Taking a page from the solar decathlon that runs annually in Washington DC, New Town Builders in Denver will complete their first net zero home in the Stapleton neighborhood later this year. As an example of what future homes (and buildings in general) can do, the net zero home will produce as much energy as [...]
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New Town Builders to Construct Net Zero Home
June 13th, 2011 
Eric Wilson Denver’s Bike to Work Day is Set for June 22nd
June 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Following up on last month’s post about Washington DC’s bike to work day, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCoG) will sponsor their own event. Bike to Work Day 2011, will take place on June 22nd. Registration for the event is now open. A list of breakfast and break stations, as well as various other [...]
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Tags: Bicycles, Colorado, Denver, Washington DC 
No Comments »1800 Larimer: A LEED Platinum High Rise in Denver
June 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson 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 [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Smart Grid, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Denver, Energy Conservation, LEED, Water Conservation 1 Comment »The Hidden Benefits of “Alternative Transportation”
May 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson 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 [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Bus, Cars, Denver, Food, Google, iPod/iPhone App, Public Transit 1 Comment »The Hegemony of the Automobile
May 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson Recently I posted an article titled “The Hegemony of Nonrenewable Resources“. I got to thinking about other possible hegemonic structures that exist in our daily lives. In short, a hegemonic structure could be defined as one that holds power over us, or makes people unable to exist in a competing fashion. This week’s hegemony is [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Cars, Denver, Washington DC No Comments »HGTV Green Home Sweepstakes Starts April 14th
April 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson The HGTV 2011 Green Home giveaway will begin accepting entries on April 14th at 9 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Eastern on June 2, 2011. In a slight departure from previous years, people can enter twice a day online, once through HGTV.com and once on FrontDoor.com. Located in the New Urbanist style development of Stapleton outside [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Products Tags: Denver, HGTV, New Urbanism No Comments »April Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
April 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Many of the events on our green events calendar and stories that we write about here on 2nd Green Revolution occur in Colorado, including several this month in Denver, and Washington DC because we live in these locales. California often shows up as well. This month is no different, including an energy efficiency symposium in [...]
NRDC Names Seattle as America’s Greenest City
March 28th, 2011 Eric Wilson The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has released their ranking of the top 15 greenest American cities in three different categories. In order to compile the list, the NRDC considered the following areas: Standard of Living, Green Building, Air Quality, Environmental Standards and Participation, Transportation, Recycling, Green Space, Energy Production and Conservation, and Water Quality. [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: California, Denver, Environment, EPA, Florida, Fort Collins, Los Angeles, Minnesota, NRDC, Portland-Oregon No Comments »
