You’ve heard about “Big Data” and how it’s being used to track our purchases and preferences, but data can also be used to help buildings save energy. One company on the data bandwagon is Massachusetts-based FirstFuel, which uses data analytics to identify energy-saving opportunities in buildings, institutions and utilities—without ever stepping foot in the...
Light now waves and shimmers at night across the cables of the San Francisco Bay Bridge in the largest LED art installation to date. Produced by artist Leo Villareal, with the help of 25,000 Philips 1-inch LEDs that span the cables, The Bay Lights went live this week and for two years will turn...
On the most remote island chain on planet earth, sustainability emerges out of isolation. The island of Maui is 2,400 miles from the nearest landmass on a dormant volcano, and fossil fuels are hard to come by. For years solar power has played a role in subsidizing the energy needs of the Hawaiian Islands....
Perhaps energy efficiency should be made a big part of the perpetual budget talks in Washington. Billions of dollars worth of energy efficiency improvements—and savings—are available to federal government agencies, according to testimony at last week’s Congressional hearing by House Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee on “American Energy Security...
As covered in a previous post, there appears to be strong bipartisan support for energy efficiency in Congress, but how programs that encourage energy efficiency will be implemented remains to be seen. The House Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing Tuesday on “American Energy Security and Innovation:...
It could be a very good sign for energy efficiency and green tech advocates that so early in a new U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives has already held a hearing on energy efficiency technologies. The House Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing Tuesday on “American Energy...
Whether you’re a green marketer or company sustainability officer, what are the best ways to advance sustainability and get people engaged? The question was a recurring theme last week for sustainability experts and green business leaders at the GreenBiz Forum in New York. Here are three key takeaways from a day spent at the...
What the ...? Data from NPD Solarbuzz shows demand growth in 2012 failed to crack double figures for the first time in a decade.
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