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Renewable Aviation Fuel: A Market in the Making

This is part two of a three part series introducing the renewable aviation fuel market in partnership with The Carbon War […]

TriplePundit

May 16, 2012

Technology

Siemens's eHighway Pumps Up an Old Concept

The last time electric trolley cars hit the height of popularity was back in the Gay Nineties – not the […]

Tina Casey

May 14, 2012

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Swap, Don't Shop: 4 Entrepreneurs Share Lessons From the Access Economy

The access economy has been growing tremendously in the last couple of years, becoming maybe the only good thing that […]

Raz Godelnik

May 14, 2012

Technology

How Your Building Could Be Like the Empire State Building

Radiator Labs, a company formed by a group of students from Columbia University,  has come up with a radiator retrofit […]

Tina Casey

May 13, 2012

Technology

Top 25 Most Transit Friendly US Cities

The rising gas prices are forcing everybody to take a second look at how they commute. Now WalkScore is helping […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

May 11, 2012

Technology

CitiBank Shells Out $41M to Sponsor NYC's Bike Share Program

This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that CitiBank would sponsor the city’s new bike share program, Citi […]

Leon Kaye

May 10, 2012

Technology

GE's Newest Jet Engine Beams in for Creative Week NYC

Aviation has always been a personal favorite topic of mine.  Despite the industry’s role as a leading CO2 emitter, airlines, […]

Nick Aster

May 8, 2012

Technology

Streetkleen Taps Man's Best Friend for Renewable Biogas

The idea of converting dog waste to renewable biogas started off as a modest art project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, two […]

Tina Casey

May 7, 2012

Technology

EnergySaver Mobile App Helps You Save Money

Mobiles apps are not only for fun but are also extremely useful in many instances. With smart phones soon becoming […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

May 7, 2012

Technology

How to Start Implementing Sustainability Practices in Your Business

By Elisabeth Pechs There are many articles about large companies implementing sustainable practices successfully. They mention benefits like saving money, improving […]

TriplePundit

May 4, 2012

Technology

Green Button Energy Program Gathers Steam

Earlier this year the Obama Administration launched the ambitious Green Button initiative, designed to help utility companies across the nation […]

Tina Casey

May 3, 2012

Technology

EPA Offers Free Solar & Wind Tools to Tap into Gigawatts of Energy

There are more than 490,000 potentially contaminated properties covering some 15 million acres of land across the US. Aiming to […]

Andrew Burger

May 1, 2012

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Energy Options: Pros and Cons

Combined Heat and Power: Pros and Cons

Combined heat & power (CHP) or cogeneration, is really not an energy source itself, but rather more of an energy […]

RP Siegel

April 30, 2012

Technology

10 Green Lessons from the Sustainable Operations Summit

Last week I attended the Sustainable Operations Summit in New York, where I had the chance to hear many interesting […]

Raz Godelnik

April 26, 2012

Technology

DOE Seeks Plug and Play Solar Power in Five Years

The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a five year, $25 million “Plug and Play” photovoltaic research program that aims […]

Tina Casey

April 26, 2012

Technology

Naked Energy Delivers Solar Electricity and Hot Water in One Package

Solar photovoltaic systems that make electricity directly from sunlight are one of the most promising technologies for clean renewable energy. […]

RP Siegel

April 26, 2012

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

RelayRides Accident Raises Concerns about Liabilities of Access Economy

Call it whatever you like – the sharing economy, collaborative consumption, the peer-to-peer marketplace, the access economy – but there […]

Kara Scharwath

April 25, 2012

Technology

IBM, Honda and PG&E Collaborate on Smart EV Charging

We all know that to minimize the impact of global climate change we need to drastically reduce our combustion of […]

RP Siegel

April 23, 2012

Technology

Greenpeace Gives Apple a Valuable Lesson in Stakeholder Engagement

Poor Apple. It’s only been two weeks since Apple’s Foxconn plant was in the news for worker violations and Apple […]

Raz Godelnik

April 20, 2012

Technology

5 Reasons Why the U.S. Solar Industry Shouldn't be Upset with BrightSource

The U.S. solar industry has experienced emotional ups and downs in the last two years that might exhaust even stronger […]

Raz Godelnik

April 17, 2012

Technology

Duo to Ride Across America By Electric Bike to Promote Awareness

Last week, a team of two cyclists, Boris Mordkovich and Anna Mostovetsky, began a two and a half month, 4,000 […]

Phil Covington

April 17, 2012

Technology

What Is The Cost of Waiting for LED?

