Here in Denver, it is common knowledge that should you attempt to return from the ski resorts on a Sunday evening, you will most likely encounter lengthy traffic jams. If there happens to be a winter storm at the same time, you might as well stop at one of the nearby towns along I-70 and [...]
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Traffic, Environmental Sensitivity, and Recessions
February 2nd, 2011 
Nick Grue 
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Featured Posts, Guest Authors, Op-Ed, Policy, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Denver, Environment, Nick Grue, Public Transit 
No Comments »February Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2011 Eric Wilson February may be the shortest month of the year, but it doesn’t lack for valuable events. A number of the conferences deal with generating and connecting renewable energy to the grid. In addition, there are numerous regional sustainability conferences, including one at UCLA and another at Denver University. Perhaps the most intriguing event is the [...]
Posted in Conferences, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Grid, Los Angeles, Solar Energy, Waste No Comments »Update: IKEA’s Colorado Store Adds Solar to Geothermal
January 29th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last year we wrote about the new IKEA store under construction south of Denver. Located in Centennial, Colorado, the store will employ geothermal heat pumps to provide heating and cooling. The Denver Post reports that IKEA’s first Colorado location will add more than 2,000 solar panels to their renewable energy portfolio. The solar array requires [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Colorado, Denver, Geothermal, IKEA, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Parking at the Greenest Lot in America
January 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last week I wrote about “the greenest parking lot in the country”. While this seems like an odd concept, before I pulled into the lot the six large photovoltaic arrays and roughly dozen spinning vertical turbines convinced me that this LEED certified compound was different. Part product review, part site visit, I pulled into the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Site Visits Tags: Denver, LEED, Photovoltaic, Product Review, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Canopy Airport Parking: Denver’s Greenest
December 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson On the surface I was extremely skeptical about Canopy Airport Parking (a subsidiary of ProPark America) – the new “green parking lot” – that was built on the Denver International Airport’s grounds. In November the lot opened to the public. For open air parking, the cost is currently $9/day, 50% more than the economy lot, [...]
Green Living Is Healthy Living
November 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson Green products, what we have often referred to as eco-conscious products, can be seen on shelves of stores across the country, including mega-retailers like Wal-Mart. (Read about their sustainability index here). One of the less often mentioned components of the green products discussion relates to the health benefit, not for just the planet but also [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Local Energy/Food, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Chemicals, Composting, Denver, Farmer's Market No Comments »Two Electric Car Sightings in One Week
October 16th, 2010 Eric Wilson Growing up I can remember seeing electric cars on the street. There weren’t many, but General Motors’ EV-1 was leased out in my native southern California. In fact, if memory serves, the Costco by my dad’s house (or maybe it was the Ralph’s supermarket by my mom’s) had a spot or two for charging electric [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Japan, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Better Place, Chevy Volt, Colorado, Denver, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf, Peak Oil, Tesla 1 Comment »AASHE Monday Afternoon Sessions Recap
October 13th, 2010 Eric Wilson The AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) continued Monday afternoon with several presenters covering an array of topics in both operations and curriculum. Here are the notes from two of the afternoon’s events. The 12:30 session was in front of a packed audience at the Colorado Convention Center. (For a recap [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Curriculum, Denver, Quotations, United Nations No Comments »
