Here’s one final repost (for the day) from our friend Lindsay Wilson of Shrink That Footprint: By Lindsay Wilson Electricity emissions are a function of two things: how much electricity is used and how carbon intensive that electricity is. Using data from 60 countries this post explains how our electricity … [continued]
New York is one of the leading states in the country for solar power. But some New Yorkers are now looking to up NYC’s solar credentials a bit more. In partnership with AT&T, Goal Zero and Brooklyn-based design studio PENSA are installing 25 public solar-powered cell phone and tablet chargers to make charging … [continued]
Solar Powered LED Lights change the way people live, work, and learn in Africa and around the world. Approximately 1.6 billion people in the world today have no access to electricity, something a lot of us take for granted. The folks at Philips are using the power of the sun to … [continued]
I’ve recently stumbled upon a number of articles by the Breakthrough Institute (BTI) that aimed at discrediting renewable energy on the one hand and on the other preaching about nuclear energy as the solution for the global energy crisis of the 21st century. With their hearts and minds pre-set on pushing … [continued]
As part of staying current, literally hundreds of clean energy articles are reviewed each month. Thank you, Google. Dozens of relevant stories are found and reported to my network at month’s end and could be sent to you at your request. Some of these leap out, to me anyway, as … [continued]
A new survey shows growth rates for green products and services are rising faster than conventional goods in America’s economy, outpacing the overall economy during the depths of the recession, and creating opportunity for the 88% of US businesses classified as “microbusinesses” with five or fewer employees.
This article originally appeared on Greentech Media by Stephen Lacey The renewable energy credit, or REC, is a staple in the retail energy sector. But fourteen years ago, when the tool was first being crafted, very few people understood its potential. “I heard consistently that it couldn’t be done. But then … [continued]
The newly opened Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building at the University of California, Davis includes a full lineup of futuristic green tech bells and whistles, and the one that has us most intrigued is a system for sequestering carbon dioxide from all the fermentation that is going to take … [continued]
Via the good folks at the University of Washington, here’s some positive LED research news. With some luck, these researchers might just help to bring down the price of LEDs. Check out the full repost. By Michelle Ma Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are the most efficient and environmentally friendly light … [continued]
A study conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Northwestern University and funded by Google has found that moving common software applications used by US workers to the cloud could save 23 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, approximately enough energy to power all the homes, businesses, and industry of Los Angeles … [continued]
