January 3rd, 2013 
Chris DeArmond 
As a Florida native, I can’t offer much personal insight into how to best setup your wood-burning stove or fireplace. Luckily, the Environmental Protection Agency can tell you how to burn the right wood, the right way. By following these guidelines, your fires will burn cleaner, hotter, and more efficiently. Before you even start, it’s [...]
December 13th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
It may come as a surprise, but automakers are actually the ones who produce the all-important fuel economy figures displayed on window stickers. The reason the numbers are “EPA-certified” is because they are calculated using standardized methodology developed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Essentially, vehicles are hooked up to a dynamometer and run through a standardized driving [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Transportation 
Tags: Cars, Chris DeArmond, EPA, Ford, Hybrids 
No Comments » December 6th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
Buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification have better energy performance than 89 percent of buildings in the U.S. However, a recent study shows that LEED is falling out of fashion with many architecture and construction companies. This year’s Green Market Barometer Survey shows that only 48 percent of respondents were “likely [...]
Posted in Business, Green Building, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized Tags: Chris DeArmond, LEED, sustainable development No Comments » November 29th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 with the overarching goal of expediting the world’s transition to electric transportation. Within that plan, the Model S represents the second stage: to build an affordable car, at least in its class of luxurious saloons. The two remaining stages of Tesla’s plan are to build a more affordable car, while [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Featured Posts, Reviews Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Electric Vehicles, Green Technology No Comments » November 22nd, 2012 Chris DeArmond The topic of climate change was all but absent during the presidential race, but a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests it could soon become a central policy issue. The new IEA report projects that the U.S. will become the world’s top oil producer by 2020, and a net oil exporter by the [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Local Energy/Food, News, Policy Tags: Chris DeArmond, Energy, Oil No Comments » November 13th, 2012 Chris DeArmond Despite the fact that some politicians have tried to label climate modeling as a “quack science,” hindcasting—the method of entering historical information into a current mathematical model—has shown that climate models are fairly accurate in predicting broad climate trends over the long term. The hindcast approach has proven useful not only in validating weather models [...]
Posted in Sustainability Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Climate Change, Global Warming No Comments » November 7th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
Since the beginning of 2009, the federal government has offered tax credits to consumers of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and fully electric vehicles (EVs). Depending on battery size, the tax credits range from $2,500 to $7,500, and are projected to cost the government nearly $2 billion by 2019. In the wake of heated political ideology surrounding [...]
Posted in News, Policy, Transportation Tags: CAFE Standards, Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid, Prius, Tax Rebates, Tesla Motors No Comments » November 1st, 2012 Chris DeArmond We’ve talked about plastic bag bans in the United States (specifically, in L.A., Seattle, and D.C.), but plastic bags are frequently even more of a problem in developing countries. Starting November 23, Delhi, India’s second biggest city, will introduce a complete ban on the storage, sale, and manufacture of plastic bags, film, and packaging. Only [...]
Posted in Behavior, News, Policy Tags: Chris DeArmond, Environment, Plastic, Pollution, Waste No Comments » October 25th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been accepted as greener alternatives to traditional vehicles, but since EV technology is so new, their comparative environmental impact is not fully understood. In an attempt to shed light on this issue, a study from Norway set out to compare the life cycle analysis (that is, production, use, and end of [...]
October 18th, 2012 Chris DeArmond 
Tesla Motors is probably the most interesting carmaker on the planet. In less than a decade, Tesla has gone from being a pie-in-the-sky business concept to an internationally recognized, publicly traded auto manufacturer. It was only four years ago that Tesla started selling the highly-acclaimed Tesla Roadster, and only a few months since the equally [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Electric Vehicles, Green Technology, Los Angeles, Solar Energy, Tesla Motors No Comments »
