Energy
Students Use Dog Waste to Light Park
Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Leisure , Organic Waste , Parks & Recreation , Waste Management Every day, about 200 dogs and their owners visit the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. When they go home, they leave behind about eight cubic yards of dog waste, plastic bottles, bags and other trash. Read more
Save Big on Heating, Cooling Costs with Efficiency Controls
Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning, also known as HVAC Read more
First-Ever Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program in Florida
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Infrastructure The Town of Lantana recently approved the first-ever commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in the state of Florida. A first-of-its-kind, the Florida Green Energy Works Program provides property owners. Read more
Survey of Over 100 Solar Manufacturers Reveal Best Industry Practices
Posted on April, 2012 Categories: Business , Energy , Featured , Solar A new report highlights the best practices of photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers to protect workers and the environment during the production of solar panels. It also analyzes investor considerations regarding environmental, Read more
Green Jail to Demonstrate Power of Microgrids
Posted on March, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Infrastructure When the next “big one” hits northern California, chances are good that the power will be knocked out across large swaths of the Bay Area. But one place that is likely to stand unaffected is Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California Read more
Study: Nation’s Urban Forests Losing Ground
Posted on March, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Land Use National results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about 4 million trees per year, according to a U.S. Forest Service study published recently in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Read more
Study Finds Consumers Willing to Buy Sustainable U.S. Cotton
Posted on February, 2012 Categories: Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Water Management As the interest in environmentally responsible business practices grows globally, researchers are interested in how that interest translates into consumer sales. Researchers from the University of Missouri have found 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