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Considering their large electricity bills, could schools save money and improve children’s education by investing in net zero energy buildings?
by Kelly Vaughn
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Meet Tumalow, a company aiming to turn commercial buildings into 'profitable and clean power plants.'
by Lisa Veliz
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Weather shocks like Hurricane Sandy have pushed real estate developers in major markets like New York City and Chicago to find new ways to pay for housing that can stand up to a volatile climate.
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At VERGE London, speakers discussed how the convergence of energy, information, transportation and building technologies is impacting cars, buildings, cities, energy and more. Check out the Twitter chatter from attendees during the event.
by Jennifer Kho
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Good data collection can not only keep a sustainability program on track, but help companies set up an effective -- and potentially profitable -- program in the first place.
by Eric Louie
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On the heels of President Obama’s Oval Office speech marrying the BP oil spill with American’s fossil fuel dependency, energy cognoscenti gathered in Washington to discuss the state of play on the most near-term, cost-effective step the country can take to cut that dependence -- energy efficiency.
by Annie Snider
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Kohl's Department Stores and hip upcycler TerraCycle are among the winners of the inaugural Edison Green Award Winners, the latest category to be added to the 23-year-old award competition that honors innovative new products and the companies that make them.
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Recovery Act funding hasn't been squandered, it just hasn't been spent yet. While it's understandable to be disappointed about how long it's taken to get things in gear, there's no reason to overreact and attack the program now that most of the growing pains are behind us.
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The new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000 purchase -- and whether it's right for your firm.
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San Francisco's GreenFinanceSF Program, already described as the largest retrofit loan program of its kind in the U.S., got a nearly $3 million boost from Recovery Act funds.
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The city of Wilmington and Honeywell have embarked on a sweeping $14.5 million efficiency project that includes two solar arrays, increased water reservoir capacity, a traffic light retrofit and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems for 11 facilities.
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With 1,730 stores in the U.S. and western Canada, Safeway Inc. has contracted with environmental and energy management software firm Hara to help reduce energy consumption as well as the retail grocer's greenhouse gas emissions.
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As the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond program is poised to begin San Francisco, green building attorney Chris Cheatham recaps efforts to establish the plan in Washington, D.C.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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In just five short years, the global market for building automation systems is expected to exceed $36 billion, according to a new study.
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To accelerate energy efficiency, we need to capture the imagination of individuals from college dorm rooms to corporate boardrooms across the country.
by Gwen Ruta
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With a new-found awareness of the potential of energy efficiency, 2010 promises to be a year of action to green buildings. There are three key factors that get people to act: incentives, funding and solutions that are proven to work.
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Proven, existing efficiency technologies -- in everything from lighting to climate control and more -- can unlock the untapped reserves of efficiency gains buried in many real estate holdings, according to a new report.
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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The banking giant's new commercial banking group focused on clean technology firms will add to the $600 million the company has already dedicated to the market.
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The Green Building Market and Impact Report, released this morning by GreenerBuildings.com, measures the beneficial impacts that LEED-certified buildings have on energy, water, worker productivity and more, and charts the growth of the green marketplace in the coming years.