditioning has so far been the holy grail of the solar energy world, but now SolCool seems ready [&hellip
Advanced Data Centers Has Built First LEED Platinum Data Center
August 10th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Data centers, the nerve centers for the computing world, use an estimated 2% of all energy used in the United [&hellip
Interstate Electricity Transmission Superhighway Essential to Growth of Low-Carbon Technologies
August 3rd, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Big money is backing wind power, and the number of investors ready to step up to the plate continues to [&hellip
Mass-market Solar Panels Could Result from Chipmakers' Competition
July 30th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
As tech giants rush into the solar cell business, their competition promises to bring down the cost of solar photovoltaic [&hellip
Colleges Race to Earn "Most Sustainable Campus" Honor
July 27th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Armed with a survey that found that 63% of college applicants would use a college’s environmental commitment as a reason [&hellip
Chip Makers Gear Up for Widespread Smart Meter Deployment
July 23rd, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
EDN reports that chip companies are gearing up to supply the widespread deployment of Smart Meters. Smart Meters provide real-time [&hellip
Technology to Make Ethanol from Municipal Waste Still on Hold
July 20th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
As ethanol from corn comes under fire due to rising corn prices, attention is turning to other ethanol sources. Plans [&hellip
Danish Island Becomes Energy Self-Sufficient: the Lesson of Samsø
July 16th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Samsø, a Danish island in the North Sea, has become entirely energy self-sufficient, by using wind energy, solar and other [&hellip
San Francisco Testing Smartphone Technology to Find Parking, Save Gas
July 13th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
The City of San Francisco will test 6,000 of 24,000 metered parking spaces in a program that will help drivers [&hellip
The Sustainable, Rechargable Electric Car: Japan Takes Up the Challenge
July 9th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
We all love the idea of electric vehicles (EVs) rolling quietly down the road, emitting nothing. But our passion cools [&hellip
Financing Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Introduced in Congress
July 6th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) has introduced legislation to establish a feed-in tariff (FIT) for renewable energy. Feed-in tariffs have made [&hellip
Distillery Recycles Waste to Create Methane-Rich Biogas
July 2nd, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Renewable Energy World reports that Ecovation will create energy from distillery waste at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Kentucky. Ecovation, [&hellip
Molten Salt May Be Solution to Solar Energy Storage
June 29th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
While adoption of solar energy steps up around the world, two key challenges remain: how to store the energy created [&hellip
New Jersey May End Solar Rebate Program to Grow Market Faster
June 25th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Demand for New Jersey solar installations is high, but 700 customers are on waiting lists for New Jersey solar rebates, [&hellip
Democrats Take On Challenge of Achieving a Green Convention
June 25th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Having staffed a booth two years running at the Chicago Green Festival, I know what a challenge it is for [&hellip
EcoPower Faucet Saves Energy by Recharging with Each Use
June 22nd, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
We are all familiar with touch-less faucets, which not only decrease infection rates but keep lazy people from letting the [&hellip
Atlantic City Convention Center Plans Largest Solar Roof in U.S.
June 18th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Giving a new meaning to the term “sun roof”, Atlantic City’s Convention Center will install solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on [&hellip
Seven Ways to Save Energy by Saving Water
June 15th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Though many states and localities are waking up to their water shortages and taking steps to plan for “peak [&hellip
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