Are We Missing the Green Buildings Deal of a Lifetime?
The $12-million-dollar price tag for the CBECS building energy-efficiency survey is not even a drop in the bucket of the federal budget, but there’s a good chance Congress won’t fund it. Is there a way for industry to step up?
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How a Passive Building Aggressively Saves Energy
The concept may sound counterintuitive, but passive building is shaping up to be one of the more effective and aggressive ways to achieve ultra energy efficiency.
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First Takes: Benyus, Hansen Among Heinz Award Winners, Biofuels Not So Green? & More…
Why Iceland only has 11 electric vehicles, Ford brings gamification to vehicle software, and an accounting error means biofuels may be a lot less green than thought, along with other stories in our morning roundup.
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Private Firms Invested $400 Billion in Green Tech So Far in 2011
Renewable energy, efficiency and green construction, clean tech, smart grid and corporate R&D are on track to receive as much as $10 trillion in investment funding by 2020.
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View from the C-Suite: Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn
Head of the consumer electronics retail giant discusses advances in energy management, working with suppliers to reuse 183 million pounds of recycled parts, and the opportunity to take a leading role in electric vehicle market.
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Why Employee Engagement is Critical to Sustaining Sustainability
Whether your company is pursuing a traditional, metrics-based sustainability program, or a more holistic strategy, getting your employees on board is critical to success.
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Will CFOs Ever Get Sustainability?
For years, the chief executive officer was seen as the key individual responsible for viewing a company through the lens of sustainability. Today, it’s the chief financial officer who reigns supreme.
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How Utilities and Home-Builders are Teaming Up to Boost Solar
Putting solar on new residential buildings is a win-win-win situation, but not an easy one to achieve: One development outside of Sacramento, Calif., shows how builders, utilities and cleantech companies can make it happen.
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Innovative Ways Companies are Turning Waste Into Fuel
Whether we’re talking about melting waste plastic into diesel fuel or turning unused alligator meat into biofuels, companies around the world are looking at fuel-from-waste with fresh perspectives.
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Cap-and-Trade Program for Water Quality Gets a $1M Boost
The Electric Power Research Institute receives a $1 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture for its Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project, which seeks to improve watersheds at lower cost.
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