Published on May 14th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
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New trends spotted at the American Solar Energy Society conference last week in San Diego (courtesy of Illinois Solar Energy Association President Mark Burger, who attended): From Bosch, a new generation of solar flat plate collectors [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 12th, 2008 | by Chris Milton
A few thoughts and a cartoon popped into my head last week while reading an article in Grist on oil companies having to clean up contaminated groundwater. The article stated that “Some of the nation’s largest [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2008 | by Michelle Bennett
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The Internet is so big, it’s easy to miss shopping resources, especially if you’re environmentally conscientious. Here’s an easy guide to green shopping online: The Internet has revolutionized how we shop. Shopping has become an interesting [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 11th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
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AWS TrueWind has completed the first high-resolution wind map for the United States. This is more than a graphic arts story because, in a variation of “if a tree falls in the forest”, if wind energy [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 10th, 2008 | by Courtney Carlisle Bolton
Having spent a lot of time in the wireless industry and being hopelessly addicted to my Blackberry and my Helio Ocean, I wanted to take a look at how manufacturers and carriers stand up when it [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 10th, 2008 | by Michelle Bennett
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Xtreme Concentrated Solar Power: if a magnifying glass is like lightning to ants, this would be their atomic bomb. We already know that concentrated solar power (CSP) is shaking things up in the solar industry. A [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 10th, 2008 | by Courtney Carlisle Bolton
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No doubt about it, I have my vices. Addiction to coffee seems to be genetic in my family, and so, really, there isn’t anything I can do about it other than try to drink responsibly. Aside [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 9th, 2008 | by Timothy B. Hurst
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Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems (VWS:DC) had a big week. First, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer announced that they would be building a tower manufacturing plant in Colorado. Second, Vestas reported a 94 percent jump in [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 8th, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
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300 garbage collection trucks in California will soon be fueled by the same trash that they haul. Landfill gas will be purified and liquefied, producing up to 13,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) daily. This [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 8th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
“Negawatts”, a termed coined by Amory Lovins in 1989 to describe savings created by using less energy, are becoming a reality. The fact that saving energy is much cheaper than building new power generation capacity has [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 5th, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
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Rock Port, Missouri is the first 100% wind powered city in the US. Loess Hill Wind Farm, with four 1.25 MW wind turbines is estimated to generate 16 gigawatt hours (16 million kilowatt hours) of electricity [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 5th, 2008 | by Michelle Bennett
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There are a lot of cool gadgets out there, but there’s a fine line between what’s cool and what’s useful. This is a green list of gadgets that are useful, but boast the extra-cool factor of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 4th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
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BuildingGreen.com features a story on the value that renewable energy can add to a home. Amy Levin, a realtor who completed a LEED platinum registered gut rehab in Washington, DC, had her home appraised at 10% [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 3rd, 2008 | by Michelle Bennett
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I cover a lot of upcoming or future technology, but it’s time to step into the present and aim for the past. Today we’re going to look at a technology available right now that can make [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 2nd, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
Here’s a chance to support a great group making a direct, positive impact on the global community: Northwestern University’s chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World has done rural electrification work in the isolated community of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 2nd, 2008 | by Timothy B. Hurst
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Tesla Would Be Proud A few years back, Marin Soljačić was driven from bed by the insistent beeping of his mobile phone. But it wasn’t beeping for him to answer it, it was beeping for him [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 1st, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
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[social_buttons]The average Chicagoan spends an hour and a half commuting to and from work each day. With the second largest public transportation system in the country, one million people ride city buses each day. Mayor Daley [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 30th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
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Wind Energy Systems Technology (WEST) will use old oil platforms to support new wind turbines. Herman Schellstede, CEO of WEST, holds sixty-seven U.S. patents and ten international patents, and is a naval architect and marine engineer. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 29th, 2008 | by Joe Mohr
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Well, Billboard beat me too it. It’s probably better that way–because they focused on a few bands I didn’t even know existed. I was going to do a piece on Jack Johnson and his ability to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 28th, 2008 | by Carol Gulyas
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After a cold winter and rising fuel prices, Vermont and other Northeastern states are warming to the idea of using local biomass to heat their homes. According to Renewable Energy World, pellet stoves, which burn pellets [&hellip... Read More →
