Update: The Chamber takes another blow as Nike gives up spot on board of directors “to protest the business lobby’s opposition to climate change legislation.” – Story from Politico In one of the starkest signs that businesses understand the necessity of going green, Excelon Energy (profile in our company index) has become the latest company [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Move Over X-Prize, Here Comes the L-Prize
September 29th, 2009 
Eric Wilson A $10 million (US) competition to design a better light bulb has been initiated by the United States’ Department of Energy (DOE). Taking a page from the X-Prize foundation, which offers monetary rewards for innovative products, the government hopes to find a replacement for the 19th century incandescent light bulb. Dubbed the L-Prize – short [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products 
Tags: CFL, Department of Energy, Energy Conservation, Green Product, LED Lights, X-Prize 
No Comments »Tour Solar Buildings in Washington Area Oct. 3rd & 4th
September 28th, 2009 Justin Manger For those of you in the Washington, D.C. metro region, this weekend brings a good chance to visit solar homes and buildings in the area. The 19th Annual Solar Tour runs from 11a.m. to 5p.m. on October 3rd and 4th. The homes and buildings are scattered throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the District and will provide [...]
Hewlett-Packard Tops Newsweek’s Inaugural Green Big Business Rankings
September 27th, 2009 Justin Manger Out of the top 500 big businesses in America, Newsweek has awarded computer maker and technology company Hewlett-Packard the title of “Greenest Big Business”. With Dell at number two, Johnson & Johnson at number three, Intel at number four and IBM ranked fifth, technology companies take four of the top five spots. While the complete [...]
USGBC Announces New Building Performance Initiative
September 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson In a recent email sent out to its members, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that their new Building Performance Initiative “will be in full swing with the first of five summits planned to raise the level of discussion about how we can ensure that all green buildings perform the way they are [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building Tags: California, Greenbuild Expo, LEED, New York City, Triple Bottom Line, USGBC, Washington DC No Comments »Five Friday Facts
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Posted in 2nd Green, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Carbon Dioxide No Comments »Poll: The Future of High-Speed Rail in America
September 24th, 2009 Eric Wilson Earlier this month we covered National Public Radio’s week-long series looking at high-speed rail prospects and its roadblocks in America. We are curious about your thoughts so please take a moment and vote in our poll. <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1962922/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1962922/”>How should the United States proceed on high-speed rail?</a><br/><br /> <span style=”font:9px;” mce_style=”font:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” mce_href=”http://www.polldaddy.com”>polls</a>)</span><br [...]
T3 Motion’s Fleet of Electric, 3-Wheel Low Speed Vehicles
September 23rd, 2009 Eric Wilson For years the Segway promised to be the answer to mobility and energy concerns for law enforcement and security personnel. T3 Motion Inc. is based in California and manufactures their vehicles in the United States. Their goal is to increase the transportation offerings to organizations in need of low speed vehicles. Their three main products, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products, Transportation Tags: Electric Vehicles, Green Product No Comments »Big Week for International Conferences on Climate Change: U.N. Summit, G20
September 21st, 2009 Justin Manger This week the world’s leaders will gather in the U.S. for two major international events. Tomorrow, September 22, the United Nations Summit on Climate Change will be hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. In his words, “the objective of the Summit on Climate Change… is to mobilize the political will and vision needed [...]
Posted in China, Clean Technology, Economics, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainable Development Tags: Carbon Dioxide, United Nations No Comments »Sierra Club and Princeton Review Rank “Greenest” Colleges
September 20th, 2009 Eric Wilson The Sierra Club recently released their third annual “coolest” schools list. In order to determine the list, The Sierra Club “e-mailed a lengthy questionnaire to sustainability experts at hundreds of schools. The survey covered eight categories: efficiency, energy, food, academics, purchasing, transportation, waste management, and administration. Schools could earn up to ten points in each [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Boulder-Colorado, California, Emory, Energy, Food, Green Schools, Los Angeles, Waste No Comments »
