Energy

Will You Save by Doubling the R–Value of Insulation?

Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Insulation If you’re building, renovating or just thinking about improving your home, there are few better ways than the right insulation to help you save energy, reduce drafts, and improve indoor air quality. Read more

New technology Uses Solar UV to Disinfect Drinking Water

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Solar , Water Management A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world's 800 million people who lack safe drinking water. Read more

Report Highlights How Small & Medium-Sized Companies can Profit from Sustainability

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Business , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured The report focuses on nine case studies - three each from the UK, US and Canada - showing smaller companies who are taking different approaches to the same core issues, all using sustainable practices to their advantage. Read more

Winners of the First Green Power Community Challenge

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Communities , Energy , Featured , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Solar , Wind The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the communities of Washington, D.C. and Brookeville, Md. as winners of the first Green Power Community Challenge. Read more

Market Share for Energy Star Qualified Homes Reaches 25 Percent

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Insulation , Lighting , Windows & Doors The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that 25 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2010 earned EPA’s Energy Star, up from 21 percent in 2009. Read more

Fuel Station of the Future

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Fuel Cells , Infrastructure Imagine pulling-up to a fuel station that supplies your car with clean, renewable fuel. Now imagine that, while you’re filling up, this same fuel-station just so happens to be providing power back to an entire industrial facility. Read more

Not All Incandescent Light Bulbs will be Banned Next Year

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Lighting As many consumers are beginning to suffer from "light bulb anxiety" and are confused about replacement options for their traditional incandescent bulbs, Bulbrite introduces their Eco-Friendly Halogen A19 lamp. Read more

Research Grant Awarded to Expand Smart Grid into 'Smart Energy Network'

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Energy , Featured , Infrastructure , Smart Grid Waterloo, ON, Canada - A University of Waterloo research project looking to expand the concept of a "smart grid" beyond electricity is getting a boost from Union Gas through a $10,000grant that is part of the company's year-long Centennial celebration. Read more

Smart Grid Study Finds Personal and Societal Benefits Valued Equally

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Business , Energy , Featured , Smart Grid "We've found consumers to be remarkably consistent in their evaluation of the benefits commonly associated with the smart grid and smart meters," Read more

Hog Waste Producing Electricity and Carbon Offsets

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Energy , Organic Waste , Waste Management A pilot waste-to-energy system constructed by Duke University and Duke Energy recently garnered the endorsement of Google Inc., which invests in high-quality carbon offsets from across the nation to fulfill its own carbon neutrality goals. Read more

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