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- Using Technology to Drive Supply Chain Sustainability (03/05/2013)
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- Greening the Green Building Industry (03/26/2013)
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- Energy Boost: How RECs Support LEED® Certification and Renewable Energy Development (02/14/2013)
- Making the Most of LEED® (01/31/2013)
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Showing: November 2008
Google’s Renewable Energy Proposal
by Megan Brown on 11/26/2008
Tags: Clean energy, Clean Energy by 2030, Google’s proposal, Renewable energy
The Google team believes in the need to transform our economy with clean energy and they are invested in finding solutions.
Google has become a synonymous with information and answers. It has become a verb that we use on a daily basis. But do you know that Google is also in the renewable energy industry? Do you know... [more]
Looking for Carbon in Renewable Energy
by Holly Hallowell on 11/20/2008
Tags: Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Offsets, carbon reduction, Renewable Energy
What similarities and differences do Renewable Energy and Carbon Credits have?
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) are often viewed as a carbon offset because of the important role they plan in supporting clean energy, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, and reducing... [more]
Bailout Bill Extends Production Tax Credit
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/10/2008
Tags: federal government sustainability initiatives, renewable energy
The $700 billion financial bailout bill includes an extension of the PTC for renewable energy.
With the passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424), the $700 billion package intended to shore up the ailing financial industry, the Production Tax Credit... [more]
Renewable Energy May Find Home on Land Cleanup Sites
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/10/2008
Tags: governmental sustainability initiatives, renewable energy
The EPA has identified thousands of sites where renewable energy facilities could be constructed.
Land cleanup sites across the country may provide homes for wind, solar and biomass energy facilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), using information from the National... [more]
Innovative Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine to be Installed in NY
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/07/2008
Tags: renewable energy, sustainable schools, wind power
A new wind turbine design will be installed on a community college campus in New York.
The world’s first utility-scale vertical-axis wind turbine will make its debut on the campus of Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, NY. Environmental... [more]
Fungus to Fuel
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/07/2008
Tags: carbon emissions, renewable energy
A newly discovered fungus produces a type of diesel fuel.
A fungus found inside the branches of an ancient family of trees in the Patagonian rain forest creates a type of diesel fuel called “myco-diesel.” Led by Gary... [more]
Hybrid Solar Energy Technology in Development
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/07/2008
Tags: renewable energy
A new hybrid solar power system could provide cost-effective heat and electricity.
An international group of researchers is developing a hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic system that could make solar energy more cost efficient. By combining the two... [more]
Federal Land to be Opened for Geothermal Power
by Kevin Maddaford on 11/07/2008
Tags: governmental sustainability initiatives, renewable energy
The Department of the Interior plans to open land in the western U.S. for geothermal development.
More than 190 million acres of federal land in the western U.S. will be opened by the Department of the Interior (DOI) for the purpose of developing geothermal power.... [more]
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