Building Green
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
For Midwesterners, More Boxcars Mean Cleaner Air
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation Shifting a fraction of truck-borne freight onto trains would have an outsized impact on air quality in the Midwest, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read more
With Changes, the Grid Can Take It
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Featured , Geothermal , Infrastructure , Smart Grid , Solar , Transportation , Wind Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as an expected influx Read more
Providing a Solution to the Nation’s Construction Waste Problem
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management According to the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov), the construction industry produces more than 136 million tons of waste material per year. This includes items that have the opportunity to be used on other construction Read more
Winners of 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation , Waste Management , Water Management The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized five communities with the 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. Through this award, EPA acknowledges and supports communities Read more
Award Winning World Bulb
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Check It Out! , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Lighting "The World Bulb gives off a clean, bright light equivalent to that of a conventional 60-watt incandescent bulb, but while using 85% less electricity." Read more
