Eric Wilson | 2nd Green Revolution - Part 20

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$4 Gas May Not Be Popular, but Is It Wise?

With gas prices at their highest level during his presidency, last month President Obama announced an increase in domestic production of oil. Namely the battered Gulf of Mexico and Alaskan oil fields have been targeted for the increases. Ostensibly this policy decision comes on the heels of $4 per gallon gas and his constituency calling, [...]

Five Friday Facts: China’s Great Green Leap Forward

As of 2007 China generated 8 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually (which amounts to 6 tons/person). In addition, there were 21 cars per every 1,000 people. As a point of comparison for the previous fact, the United States produced 7 gigatons annually in 2007, with 451 cars per every 1,000 people. Canada generated 24 metric [...]

1800 Larimer: A LEED Platinum High Rise in Denver

Last summer the building at 1800 Larimer Street in downtown Denver opened for business. Now home to Xcel Energy’s offices, the structure achieved LEED Platinum certification from the USGBC. Many unique features helped the structure attain this designation. Underfloor air distribution (click here for an example) that uses natural convection can result in a 50% energy [...]

June Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

One sign that sustainability measures and clean energy ventures have become mainstream can be seen in events hosted in atypical places like the Cleantech 2011 Workshop & Action Summit this month in Grand Forks, North Dakota. As per usual, there are numerous events in Washington DC and New York (as well as London and other [...]

Levees and Long Term Planning

One of the most important components of sustainable development is the ability to plan for the long term. This goes hand and hand with living within nature’s limits. The root idea behind sustainability is the notion of maintaining a process indefinitely. However, with quarterly earnings driving much of the progress today, long term thinking and [...]

Costco Offers Solar Powered Attic Fan 1010TR

UPDATE: The fan is on sale for $279.99 for the month of June. After seeing the photovoltaic systems advertised on Costco’s regular email and Costco.com (and highlighted in a yesterday‘s post), I also thought about the solar powered attic fan that has been on Costco’s website for some time. Selling for $329.99, the The Solar [...]

Grape Solar Offers 4 Photovoltaic Systems Through Costco

A recent email from Costco containing weekly specials advertised four different photovoltaic systems from Grape Solar. As advertised, the systems (ranging from 880 watts to 5060) come complete with mounting brackets and inverters. For example, the smallest system (880 watts) includes: 4 Grape Solar CS-220-DJ 220W Poly-Si Panels 4 Enphase M190 Microinverters: CSA listed per [...]

The Hidden Benefits of “Alternative Transportation”

Siting in the car is perhaps the least productive time of my day. My wife and I “only” drove a combined 6,000 miles in the past year, but the time behind the wheel served a singular purpose, to get to some other location. In the past year (since we bought our car), I’ve walked to [...]

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