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EPA’s Battle of the Buildings 2011 Winner Announced

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Battle of the Buildings recently wrapped up. 245 buildings, including high-rises and rural schools, competed to reduce energy consumption. Hailing from 33 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the entrants represented a range of businesses and organizations. In the end, a parking structure from the University of Central Florida [...]

Electric “Hero Car” at Yomiuri Giants Games Saved Energy

Given that Japan has been through so much this year, it is nice to see the country still hasn’t lost its passion for baseball or its penchant for cuteness. Okay, so this post really has nothing to do with cuteness but trust me, the love for all things “kawaii” (cute) remains strong. But on to [...]

U.S. Military to Develop Green Combat Vehicles?

Not tanks, necessarily, but Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV). The part about getting huge, heavy, important military vehicles to go green is accurate, however. Defense contractor BAE Systems is looking to deliver a design for a hybrid-electric, next-generation GCV as the Army looks for ways to modernize its armored fighting vehicles. Similar to a tank, GCVs are large, has mounted [...]

Solar Reflective Car Shells: Simple as Black and White?

You’ve heard the sad tales about dogs (and yes, even children) trapped in hot cars as there owners go to do some shopping. Anyone who’s opened up a car door after it’s been sitting in the summer sun for even a few minutes knows how hot they can get. Cars painted black are the worst. So what [...]

USGBC Colorado’s Green School Summit Wrap-up

Although I did not “live blog” the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s recent Green School Summit, here are my notes from the event: There are numerous free resources for energy efficiency available in Colorado. Two key ones are the Governor’s Energy Office and the Community Office of Resource Efficiency. Sangre de Christo School District [...]

U.S. Inches Away from Foreign Oil Dependency

With all the clamoring over our addiction to foreign oil, it may be slightly comforting to know that oil imports have actually dropped significantly over the past several years. According to the Energy Information Administration(EIA), the amount of imported oil (as a percentage of total oil consumed) fell from 60.3 percent in 2005 to 49.3 [...]

Radioactive Wolves

“Hope you’ve been having good times in Japan. How’s the life/job been going recently? Hope you don’t have any radiation issues.” So began an email from a long-time friend who I hadn’t heard from in a while. I hope I don’t have any radiation issues either. The Japanese government and TEPCO, the electric company running [...]

Introducing Nest: The Learning Thermostat

Simplicity. Apple knew it could sell electronics if they got the interface correct and made them easy to use. Now some former Apple employees are taking that mentality to a device most of us don’t give a thought about: the lowly thermostat. The inventors, Matt Rogers and Tony Fadell, did think much about them either until they [...]

GreenerGagdets Widget for Energy Consumption and Recycling

Notice anything new? Scroll down our homepage and take a peek at the latest addition to 2ndGreenRevolution.com on the right side bar of the site under the moving “Topics” cloud. These new additions both come from GreenerGadgets, a newly launched site by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that provides some great tools for those that want [...]

FFF: Agriculture and the Environment

The world has been able to feed increasing masses of humanity thanks to giant leaps in technology and mechanization that have increased yields and reduced the work needed to grow crops. It’s a marvel of modern engineering and human ingenuity. But, can it keep up with the still increasing population boom? What will agriculture look [...]

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