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Wireless Power Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicle Transportation
Posted on February, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal of the 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
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
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
New Year Ushers in Bright New Era in Lighting Options
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Lighting 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
Saving on Energy Bills: Meeting Families in the Middle
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Windows & Doors 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
Testing Electric Vehicles to Optimize their Performance with Power Grids
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Infrastructure , Transportation Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released a technical report that could help improve the performance of electric vehicles (EVs) and the efficiency of the electric utility grids that power them. Read more
