The $309 million DC Smart Street Lighting Project announced by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will modernize more than 75,000 lights throughout the District. The project has been praised as the nation’s largest urban streetlight modernization project. It will convert all of the city’s street and alley lights to energy-efficient LED … [continued]
Event in Alaska to focus on driving energy technologies for a sustainable Arctic region Top scientists and officials from government, academia, Alaskan Native communities, and industry are heading to the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to focus on driving energy technologies for a more sustainable Arctic region. Arctic XLab, part … [continued]
Making buildings more efficient is not only good for the environment, it saves money too.
Written by Jimmy Hirst The Polkadot LivingFree tiny house will be a star attraction at the upcoming Noosa Electric Vehicle Expo on Sunday, 19 June. Here are a few of the features that will be demonstrated in this working prototype of a self-powered tiny house on wheels that is affordable, … [continued]
Sharp readers will remember that we already covered this new Ultium tech toward the end of last month, when it was first announced, but it’s something that I think is worth going back to, because it’s an important piece of a big efficiency problem that plagues every automobile: getting some … [continued]
Range is a primary concern with anyone hoping to take an EV on a road trip– and that all-important range number can take a huge hit when you start to add in factors like additional weight and vehicle loads. That make an EV driver’s dependence on their range estimate that … [continued]
I urge everyone to examine their own biases and blindspots, whether they are in the following short list or not. You’ll help the world more that way.
The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels. The new requirement will apply to all new buildings in commercial zones. Initially, the proposal posed by French environmental activists was for the roofs to be … [continued]
A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned … [continued]
Human society will not look the same in 2050 as it does today. We all know that. What we don’t know yet is how much it will be destroyed and disrupted by an out-of-control climate catastrophe. Various scientists and policymakers have tried to determine and show the best path forward … [continued]
