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 [...]
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EPA’s Battle of the Buildings 2011 Winner Announced
November 16th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson 
Tags: Energy Star, EPA, Florida, Video 
No Comments »Electric “Hero Car” at Yomiuri Giants Games Saved Energy
November 15th, 2011 Justin Manger 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?
November 9th, 2011 Justin Manger 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 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Justin Manger, News, Transportation Tags: Green Technology, Hybrids No Comments »Solar Reflective Car Shells: Simple as Black and White?
November 8th, 2011 Justin Manger 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 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Energy Conservation, Environment, Solar Energy No Comments »USGBC Colorado’s Green School Summit Wrap-up
November 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson 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 [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy, Live Blogging Tags: Colorado, Green Schools, LEED, USGBC No Comments »U.S. Inches Away from Foreign Oil Dependency
November 4th, 2011 Chris DeArmond 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 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Economics, Local Energy/Food, News Tags: Chris DeArmond, Oil Consumption No Comments »Radioactive Wolves
November 1st, 2011 Justin Manger “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
October 26th, 2011 Justin Manger 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
October 18th, 2011 Justin Manger 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 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Justin Manger, Recylcing Tags: Energy Conservation No Comments »FFF: Agriculture and the Environment
October 14th, 2011 Justin Manger 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 [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Behavior, Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Sustainability Tags: Environment No Comments »
