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New Year Ushers in Bright New Era in Lighting Options

Posted on January, 2012

As we usher in a New Year, the first phase of a revolution in home lighting products – one that promises a bright future at less cost – will begin as well, says the Alliance to Save Energy. Read more

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Saving on Energy Bills: Meeting Families in the Middle

Posted on December, 2011

A study recently released by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identifies steps that energy efficiency program managers can take to deliver significant savings on home energy bills to middle-income households. Read more

Consumers Like Smart Grid for More Than Just Saving Money

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Business , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Smart Grid

Many non-financial benefits of smart grid upgrades are as compelling as those that can save consumers money, according to second-wave findings ofthe SGCC Consumer Pulse Study, a national survey of U.S. energy consumers Read more

Students Unite in the Waste Minimization Fight

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Communities , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management

For some, the concept of sorting and weighing lunch waste might seem like a sticky, smelly nuisance.  Not so for the 200,000 Ontario elementary students that participated in Recycling Council of Ontario's 2011 Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. Read more

Energy 101: Electric Vehicles

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Electric Vehicles , Featured , Transportation

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released this video - Energy 101: Electric Vehicles.  "The basic principles behind the technology are this: the electric vehicle’s battery transfers energy to an electric motor, Read more

Greenspeed, Worlds Fastest Vegetable Oil-Fueled Vehicle

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Transportation

The world’s fastest vegetable oil-fueled vehicle – conceived, built and driven by a team of Boise State University undergraduate students dubbed Greenspeed – will be on display at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C. Read more

Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Has Potential to Increase Future Drinking Water Supplies

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Featured , Infrastructure , Water Management

With recent advances in technology and design, treating municipal wastewater and reusing it for drinking water, irrigation, industry, and other applications could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources, Read more

Consumers Recycling More Batteries

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Consumer , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management

More and more consumers are recycling their batteries according to Call2Recycle®, the North American leader in consumer battery recycling. Recently it announced a 13.1 percent increase in Read more

National Model for Electric Vehicle Deployment

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Hybrids , Infrastructure , Transportation

A new coalition of executives from blue chip companies in the transportation and utility industries recently announced  it has come together to design a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) demonstration project that will help create a comprehensive national model for EV deployment. Read more

Solar-Powered Runway Anti-icing System

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Featured , Public Transit , Solar , Transportation

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an anti-icing system that could make airport runways safer and less expensive to maintain during winter months. The approach uses a conventional photovoltaic system Read more

Tiny Solar Cell Could Make a Big Difference

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Featured , Solar

How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse?  How about six hundred microns wide — about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen? Read more

Ground Breaks on West Coast Electric Highway

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation

It’s the first sign of a border-to-border network of public electric-vehicle charging stations and the first stop on Washington’s segment of the West Coast Electric Highway along 276 miles of Interstate 5 between the state’s borders with Oregon and Canada. Read more

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Tiny Solar Cell Could Make a Big Difference

How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse?  How about six hundred microns wide — about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen? Read more




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