Schools use a tremendous amount of water everyday, and require water for their heating and cooling systems, restrooms, drinking water faucets, locker rooms, cafeteria, laboratories, and outdoor playing fields and lawns. To reduce water use in the school, consider replacing old equipment such as dishwashers with energy-saving devices. Repair water leaks and leaky toilets. Install [...]
Nursing building among a handful of LEED projects on Tennessee’s higher education campuses Submitted by: Lipscomb University Posted: Oct 27, 2011 – 10:16 AM EST NASHVILLE, Oct. 27 /CSRwire/ – Lipscomb University has begun construction on its second LEED-registered building, a nursing academic building expected to be complete for the fall 2012 school year. LEED [...]
AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Highlights Two Proposed Projects in New Hampshire to Promote Outdoor Recreation, Conservation Contact: Adam Fetcher, (DOI) 202-208-6416 10/25/11 Press Release – Projects Will Be A Part of a 50-State Report WASHINGTON — Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country’s most promising ways to reconnect [...]
Oct 25, 2011 – Rob Gillette is no longer CEO at First Solar. Chairman and company founder Mike Ahearn will serve as interim CEO. Is there a problem with loan guarantees a la Solyndra? Please leave any comments here and come back for further information.
Oct 25, 2011 – As our regular readers know Evergreen Solar [ironic name] is bankrupt despite the USA government grant that it received. [See also posts on Solyndra.] Now the government wants to at least get ownership of a few of the patents that Evergreen has in its portfolio.
Oct 25, 2011 – JinkoSolar Holding has restarted a solar plant in China that had had a fluoride waste leak in September. Please leave comments here if you know of other pollution problems related to solar panel production.
Oct 25, 2011 – Venture capital funding of green energy continues to grow year over year. As with the government, most of the money is going into new technologies rather than the more mundane but quicker return of energy conservation. Please leave your comments here.
Oct 25, 2011 – The USA EPA is proposing to ease air pollution rules from the regulations it issued in July 2011. The regulations mainly affects coal-fired power plants. Please leave your comments here.
Oct 25, 2011 – US air carriers are challenging the EU’s law controlling greenhouse gas emissions from international flights. What do you think is going to happen? Please leave your comments here.
October 7, 2011 9:15 AM EDT www.streetinsider.com HOUSTON, Oct. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lucas Energy, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LEI) an independent oil and gas company (the “Company” or “Lucas”), today responded to inquiries regarding the recent stock price activity. William A. Sawyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company said, “Management of the [...]
Oct 25, 2011 – As the government fiscal year wound down at the end of September the Department of Energy followed the famous government maxim: Use it or lose it. In the last week of September it awarded almost $6 billion in loan guarantees for clean energy manufacturers. Hopefully, no more Solyndras. The total is [...]
Oct 25, 2011 – Although Hurricane Rina is strengthening, it is not headed to the area where most of the oil is pumped in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oct 24, 2011 – Solar stocks shot up today after losing ground for months. First Solar was up 7.8 per cent to $57.95 and SunPower Corp. was up 13.6 per cent to $10.04, after Chinese solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Holding reported accelerating demand from Germany and Italy. Check back for continuing public company [...]
Oct 24, 2011 – Hurricane Rina has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico. We have to wait and see if it will head to oil drilling platforms in the Gulf, thereby affecting supply. Please check back here for further updates.
October 18, 2011 by Paul Dvorak Filed under Materials, Wind Power Generators, Wind Power News Panu Kurronen, Product Manager, The Switch By Panu Kurronen, Product Manager, The Switch The growing global demand of rare earth metals combined with China’s ever-tightening grip on the material keep pushing up magnet prices. While we at The Switch don’t [...]
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