Greenbrier Homes in Montville, Connecticut, not to be confused with the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is a green housing develpment. The homes have near net zero energy use and include passive cooling and solar. The design, materials and systems are integrated to provide comfort, air quality efficiency and performance * Natural [...]
Bright Light Designs is a lighting consulting company in Boynton Beach, Florida also serving South Florida from Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. Lighting Designer, Marcia Exelrud, has many years of experience with most of the projects incorporating energy-efficient lighting. The key is to have a pleasant appearance with non-traditional lighting sources like Compact Fluorescent [...]
July 28, 2010 – Schneider Electric of France is running 2-page ads headlined, “A watt saved is a watt shared.” Schneider helps companies around the world save energies in the buildings and processes. Saving energy provides the quickest return on investment compared to developing new sources of energy. It also makes use of current technology [...]
July 27, 2010 – Tyler Kepner reports in The New York Times on the famous Fenway Park Citgo sign. “Federal Heath Sign Company began the process of replacing more than 9,000 feet of lights on the double-sided, 60-by-60-foot Boston landmark, which first said “Cities Service” when it was installed above 660 Beacon Street in 1940. [...]
July 27, 2010 – Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, announced it has entered into two contracts to supply 12MW PV modules to projects in Italy. The first contract was signed with GranSolarGhella, SrL to supply 6MW PV [...]
July 27, 2010 – Join energy business leaders, government policymakers, financiers, NGOs and global thought leaders at the Global Clean Energy Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, September 30 – October 1, 2010. This meeting is convened by the International Herald Tribune and Diario Economico. Get details and register at http://www.IHTCleanEnergy.com. Please leave your comments here if [...]
July 27, 2010 – President Barack Obama was in Holland, Michigan last week. It used to be that presidents went to Michigan to visit automobile manufactures. No longer. Obama visited Compact Power’s new battery plant under construction. Of course, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm was also present. There is $2.4 billion in federal money available for [...]
July 26, 2010 – Most, but not all, hybrid vehicles or electric vehicles cost more upfront than their comparable gasoline-fueled vehicles. But what is the 5-year cost comparison? Do you get enough savings in tax credits and fuel costs to make up for it over 5 years? It is tough enough to calculate lease costs [...]
Power Mix Alternative Energy Expo takes place on Sunday, August 15 from 3:00pm – 7:00pm at Margo Studios 1354 Margo St Los Angeles 90015 $10 pre-register and $15 day at the door Power Mix is a cutting edge alternative energy expo with a gathering of alternative energy industry leaders, movers and shakers, decision makers, investors, [...]
July 23, 2010 – It seems that the weathermen made a bigger scare than Tropical Depression Bonnie. TV weathermen love bad news. It keeps viewers watching the TV and the commercials even when the predictions are way overblown. BP ducks a bullet.
July 23, 2010 – Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second storm of the 2010 season, is headed to the Gulf of Mexico after first hitting the Florida Keys. BP has already transferred most personnel out of the storm’s path. Do you expect any damage to the efforts to prevent further oil leakage? What will be the [...]
Students who Graduate Harvey Mudd College earn the highest salaries. According to PayScale.com, Harvey Mudd alums go on to earn a mid-level salary of around $126,000. Harvey Mudd College is a private liberal-arts college focusing on mathematics, the physical and biological sciences, and engineering. The college is located in Claremont, California. Students from Harvey Mudd [...]
July 22, 2010 – Etón Corporation is now marketing its Soulra solar powered sound system of the iPod® and iPhone®. Check it out. iPod and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc.
July 21, 2010 – Diane Mastrull reports in The Philadelphia Inquirer “Broker Offering Solar Education, Discounts to Homes and Small Businesses in Philadelphia.” Is going solar proving too daunting – with too many installers to choose from, reliability hard to judge, and prices all over the place? For Philadelphia-area homeowners and small businesses, there’s an [...]
According to accident lawyer, William D. Kickham in Boston, an unexpected consequence of electric vehicles is accidents with pedestrians at slow speeds. We are used to the noise of internal combustion. Electric and hybrid vehicles make little or no noise at speeds under 15 mph. Hybrid vehicles’ gasoline engines start at 15 mph. Most accidents [...]
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