Communities
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
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
City of Raleigh Install Solar-Powered Charging Stations
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Featured Progress Energy Carolinas and the City of Raleigh recently announced the start of a two-year research-and-development partnership to evaluate solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations. 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
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
Results Are In: Green Buildings Save Green
Posted on November, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Water Management In addition to emitting less carbon dioxide and using less water, sustainably designed federal buildings cost 19 percent less to maintain, according to a report by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read more