By Danielle Stewart There’s no denying Solid State LED technology for commercial lighting purposes will be very useful, providing big […]

TriplePundit

April 17, 2012

Technology

Dropping Solar Panel Costs and Grid Parity

Solar is, by any measure, a hot industry. Even with the reduction in subsidies from Germany and Italy, the world’s […]

Scott Cooney

April 16, 2012

Technology

Bikes Double Their Mileage

In one of those, “Now why didn’t I think of that” moments, I came across a Kickstarter campaign for the […]

Scott Cooney

April 13, 2012

Technology

Stronger U.S. Sales of Hybrids and Plug-in Electrics in March

March turned out to be a big month for auto sales in the United States. Reuters reported that total vehicle […]

Phil Covington

April 12, 2012

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Energy Options: Pros and Cons

Algae-based Biofuel: Pros And Cons

Algae–based biofuel is a new energy source that has been getting a lot of attention lately. Certain types of algae […]

RP Siegel

April 12, 2012

Technology

Israeli Startup SDE Produces Low-Cost Electricity From Waves

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Innovation News  By: Yinnon Shraga Did you ever look at the […]

TriplePundit

April 9, 2012

Technology

Funding Energy Efficiency

By Pablo Päster Energy efficiency projects are often sidelined in favor of investments in manufacturing equipment or other capital investments […]

TriplePundit

April 9, 2012

Technology

Nest Thermostat 2.0 Brings New Energy-Saving Features

Last fall, I wrote a review of the Nest Learning Thermostat that attracted a lot of attention. It turns out […]

RP Siegel

April 6, 2012

Technology

Community and Recycling Among Highlights of Lowe’s 2011 CSR Report

Lowe’s has followed up last year’s corporate social responsibility report, a comprehensive review of the company’s investment in clean energy, greener […]

Leon Kaye

April 5, 2012

Technology

New USGS Report Links Fracking and Earthquakes

The US Geological Survey (USGS) will be presenting a paper next month at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 5, 2012

Technology

Johnson Controls Touts Environmental Leadership, Green Design in 2011

Johnson Controls has long been touted as a sustainability leader and progressive company. The manufacturing and technology company touches our […]

Leon Kaye

April 4, 2012

Technology

GE Boosts Wind Power Portfolio with Oklahoma Investment

GE is ramping up its wind power business in the heart of oil country. This week the company announced that […]

Leon Kaye

April 4, 2012

Technology

Solving the Green Energy Storage Problem

By Jessica Meyer A variety of ways to store excess electricity produced by solar and wind power, to be used […]

TriplePundit

April 2, 2012

Technology

Solyndra is Back: Romney, Santorum Agree

Just kidding!  Happy April Fools 2012 🙂 While the race to the Republican presidential nomination continues to bristle with confrontation […]

Nick Aster

April 1, 2012

Technology

SAP’s Sustainability Report: “Helping the World Run Better”

SAP is a company that makes its living providing information tools for businesses to better understand their business through quantitative […]

RP Siegel

March 30, 2012

Technology

One Woman's Quest to Recycle Homes, Build Green House People, and Provide Jobs to at-Risk

By Amy-Willard Cross This is Nancy Welsh’s math of urban renewal: She has subtracted 11 million pounds of construction debris […]

TriplePundit

March 30, 2012

Technology

Technology for Good: GE’s Evolution from Financier to Green Tech Start-up Investor

This is the fifth in a series of posts entitled Technology for Good: A Historical Perspective From GE.  Last week, GE […]

Leon Kaye

March 29, 2012

Technology

Was the Hype Around Bloom Energy Two Years Ago Justified?

About two years ago Bloom Energy revealed its top secret “Bloom Box” fuel cell system and immediately created an incredible […]

Raz Godelnik

March 29, 2012

Technology

Solving Snow at Heathrow the Green Way

By Will Clevett A few years ago, Heathrow airport ground to a halt due to the cold weather; flurries of […]

TriplePundit

March 29, 2012

Technology

Volkswagen Bets on Greener Technologies

VW is the second largest automaker in the world and Europe’s biggest. So I was excited to read VW’s recent […]

Scott Cooney

March 27, 2012

Technology

H&M Launches New Organic and Recycled Collection

Whether you love the clothes made by Swedish retailer H&M or not, the fact remains that the company became the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

March 26, 2012

Technology

Tata Motors Air Car—Is it Really Coming?

There been quite a bit of buzz for several years now about the Tata Motors MiniCAT Air Car, a car […]

RP Siegel

March 26, 2012

Technology

Pythagoras Solar: Solar-Paneled Windows To Generate Power For Buildings

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Innovation News  By David Allouche An Israeli startup is trying to […]

TriplePundit

March 23, 2012

Technology

Technology for Good: A Half Century of GE Solar

This is the third in a series of posts entitled Technology for Good: A Historical Perspective From GE.  Last week, GE […]

Leon Kaye

March 22, 2012

Technology

New Energy Technologies Turns Windows into Invisible Solar Panels

In the new energy future, building owners can squeeze some extra value out of their property by installing rooftop solar […]

Tina Casey

March 22, 2012

Technology

The Clean Economy Sector Will Significantly Grow on the West Coast

The clean economy sector totaled $47 billion on the West Coast in 2010, and it could triple in size by […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

March 21, 2012

Technology

Snails and Cockroaches Become Living Batteries

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Innovation News  By: NoCamels Team Have your alarm clock batteries […]

TriplePundit

March 20, 2012

Technology

Eco Treasure Hunts: Employee Engagement that Gets Results

In the realm of corporate sustainability and social responsibility, employee engagement has become a very popular topic. Companies are looking […]

