Archive for June, 2010

Chicago Green Events During July 2010

U.S. Green Building Illinois Chapter  (USGBC) LEED Leaders and Liters: Community Initiatives Wednesday, July 14, 2010 CTA Building, Chicago River North Business Association and USGBC – Illinois Chapter’s July Green Business After Hours Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Citizen Bar Chapter Business Meeting –  Demystifiying Measurement & Verification: The Plan and the Reality Thursday, July 22, [...]

Siemens Wins Order to Connect Lincs Offshore Wind Farm to UK Grid

Jun 28, 2010 – Siemens has been awarded a major order with Lincs Wind Farm Ltd to implement the grid connection for the Lincs offshore wind farm. The order volume for the grid connection is GBP101 million (approximately EUR120 million). Siemens Energy announced in December it is also supplying 75 of its high-performance 3.6 megawatts [...]

BOCA RATON, FL – GOING GREEN NETWORKING EVENT

It is everyone’s responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint at home, in business, and for our environment.  It is easier than you think to go green more effectively without changing your lifestyle or your budget! There is a networking event next week not to be missed.  It is for professionals that want to learn more [...]

“Greening of Our Economy: Clean Energy Careers” Webinar, June 24, 2010: 7:30-8:30 pm Eastern

“The Greening of Our Economy: Clean Energy Careers” Webinar and Discussion Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Many of you have already registered but for those of you who haven’t, there is still time to sign up for the upcoming informative, online interactive discussion on careers in clean energy and sustainability.  Across every [...]

BOCA RATON, FL – GOING GREEN NETWORKING EVENT NEXT WEEK

It is everyone’s responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint at home, in business, and for our environment.  It is easier than you think to go green more effectively without changing your lifestyle or your budget! There is a networking event next week not to be missed.  It is for professionals that want to learn more [...]

Cleantech Meeting in Chicago

For some, the term “smart building” might conjure up Hal 9000-like visions of know-it-all smart meters deciding when to turn off your office lights.  But what if we told you even modest efficiency efforts could cut energy consumption in buildings by 30% to 50%, which would amount to $30 billion to $54 billion in annual [...]

Obama, Oval Office, BP, & Green Energy Policy

Jun 16, 2010 – Yesterday evening President Obama gave his first speech from the Oval Office.  No, the US did not kill or catch Osama bin Laden.  Obama had BP CEO Tony Hayward in his sights & Obama will be meeting him today at the White House.  Please leave your comments here about the speech.  [...]

GO GREEN MORE EFFECTIVELY AND SAVE!

It is everyone’s responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint at home, in business, and for our environement.  It is easier than you think to go green more effectively without changing your lifestyle or your budget! There is a networking event next week not to be missed.  It is for professionals that want to learn more [...]

Houston Has Solar Parking Meters

Jun 8, 2010 – I was in Houston recently & saw that they have units that are solar powered to bill credit cards and dispense parking meter receipts to put on your dashboard to show that you paid to park.  Does your city have these?  Besides not drawing electricity from the grid, they are easier [...]

Siemens PetroAlgae fuel is Alternative to BP Deep Water Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Jun 8, 2010 – Siemens Energy has successfully completed the first firing of PetroAlgae Inc.’s biocrude fuel, a plant-based, micro-crop biomass material that is processed into a solid residue. The biocrude fuel was combined with pulverized coal in a pilot-scale burner with a thermal capacity of approximately 4 MBtu/hr. The testing was performed at a [...]

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Admiral Says BP Oil Pipe Is Cut, a Key Step in Halting Leak

Jun 3, 2010 – Campbell Robertson,  Joseph Berger & Henry Fountain reported in The New York Times reported today: Delicately manipulating a 20-foot-long shear at depths of nearly a mile, technicians successfully snipped a key riser pipe on Thursday in their effort to contain the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from a stricken [...]