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How Energy Efficient Can Your Building Be? WegoWise and Melon Power Have the Answer

The building analytics company WegoWise has just nailed down an agreement to acquire the software company Melon Power, and the […]

Tina Casey

December 18, 2012

Technology

Which Acronym is Your School Bond Money Purchasing?

This is part of a series of articles by MBA students at California College of the Arts dMBA program. Follow along […]

CCA LiveE

December 17, 2012

Technology

Detroit Public Schools Go Green

Detroit is not a city that most immediately equate with sustainability or environmental stewardship, but its school district has taken […]

Andrea Newell

December 14, 2012

Technology

Autodesk Debuts FormIt – Mobile, Cloud-Based Architectural Modeling App

Mobile smartphones and tablets carved their original market niche as consumer-focused technology. With its increasing ubiquity and power, mobile technology is now […]

Tom Schueneman

December 14, 2012

Technology

USPS and UPS Team Up to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The U.S. Postal Service and UPS are about to demonstrate how business rivals can combine forces to improve their bottom […]

Tina Casey

December 11, 2012

Technology

Fast Growth in LED Industry

By Danielle Stewart LEDinside published an expansive report in November about the state of the LED industry. While some of […]

TriplePundit

December 11, 2012

Technology

Indian Cell Phone Towers Move From Diesel to BioGas with NextGen

I’ve recently returned from a trip to India (provided by SAP) to investigate how IT is helping address issues of […]

Nick Aster

December 10, 2012

Technology

Will Marriott Turn Mitt Romney Green (Again)?

Longtime fans of former presidential candidate Mitt Romney must have been plenty surprised when he ditched sustainability in favor of […]

Tina Casey

December 7, 2012

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

California Utility Commission Takes Another Look at Ridesharing

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a proposal this week that could legitimize and give a shot in the […]

Leon Kaye

December 7, 2012

Technology

British Airways’ Jet Biofuel Plant Will Open in 2015

Yesterday, British Airways (BA) announced that it has found a site for a bio-refinery that will generate up to 50,000 […]

Leon Kaye

December 6, 2012

Technology

Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012

Oscar Niemeyer passed away last night in a Rio de Janeiro hospital just 10 days shy of his 105th birthday. […]

Leon Kaye

December 6, 2012

Technology

Bicycle Traffic Signals Spread Across American Cities

Rent a bicycle for the day in European cities such as Amsterdam and Stockholm, and chances are your trip around […]

Leon Kaye

December 4, 2012

Technology

Century-Old Discovery from WWI May Fuel Future Cars

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By NoCamels Team Nearly a century ago Jewish chemist, Chaim Weizmann, […]

TriplePundit

December 4, 2012

Technology

Cost of Installed Solar Power is Sinking Like a Stone

Here’s some good news if you’re thinking of installing solar panels on your property. According to a new report from […]

Tina Casey

November 28, 2012

Technology

Efficiencies Could Save Truckers $26K a Year on Fuel

Trucking is the lifeblood of most national economies, connecting the dots between planes, trains and ports. The trucking sector also […]

Leon Kaye

November 28, 2012

Technology

Resilient Design: Why Buildings Should Be Designed for Change

By David Bainbridge One of the best antidotes to climate change is rarely discussed. Buildings in the U.S. generate 40 […]

TriplePundit

November 28, 2012

Technology

New Map Takes the Mystery Out of Alternative Fuel

One of the key roadblocks to alternative fuel vehicles is the uncertainty of finding a place to fuel up when […]

Tina Casey

November 27, 2012

Technology

Microsoft Dips a Toe in Wastewater-to-Energy

Microsoft has been pushing the green data center trend for a number of years  and now the company is ready […]

Tina Casey

November 21, 2012

Technology

Energy Efficiency's Next Great Leap: Predicting the Weather

A small metal box in the basement of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco is thinking about the weather. And […]

Hannah Miller

November 19, 2012

Technology

Tesla’s All-Electric Model S Wins Coveted Motor Trend Car of the Year

There is something about human nature that responds to a challenge. That’s a good thing and it is something that […]

RP Siegel

November 19, 2012

Technology

A View of the Future of Glass at GreenBuild 2012

Green building materials companies, such as the rechristened View, Inc. (formerly Soladigm), have descended on San Francisco this week for […]

Leon Kaye

November 16, 2012

Technology

UK Could Shutter 22 Power Stations Through Energy Efficiency

With the ambitious goal of kickstarting “a revolution in UK energy efficiency,” England’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) […]

Tina Casey

November 15, 2012

Technology

Ocean Wave Energy Technology and Oregon's Process

By Michelle Weigand Miller If I were to look at the earth from a fair distance while contemplating how to […]

TriplePundit

November 15, 2012

Technology

How Legrand Leads in Sustainability Among U.S. Manufacturers

If you’ve never heard of Legrand before, join the club. The innovative and stylish electrical systems company has been flying […]

Tina Casey

November 14, 2012

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EOS Climate: The Refrigerant Revolution

Introducing the Refrigerant Revolution

This is the first in a multi-part article series on refrigerants, their effects as greenhouse gases, and the market-based solutions […]

EOSClimate

November 13, 2012

Technology

Greenlet: The Bright Solution That Conserves Energy And Money

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By Elana Widmann Utility bills are never fun to look at, […]

TriplePundit

November 13, 2012

Technology

Disclosing Energy Use: A Disruptive Innovation?

