Carol Gulyas, Author at CleanTechnica

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.

Solar Energy

Greenpeace Staging Rolling Sunlight Tour to Showcase Solar Energy

Greenpeace USA rolled through my town, Bloomington, Indiana this weekend as part of its national tour to showcase solar energy. Rolling Sunlight will visit...

Carol GulyasAugust 31, 2008

Clean Power

Solar Thin Film Technology Attracts Big Players in Japan

Thin film solar technology has attracted interest from venture capitalists because of its higher efficiency, lower use of limited silicon, and more easily automated...

Carol GulyasAugust 24, 2008

Clean Power

SolCool Solar Air Conditioner Production to Ramp Up in China

Solar air conditioning has so far been the holy grail of the solar energy world, but now SolCool seems ready to make the dream...

Carol GulyasAugust 17, 2008

Energy Efficiency

Advanced Data Centers Has Built First LEED Platinum Data Center

Data centers, the nerve centers for the computing world, use an estimated 2% of all energy used in the United States, and are also...

Carol GulyasAugust 10, 2008

Clean Power

Interstate Electricity Transmission Superhighway Essential to Growth of Low-Carbon Technologies

Big money is backing wind power, and the number of investors ready to step up to the plate continues to grow. But according to...

Carol GulyasAugust 3, 2008

Clean Power

Mass-market Solar Panels Could Result from Chipmakers' Competition

As tech giants rush into the solar cell business, their competition promises to bring down the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels used to...

Carol GulyasJuly 30, 2008

Clean Power

Colleges Race to Earn "Most Sustainable Campus" Honor

Armed with a survey that found that 63% of college applicants would use a college’s environmental commitment as a reason to choose to go...

Carol GulyasJuly 27, 2008

Energy Efficiency

Chip Makers Gear Up for Widespread Smart Meter Deployment

EDN reports that chip companies are gearing up to supply the widespread deployment of Smart Meters. Smart Meters provide real-time information on energy use...

Carol GulyasJuly 23, 2008

Biofuels

Technology to Make Ethanol from Municipal Waste Still on Hold

As ethanol from corn comes under fire due to rising corn prices, attention is turning to other ethanol sources. Plans are in the works...

Carol GulyasJuly 20, 2008

Clean Power

Danish Island Becomes Energy Self-Sufficient: the Lesson of Samsø

Samsø, a Danish island in the North Sea, has become entirely energy self-sufficient, by using wind energy, solar and other renewables. The community was...

Carol GulyasJuly 16, 2008

Clean Transport

San Francisco Testing Smartphone Technology to Find Parking, Save Gas

The City of San Francisco will test 6,000 of 24,000 metered parking spaces in a program that will help drivers immediately see where there...

Carol GulyasJuly 13, 2008