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How To Maintain Renewable Energy’s Rapid Growth
Posted on November, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Building Green , Business , Energy , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Infrastructure , Solar , Wind Renewables are now the fastest-growing sector of the energy mix and offer great potential to address issues of energy security and sustainability, but their rapid deployment is also bringing a host of challenges. Read more
Students Living Green in Campus Houses
Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Solar , Water Management , Wind The houses at 138 and 146 W. Foulke Ave. on the campus of The University of Findlay, Ohio, may look like “normal” student residences, but the students living in those houses chose to live there with a common goal to reduce energy consumption and to lower their carbon footprints. 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
Portable Power - No Fuel Required
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Solar , Wind Humless - The Silent Generator: It can be charged with solar panels, wind turbines, hand cranks, and any available energy source, and still provide versatile output to power everything from a radio to computers to a refrigerator. Totally silent and portable, and safe for indoor use, unlike fuel-burning generators. Read more
Wind Powered Cars Could Reduce Our Carbon Footprint While We Sleep
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Transportation , Wind Clean wind power and a new generation of electric cars are both technologies designed to reduce hydrocarbon use and CO2 emissions. However, according to a paper released today Read more
Small Wind Turbines as a Renewable Energy Solution for Homeowners and the Community
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Wind Advances in small wind have helped this technology transition from theory into practice. This article covers ways homeowners and the community can benefit from developments in recent years. Read more
Going Green at Home Made Easier with iPhone App
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Smart Grid , Solar , Wind Technology just made being “green” easier. Computer science researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of San Francisco have developed an automated energy-management system that monitors energy generation and consumption. Read more
WindMade™ Label Standard Presented to US Market
Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Green Initiatives , Wind WindMade™, the first global consumer label for companies using wind energy, was presented to the public today, on Global Wind Day (15 June).The WindMade™ initiative took shape as the proposed WindMade™ technical standard enters Read more