By Jessica Lawrence The requirement to benchmark buildings’ energy use and report that information to various stakeholders, including the general […]

TriplePundit

November 7, 2012

Technology

$20 Recyclable Cardboard Bicycle Is Now A Reality

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By NoCamels Team What started as the vision […]

TriplePundit

November 7, 2012

Technology

SAP Brings Product Stewardship and Safety Data to The Cloud

As customers demand safer and more sustainable products, companies such as SAP are in a position to help companies stay […]

Leon Kaye

November 5, 2012

Technology

Solar Panels for Your Home: Easier Than You Think

Producing one’s own energy is a dream of many people.  While it may not be immediately possible to produce 100% […]

TriplePundit

November 1, 2012

Technology

Arab-Israeli Team Develops Innovative Clean Energy Solution

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By NoCamels Team Arab-Israeli company, Yafa, has developed […]

TriplePundit

October 30, 2012

Technology

Google Tests On-Site Biofuel Production

The company Cool Planet Energy Systems has an intriguing idea about biofuel: instead of churning out fuel from large, central […]

Tina Casey

October 29, 2012

Technology

Rising Cost of Coal Mining Makes Wind Power Look Even Better

While the cost of wind power has been dropping, a fascinating article in The Washington Post describes how coal mining […]

Tina Casey

October 27, 2012

Technology

How The New Mobility Grid Can Spark Transportation Solutions

By Sue Zielinski, Managing Director, SMART, University of Michigan Imagine a day when steps from your door, or even from […]

TriplePundit

October 26, 2012

Technology

Accessing Ocean Waves to Power Homes

By Michelle Weigand Miller Marine Hydro Kinetics (MHK) is a nascent group of technical strategies chomping at the bit to […]

TriplePundit

October 24, 2012

Technology

Research Shows That LEED-Certified Bank Branches Have Greater Revenues

Have you entered your local bank branch lately and had a sudden urge to open a new savings account or […]

Raz Godelnik

October 23, 2012

Technology

Industrial Symbiosis Promotes Company Cooperation and Resource Reuse

With the help of worms and maggots, the natural world can put most ‘shit’ to purpose, while some big industries […]

GreenFutures

October 17, 2012

Technology

How Amul Turned India into the World's Largest Milk Producer – Sustainably

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to India (provided by SAP) to investigate how IT is helping address issues […]

Nick Aster

October 16, 2012

Technology

Confessions of an Amazon Junkie: A Review of Vine.com

Every few weeks, my shopping list gets cluttered with cleaning supplies, shampoo, and other necessary staples. And even though I’m […]

Shivani Ganguly

October 15, 2012

Technology

BMW Switches to Iceland Data Center to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Typical of automakers, BMW requires a bevy of high performance computing (HPC) applications to support its computer-aided design, crash simulation […]

Leon Kaye

October 12, 2012

Technology

Advancing Entrepreneurship in India

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to India (provided by SAP) to investigate how IT is helping address issues […]

Nick Aster

October 12, 2012

Technology

Consumers Increasingly Skeptical of Green Products? Maybe Not.

About two weeks ago I saw a very disturbing headline on Advertising Age – “As More Marketers Go Green, Fewer […]

Raz Godelnik

October 11, 2012

Technology

Why Well-Designed Green Architecture Is Not an Oxymoron

By Daniel Noll During day 1 of SXSW Eco I sat in on a keynote speech by Lance Hosey, Chief […]

DanielNoll

October 11, 2012

Technology

GoldieBlox is More Than an Engineering Toy for Girls

GoldieBlox has been praised as an innovative toy for girls that encourages their interest in engineering principles, but founder Debbie […]

Andrea Newell

October 11, 2012

Technology

Slashing a Conference's Footprint: Going Greener at the 2012 Net Impact Conference

The following article was originally published on the Net Impact Blog. Think about the last big event you attended – […]

netimpact

October 11, 2012

Technology

Mimicking Nature: Organize Like Ants to Move Mountains

By Marni Evans, LEED AP BD + C, Sustainable Building Advisor Kathy Zarsky – entrepreneur, systems thinker, process mapper, green […]

TriplePundit

October 11, 2012

Technology

Photo Essay: SAP Lab's Sustainable Bangalore Campus

I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to India (provided by SAP) to investigate how IT is helping address issues […]

Nick Aster

October 10, 2012

Technology

Bloomberg Becomes First Media Company To Go WindMade

The media giant, Bloomberg, has good reason to brag about being sustainable. It is the first news organization in the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

October 10, 2012

Technology

Why Better Place Fired Its Founder & CEO, Shai Agassi

In 2005, Shai Agassi had his Aha! moment while searching for the transportation solution that will end the world’s addiction […]

Raz Godelnik

October 9, 2012

Technology

Ford and Schneider Collaborate on EV Chargers

Ford Motors and Schneider Electric are teaming up to increase the presence of electric chargers for the upcoming Ford Electric […]

AdamJohnston

October 8, 2012

Technology

Scoot Networks Launches Electric Scooter Rental Service in San Francisco

Cities are where almost all of our economic and cultural activity takes place today, and on an evermore crowded planet, […]

Phil Covington

October 4, 2012

Technology

CrowdHut: A Bridge From Crowdfunded Idea to In-Hand Reality?

