Top 10 Cleantech Stories for 2011

These are excerpts from CleanTechnica’s Zachary Shahan 2011.12.30 1. 40% drop in cost of solar. This tremendous drop in the cost of solar was, to say the least, massively influential. It helped tons of people and businesses to go solar

Top 10 Cleantech Stories for 2011

These are excerpts from CleanTechnica’s Zachary Shahan 2011.12.30 1. 40% drop in cost of solar. This tremendous drop in the cost of solar was, to say the least, massively influential. It helped tons of people and businesses to go solar

EIA Report: Renewables Surpass Nuclear!

Washington, D.C., United States – According to the most recent issue of the “Monthly Energy Review” by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy has passed a milestone as domestic production is now greater than that of nuclear power

EIA Report: Renewables Surpass Nuclear!

Washington, D.C., United States – According to the most recent issue of the “Monthly Energy Review” by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy has passed a milestone as domestic production is now greater than that of nuclear power

Non-Green Office Buildings Sacrifice 8% in Rent Revenues

    The number of control properties within the ¼ mile radius varies by location, from 50 in Chicago to 1 in Columbus.   Dutch economist Nils Kok has published the most comprehensive statistical analysis to date on the relative

Non-Green Office Buildings Sacrifice 8% in Rent Revenues

    The number of control properties within the ¼ mile radius varies by location, from 50 in Chicago to 1 in Columbus.   Dutch economist Nils Kok has published the most comprehensive statistical analysis to date on the relative

US Recovery Act Savings Jobs …

On Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Vice President Joe Biden and the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) Chair Christina Romer released CEA’s new fourth quarterly report on the economic and job creation impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Clean

US Recovery Act Savings Jobs …

On Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Vice President Joe Biden and the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) Chair Christina Romer released CEA’s new fourth quarterly report on the economic and job creation impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Clean

Clean tech VC investment bounces back to record levels

BusinessGreen 01 Jul 2010 Venture capital investment in clean tech firms during the first half of the year has bounced back to record levels, climbing 65 per cent year on year to more than $4bn (£2.6bn). According to new preliminary

Clean tech VC investment bounces back to record levels

BusinessGreen 01 Jul 2010 Venture capital investment in clean tech firms during the first half of the year has bounced back to record levels, climbing 65 per cent year on year to more than $4bn (£2.6bn). According to new preliminary

Photosynthetic Building “Skin” to Cut Energy?!

  This is unbelieveable~  Wonderful technology being developed …..  Bringing bioengineering to architecture, UCBerkeley Professors Luke Lee in Bioengineering and Maria-Paz Guttierez in the architecture department are pioneering a new type of thin film building membrane, creating a material structured

Photosynthetic Building “Skin” to Cut Energy?!

  This is unbelieveable~  Wonderful technology being developed …..  Bringing bioengineering to architecture, UCBerkeley Professors Luke Lee in Bioengineering and Maria-Paz Guttierez in the architecture department are pioneering a new type of thin film building membrane, creating a material structured

US DOE RSF Net Zero Energy Building

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Research Support Facility (RSF), located on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) campus in Golden, Colorado, will be one of the nation’s most energy efficient office buildings—in fact it will be the nation’s largest net-zero

US DOE RSF Net Zero Energy Building

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Research Support Facility (RSF), located on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) campus in Golden, Colorado, will be one of the nation’s most energy efficient office buildings—in fact it will be the nation’s largest net-zero

Empire State Building Energy Renaissance

  An American icon is undergoing a $500 million renovation that will create state-of-the-art office space in a historic building while reducing energy use and carbon emissions. The project is intended to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of a green retrofit

Empire State Building Energy Renaissance

  An American icon is undergoing a $500 million renovation that will create state-of-the-art office space in a historic building while reducing energy use and carbon emissions. The project is intended to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of a green retrofit

The Green Building Challenge

    The GREEN Building Challenge!   Can we build a GREEN building that saves more than 50% energy usage, has superior indoor air quality (IAQ), preserves natural resources like water …. and build it at the SAME COST of a

The Green Building Challenge

    The GREEN Building Challenge!   Can we build a GREEN building that saves more than 50% energy usage, has superior indoor air quality (IAQ), preserves natural resources like water …. and build it at the SAME COST of a

What happened in Durban? More of the same …

Climate Change remains a very serious threat to our planet!  Our world leaders failed to agree on mandatory reductions of dangerous greenhouse gases (GHG) in Copenhagen in December, 2009.   What will the world decide to come after Kyoto Protocol in

What happened in Durban? More of the same …

Climate Change remains a very serious threat to our planet!  Our world leaders failed to agree on mandatory reductions of dangerous greenhouse gases (GHG) in Copenhagen in December, 2009.   What will the world decide to come after Kyoto Protocol in