Featured
Wireless Power Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicle Transportation
Posted on February, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Infrastructure , Transportation A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The long-term goal of the 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
Students Unite in the Waste Minimization Fight
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Communities , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management For some, the concept of sorting and weighing lunch waste might seem like a sticky, smelly nuisance. Not so for the 200,000 Ontario elementary students that participated in Recycling Council of Ontario's 2011 Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. Read more
Energy 101: Electric Vehicles
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Electric Vehicles , Featured , Transportation The U.S. Department of Energy recently released this video - Energy 101: Electric Vehicles. "The basic principles behind the technology are this: the electric vehicle’s battery transfers energy to an electric motor, Read more
Greenspeed, Worlds Fastest Vegetable Oil-Fueled Vehicle
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Transportation The world’s fastest vegetable oil-fueled vehicle – conceived, built and driven by a team of Boise State University undergraduate students dubbed Greenspeed – will be on display at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C. Read more
Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Has Potential to Increase Future Drinking Water Supplies
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Featured , Infrastructure , Water Management With recent advances in technology and design, treating municipal wastewater and reusing it for drinking water, irrigation, industry, and other applications could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources, Read more
Consumers Recycling More Batteries
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Consumer , Featured , Recycling , Waste Management More and more consumers are recycling their batteries according to Call2Recycle®, the North American leader in consumer battery recycling. Recently it announced a 13.1 percent increase in Read more
National Model for Electric Vehicle Deployment
Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Featured , Hybrids , Infrastructure , Transportation A new coalition of executives from blue chip companies in the transportation and utility industries recently announced it has come together to design a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) demonstration project that will help create a comprehensive national model for EV deployment. Read more