If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may want to check out the new rebate opportunities available through the Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) for home improvements that increase your home’s energy efficiency. “Energy Upgrade California™ Home Upgrade offers rebates to single-family homeowners (one to four units) in … [continued]
Trees, Water and People, a nonprofit run by conservationists, has launched a for-profit subsidiary aimed at bringing more solar power to Latin America. The subsidiary, Luciérnaga, “distributes small (<15W) solar lighting technologies that affordably meet lighting and device charging needs for energy poor populations.” http://youtu.be/dDvUnrUUm9w Trees, Water and People has had … [continued]
For a third year in a row, the Top 10 Best of cleantech’s cluster companies were honored at the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Later Stage Awards Gala. The GCCA’s Global Top 10 Winners represent the best of the association’s nearly 50 member clusters and over 10,000 member companies. The GCCA Global Top 10 … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Confirming what I postulated last weekend, people are not familiar with electric cars yet. In a survey conducted by Navigant Research, only 31% of respondents were familiar with the highest-selling electric car to date, the Nissan Leaf. Only 22% were familiar with the Tesla Model … [continued]
Originally published on Clean Energy Resource Teams. By Joel Haskard. There are a lot of great educational resources out there to help people understand their clean energy options, but often language barriers can get in the way. Now, for Spanish-language learners, there is a nice collection of clean energy resources … [continued]
This week, I caught up a bit on the wonders of biomimicry. Biomimicry emulates the best of nature and biology with technology. The essentials of biomimicy are Ethos, Re-connect, and Emulate. Biomimicy offers consumers a way out of abusing the planet, and a way into a gracious interface and imitation of what … [continued]
Switching to energy-saving LED lighting to brighten the holidays and America’s homes, businesses, and streets could lower U.S. electric bills by billions of dollars and avoid millions of tons of pollution annually. That would truly be a gift that keeps on giving. Swapping out your old, inefficient bulbs for longer-lasting, … [continued]
Here’s an interesting infographic on residential electricity demand and automated demand response technology. Enjoy!
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is going to utilize excess heat from subway tunnels and an electric substation in London to supply homes with heat. Substations contain electronics such as transformers through which massive amounts of power travel, and these transformers do generate a great deal of heat because … [continued]
Originally published on Shrink That Footprint by Lindsay Wilson The better insulated and air tight your home is, the more comfort you get from each unit of heat. In fact, homes can even be so well insulated and air tight that they only need the sun, bodies, appliances, and some … [continued]
