Each year, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) holds the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to promote growth and innovation within the consumer technology industry. Since it is the largest, and greenest, technology tradeshow in the world, we’re very excited to see what environmentally-friendly and energy-saving products will be unveiled at this year’s show, to be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘People Power’
2012 Consumer Electronics Show to Highlight Green Tech
January 5th, 2012 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Conferences, Energy Efficiency, Recylcing, Sustainability 
Tags: Battery, Electric Vehicles, People Power 
No Comments »Small Businesses and Green Jobs Aid in Economic Recovery
February 23rd, 2011 Eric Wilson When President Obama landed in Ohio yesterday, he met with small business owners in an attempt to drum up support for job growth. Among the CEOs present at the meeting was the head of a small renewable energy firm, Tremont Electric. Maker of a device that converts kinetic energy (motion) of walking into electricity, Tremont [...]
Energizing Your Workout
December 10th, 2010 Nick Grue This guest post is from Nick Grue. Nick is an Environmental Science and GIS student at the University of Colorado Denver. Nick is interested in the integration of renewable energy sources and the private sector’s conversion to green technologies. According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted. Understanding [...]
Posted in Business, Energy Efficiency, Guest Authors, Renewable Energy Tags: Electricity Generation, Grid, Nick Grue, People Power, Thermodynamics 3 Comments »Nuru Energy: Affordable, Clean Lighting for Areas Without Electricity Through LEDs & Pedal Power
July 3rd, 2010 Justin Manger In the poor, rural areas of Rwanda artificial lighting exists in the form of kerosene lamps, which pose a major fire hazard and cause air pollution and lung disease. Isn’t there a better way to provide lighting in an area without any electric infrastructure? Sameer Hajee thought there was. He started London-based Nuru Light as [...]
Pedaling to a Cleaner Energy Future
June 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson The saying there’s power in numbers has many meanings. As more companies join the second green revolution, cleaner energy and a more sustainable future will take shape. As it turns out, 2nd Green Revolution is not the only company with the name “Green Revolution” helping to secure a clean energy future. The Green Revolution Inc, based [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Electricity Generation, People Power No Comments »Power To (Or From) The People!
November 9th, 2009 Eric Wilson Following up last week’s story about Yale University installing human powered charging devices on elliptical machines and stationary bicycles at its gym comes a report from NPR‘s All Tech Considered on a company aiming to convert the mechanical energy of walking into an electrical current to charge people’s cellular phones. Tremont Electric, based in Cleveland, [...]
The World’s Greatest Untapped Energy Source: It’s People!
November 6th, 2009 Eric Wilson In what may turn out to be a stroke of genius (not unlike the solar roof on the 2010 Toyota Prius), Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut has installed recharging devices on elliptical machines and stationary bicycles used for exercising in the campus gym. The recharging devices, powered by the people using the machines, were [...]
