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VERGE
What happens when four massive technologies (energy, information, buildings, and transportation) collide? An unprecedented opportunity for business and sustainability? We call it VERGE. Check out VERGE news, insights, and events highlights below.
All Items About VERGE
- As it invests $1 billion in energy-efficiency retrofits, the U.S. Department of Defense is working to figure out how to incorporate new technologies it hasn't used. Meanwhile, Google has been...
- ACORE president Dennis McGinn talks about how green energy and rechargeable batteries have saved lives, why we're unlikely to see better federal renewable energy policies in the near future, and...
- Can you have a healthy company in an unhealthy city? Arguably, no. And vice versa.
- A look at how a new generation of IT is powering the next wave of industry growth -- a surge that's likely to outstrip cloud and mobile computing in its impact.
- Sustainability needs cities as much as cities need sustainability. What will it take to unleash their potential and what role can business play?
- A look at how the Silicon Valley juggernaut strives to make its buildings a hotbed for creativity and innovation.
- Green is growing deep roots in the auto industry, as this year's Geneva event waves fewer eco flags but shows big improvements in fuel efficiency and auto innovation.
- In spite of the energy-saving promise of smart meters, many homes still have the regular ones. GE this week unveiled a new set of products that will enable consumers to manage their energy use --...
- Creating sustainable transportation networks requires a holistic approach. Public-private research partnerships provide a chance to bring together a diverse array of experts to tackle the problem.
- The vision for a sustainable future is being brought to the public via a virtual world showcasing existing technology, innovations and best practices that can deliver the world of tomorrow today....
- Who would have thought that Bill Ford, the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Co., and GM Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Motors, would invest in peer-to-peer car sharing companies?
- Europe's most-visited museum, the U.S. Air Force and the country's second largest school district might not seem to have lots in common, but each is now using Smarter Buildings solutions.
- What will it take to make energy as distributed, ubiquitous and efficient as the Internet?
- Two big trends in energy generation -- shifting to renewables, and evolving to smaller, decentralized systems -- will have a profound impact on utilities and almost every energy-using company. Here...
- The European capitals are among a handful of towns that can serve as models for the smart cities that will be needed as urban dwellers grow to 70 percent of the global population in coming decades.
- Today, improving buildings' energy efficiency is a rapidly growing industry blossoming with new business ideas and models. Here are some ways business can profit.
- Although an energy audit is an extremely useful tool in the sustainability toolbox, it is also usually a labor- and cost-intensive process. But these four firms are helping to make them affordable...
- A look at how this sector will evolve in the U.S. by the end of the decade in view of President Barack Obama's Better Buildings Initiative.
- Jonathan Koomey, author of a new book on how the accelerating pace of innovation offers a world of opportunities for entrepreneurs to seize the climate moment for the greater good.
- Even some of the biggest hotels have unwittingly passed up greater energy and cost savings despite aggressive sustainability agendas, according to new research that outlines how the industry can step...
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