Energy
Vested Interest in Fuel Cells for Energy Independence
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Energy , Fuel Cells Latham, N.Y. - March 16, 2011 - During a time when rising fuel prices are on the minds of all Americans, everyone, including President Obama, is looking for alternative energy sources to help establish independence from foreign oil. Read more
Energy Initiative Boost to Local Economy
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Solar Guelph, ON, Canada - August 11, 2010 - Canadian Solar Inc., the world's eighth largest solar module company, announced today it will establish a $24 million solar module manufacturing facility in Guelph. The facility will be one of the largest on the continent. Read more
Report Linking Pavement Smoothness & Fuel Economy
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Consumer , Energy Savings , Transportation Lanham, Md. – The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) has released a new brochure on the impact of pavement smoothness on the fuel economy of vehicles. The attractive brochure discusses how even slight improvements Read more
Wind: Best Practices for Community Engagement and Public Consultation
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Wind January 13, 2011 - The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is helping its members enhance their communications about proposed wind energy developments Read more
GE Position Paper on Lighting Efficiency Laws and Industry Transformation
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Lighting November 17, 2010 - The State of California becomes a test lab next year for how consumers nationwide may react to new federal lighting efficiency laws taking effect throughout the country on January 1, 2012. Read more
Study Provides Overview of Home Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programs
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings The National Home Performance Council (NHPC) has released a new study that gives an overview of whole-home energy efficiency retrofit programs in the United States. Read more
USDA Launches New Biobased Product Label
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management January 19, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's BioPreferred program announced today that a final rule to initiate a voluntary product certification and labeling program for qualifying biobased products will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow. Read more
Proposed Label for Products made from Wind Energy
Posted on March, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Wind January 18, 2011 - The Global Wind Energy Council, WWF, the LEGO Group, the UN Global Compact, Vestas Wind Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Bloomberg today announced their support Read more