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 [...]
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Parking at the Greenest Lot in America
January 3rd, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
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 »AASHE Morning Sessions Recap
October 11th, 2010 Eric Wilson Here are some notes from the morning sessions I attended at the AASHE National Conference in Denver, Colorado. 7am Session: Educating for Sustainability, Peace and Reconciliation The group from Colorado State University’s SoGES (School of Global Environmental Sustainability) presented a case study from Northern Ireland. The project is known as T.R.E.E. T.R.E.E. – Timber Recycling [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Colorado, Denver, Minnesota No Comments »The ORCA: Organic Refuse Conversion Alternative
October 7th, 2010 Eric Wilson Please see the new, updated post about the ORCA here. Last year during a site visit to 2nd Green Revolution’s alma mater , Emory University, we were introduced to Orca. No, not Shamu, but rather an anaerobic digester that school had installed in Cox Hall, one of the food service locations. The Orca (Organic Refuse [...]
Posted in Conferences, Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: AASHE, Denver, Emory, Waste, Water 1 Comment »October Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
October 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson This month we are doing things a little different. There are a number of events that we would recommend you check out. Instead of listing all the details here, there will be a brief list of events. 2nd Green will be at the DC solar homes tour and the AASHE. For more information – or [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Calendar, Denver, Green Schools, New Belgium Brewery No Comments »IKEA’s Denver, CO Store to Use Geothermal Energy
September 30th, 2010 Eric Wilson Opening in the fall of 2011, the first Colorado based IKEA store, located in the southern suburb of Centennial, will employ geothermal heat pumps to provide heating and cooling to its newest location. The first of its kind for the big box retailer in the United States, the system will tap into the constant temperature [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Colorado, Denver, EPA, Geothermal, Green Investments, IKEA, NREL, Wind Power No Comments »CityDesign + CityBuild 2010 Conference Opening Night Recap
September 16th, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the CITYDESIGN + CITYBUILD 2010 opening evening keynote. Arranged by Andrew Bermingham, CEO of Montreux Energy, the conference promoted itself as a roundtable discussion focused on world urban infrastructure. “CITYDESIGN + CITYBUILD 2010 is an interactive stakeholder dialogue among recognized thought-leaders from utilities, service providers, clean [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, President Obama, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Coal, Denver, Department of Energy, Electricity Generation, LEED, Natural Gas, Net Zero Energy, NREL, Photovoltaic, Smart Infrastructure, Urban Planning No Comments »
