Energy
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
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
Using Coffee to Brew up Energy
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Organic Waste , Waste Management The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota recently announced it is leading a project to develop an efficient renewable electricity technology for coffee-processing plants. 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
US Solar Confidence Survey - The Results Are In
Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Business , Energy , Solar Recently, 35,000 solar professionals from the solar and finance communities were invited to take part in asurvey to assess industry confidence for 2012 in the US. 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
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