With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind, there are a number of domestic events jammed into February. These include two here in Denver, one of which I will attend at the end of [...]
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February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson 
Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Film Series, Florida, Organic, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy 
No Comments »Out with the New in with the Old
January 8th, 2012 Eric Wilson A few months back I had the opportunity to tour three LEED certified projects on three consecutive days. All three projects achieved LEED gold and were located in the greater Denver area. The following op-ed is a bit of a reflection on these visits and what it means to build green. They are listed in [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Site Visits Tags: Denver, EPA, LEED, Waste No Comments »New Year’s Resolutions
January 6th, 2012 Megan Stilley For the past few years I have been trying to take steps to be more sustainable. It started when I was an undergraduate and joined the campus environmental group. Recycling has always been a habit, so it wasn’t something I had to change. I did begin riding my bike and walking everywhere possible; a college [...]
Posted in Behavior, Green Products, Recylcing Tags: Cloth Diapers, Denver, Food, Megan Stilley, Toilet, Water Conservation No Comments »Last Year Denver International Airport Added Another 1.6 MW of Solar
December 31st, 2011 Eric Wilson Although the project was completed last year, the addition of 1.6 MW of solar panels to the 2 MW system that provides roughly half the energy needed to power the Denver International Airport (DIA) tram system demonstrates the role solar can have in a carbon economy. The large array partially “offset[s] the environmental and monetary [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, Denver, Electricity Generation, Natural Gas, Solar Energy, Xcel Energy No Comments »USDA Doles out 10 Grants for People’s Gardens
November 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson While small compared to subsidies for corn, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in grants “to support 155 People’s Gardens in neighborhoods” throughout the United States. 10 programs were awarded sums ranging from $5,000 to $150,000. For a complete accounting of the recipients and award denominations, see [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food Tags: California, Colorado, Denver, Food, Organic No Comments »Site Visit: Denver Public School’s First LEED Gold Campus
November 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson A week and a half ago, I attended the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s Green School Summit. For my notes on the conference, click here. Held on the 35-acre Evie Garrett Dennis E-12, early childhood through 12th grade, though there is also a 2 year program on the campus (for nursing and other career [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Site Visits Tags: Colorado, Denver, Food, Green Schools, LEED, Net Zero Energy, Photovoltaic No Comments »General Electric to Build Largest Solar Factory in US
October 15th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent news release from General Electric (GE) stated that the company will build the United States’ largest solar panel factory. GE estimates that it will create 450 jobs in Colorado and New York. According to the release, GE chose Aurora, Colorado (adjacent to Denver) “primarily because the location will allow for accelerated speed to [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Colorado, Denver, GE, NREL, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Green Garage: Eco-Friendly Car Maintenance
October 13th, 2011 Eric Wilson When one thinks about being eco-friendly, driving a car does not necessarily come to the top of the list. Some cars are more fuel-efficient than others, but all require massive energy inputs in their creation and maintenance. Beyond gasoline and electricity for internal combustion engines, hybrid gasoline-electrics, and the up-and-coming electric vehicles, the materials required [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Cars, Denver No Comments »