Kara Scharwath

March 16, 2012

Technology

Solar's $10 Billion Potential

$10 billion. That is the annual dollar amount of the potential roof top solar installations being proposed to customers by Clean […]

Bill Roth

March 15, 2012

Technology

U.S. Navy Adds a Sustainable Twist to Fire Fighting Robot

The U.S. Navy is adding robots to its growing sustainability toolkit – fire fighting robots, to be precise. Though green […]

Tina Casey

March 15, 2012

Technology

Philips Defends New Energy Efficient Light Bulb

Just when you thought all was quiet on the light bulb front, along comes another spoon of outrage to stir […]

Tina Casey

March 13, 2012

Technology

Why Data Centers Don’t Need to Be Cooled to Arctic Temperatures

By Justine Burt In March, thought leaders at the Green Grid Forum in San Jose, California, explained how their industry […]

TriplePundit

March 12, 2012

Technology

IBM Pulse2012: Smarter Hospitals

Turning a hospital into a smarter building employs many of the same strategies as buildings in other industries, but hospitals […]

Andrea Newell

March 9, 2012

Technology

Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute Issues Its Maiden Certification

The Cradle to Cradle certification  considers the entire life cycle of a product from manufacture through use and disposal. This month, […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

March 9, 2012

Technology

Fort Carson Mines an Old Building for $15 Million in Savings

When it comes to energy upgrades for existing buildings, the first bottom line benefit that comes to mind is of […]

Tina Casey

March 8, 2012

Technology

IBM PULSE2012: Smarter Buildings

Smart buildings can not only conserve energy and gas, but reduce operation costs, improve safety systems and inform the use […]

Andrea Newell

March 7, 2012

Technology

IBM PULSE2012: Data Drives A Smarter Planet

The annual 2012 Las Vegas IBM Pulse conference is centered around data. Every session discusses its collection, storage and especially […]

Andrea Newell

March 6, 2012

Technology

Army Green: DOD Leads Fight For Renewable Energy

The U.S. Army just released an RFP for $7 billion in new renewable energy contracts. The ramifications created from this […]

Bill Roth

March 5, 2012

Technology

Beyond Lighting Retrofits: Grainger Helps Companies and Institutions Embrace Sustainability

Earlier this week, Grainger, a Fortune 500 international supplier of facilities and building maintenance products, gathered over 15,000 customers and […]

HeatherKing

March 1, 2012

Technology

Trendwatch 2012: LEEDing the Recovery?

Please also join us for a free webinar today at 4:00 EST where we’ll be discussing the role of sustainability […]

Bill DiBenedetto

February 29, 2012

Technology

New Fuels Could Benefit Bottom Line for Small Fleet Owners

With the price of gasoline rising again, President Obama’s announcement of $44 million in competitive grants for new alternative fuel technologies […]

Tina Casey

February 28, 2012

Technology

Employee Engagement: Five Companies That Get It

By Raphael Bemporad Today’s consumers are distrustful of corporate claims and increasingly angry with the traditional business model. What’s a […]

TriplePundit

February 28, 2012

Technology

Philadelphia Lands on the Biogas Map

“Waste not, want not,” Philadelphia resident Benjamin Franklin famously said, and the home of the Liberty Bell has taken his […]

Tina Casey

February 27, 2012

Technology

Three Ways to Manage Rising Gas Prices

By Derek Singleton There’s been a steady stream of articles about rising gas prices here on Triple Pundit. Some have […]

TriplePundit

February 27, 2012

Technology

Federal Government Directed To Significantly Increase Biobased Procurement

Despite the wide-spread popularity of all things “green,” there are still not enough products on the market to do tasks […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 27, 2012

Technology

Is Shale Gas Good or Bad? Panelists and the Audience at KPMG Summit are Split

A fracking site in NY’s Catskill Mountains “Is the emergence of shale gas a positive or negative development with respect […]

Raz Godelnik

February 24, 2012

Technology

Will Apple's 'Spaceship' Be the Greenest Building Ever?

By Zac Colbert Last year, the late Steve Jobs revealed plans for Apple’s new ‘Spaceship’ building to be located in […]

TriplePundit

February 24, 2012

Technology

Arabian Architecture: Green Building’s Foundation in Doha and the Middle East

Plenty of commentary exists about the unsustainable built environment that has sprouted up in Arabian Gulf cities like Doha and […]

Leon Kaye

February 23, 2012

Technology

Indirect Carbon Emissions and Why They Matter

By Hugh Jones, Managing Director of Carbon Trust Advisory Services   According to our recent research, a combination of regulation and consumer […]

TriplePundit

February 21, 2012

Technology

Cleantech Accelerator Greenstart Launches Design Practice

Every successful start-up begins with a great idea. But, of course, transforming a great idea into a viable business is […]

Phil Covington

February 15, 2012

Technology

Autodesk: Redefining Sustainability

Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs This […]

Tom Schueneman

February 14, 2012