Has this ever happened to you? You read about an amazing product that did insanely well with its funding efforts […]

Paul S

October 4, 2012

Technology

Ryder Markets Progress on Fuel Efficiency in Latest Sustainability Report

Logistics companies naturally have a huge environmental and social impact, and Ryder is no exception. The Fortune 500 transportation services […]

Leon Kaye

October 2, 2012

Technology

Prize-Winning Software Melon Grows on Green Button

A new software company called Melon has hitched its wagon to the growing energy conservation market, and it provides a […]

Tina Casey

October 2, 2012

Technology

Are Big Companies More Innovative Than Startups?

An interesting debate has been going on lately on the pages of the Harvard Business Review blog about the reality […]

Raz Godelnik

October 2, 2012

Technology

LEDs Go High Tech with iPhone Powered Dimming

By Danielle Stewart Lightbulbs are common objects in most homes. Considering how frequently we use them, they really have not […]

TriplePundit

October 2, 2012

Technology

Siemens Unveils Its Shining New Beacon For Sustainability

by David Thomas Last week I went to the opening of Siemens’ new building in London’s Victoria Docks. It’s called […]

TriplePundit

October 1, 2012

Technology

Sustainable Business and Green Building Projects

By Nancy Tran In an effort to protect the environment, many companies have begun developing sustainable business practices.  By implementing […]

TriplePundit

October 1, 2012

Technology

Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations

Tesla Motors unveiled the first of its six Supercharger stations in six California locations (Folsom, Gilroy, Coalinga, Lebec, Barstow and […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

September 27, 2012

Technology

California's Largest Utility Progresses on Renewable Mandate

California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) released its 2011 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report. One of the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

September 26, 2012

Technology

Atlantic Offshore Wind Turbines Can Power the Entire East Coast

Offshore winds off the U.S. Atlantic coast could yield enough clean, renewable electrical power for at least one-third of the […]

Andrew Burger

September 25, 2012

Technology

NY Times Story About Data Center Energy Shows Why Fossil Fuels Are History

According to the new Sunday New York Times article on energy waste at data centers, the sleek energy efficient image […]

Tina Casey

September 24, 2012

Technology

Big Oil Spends Big Cash Opposing Obama

Here’s a quick elections quiz: Which candidate do the big oil and coal companies hope to see winning on November […]

Raz Godelnik

September 19, 2012

Technology

Conflict Among Race Enthusiasts Over EV Auto Racing

Sustainable racing – is it an oxymoron? Possibly. Yet on Friday, experts in the automotive and clean energy industries gathered […]

Travis

September 19, 2012

Technology

Building Sustainability Expert Invents a Greener Coffee Cup

a version of this article appeared on Vitamin W By day, sustainability expert Karla Zens works in green estate.  By […]

TriplePundit

September 18, 2012

Technology

What Color is Your Parking Lot: New Research Combats Heat Island Effect

The art and science of sustainable coatings is on display at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, where researchers […]

Tina Casey

September 17, 2012

Technology

NIST "Net Zero" Could Revolutionize Home Construction, If We Let It

If you’ve never heard of the National Institute of Standards and Technology before, now is the time to check out […]

Tina Casey

September 16, 2012

Technology

SAP Invests in Employee Volunteerism in Emerging Markets

Many companies struggle to get their employees engaged, even in programs as straightforward as volunteering. Some organizations have a policy […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

September 14, 2012

Technology

Cloud-Based Simulation for Sustainable Design

Thirty years ago Autodesk introduced AutoCAD, liberating computer-aided design from the mainframe and putting it on the designer’s desktop. AutoCAD […]

Tom Schueneman

September 14, 2012

Technology

Future of Electric Vehicles Remains Bright, Despite Detractors

Discussion on electric vehicles often seems to be polarized around two different worldviews. Advocates will point out they are the […]

Phil Covington

September 13, 2012

Technology

TEDxPresidio: Re-Inventing Capitalism

On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, a few hundred forward-thinking folks gathered at TEDxPresidio at the Palace of Fine Arts in […]

Ali Hart

September 13, 2012

Technology

Kinn, the iPhone of Bikes, Debuts Next Week

Next Wednesday, Apple is widely expected to debut the iPhone 5. As always, it will surely cause a reaction and […]

Paul S

September 7, 2012