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Is it Time for a Bio-Mass Powered Data Center?

By Jack Pouchet on July 15, 2011 4 Comments Atlanta, biomass, biomass energy, clean energy, cleantech, Climate Change, co-generation, cooling, CUE, Data Center, EIA, energy efficiency, energy reuse, environmental, environmental practices, EPA, ERE, Georgia, green certified power, Green Computing, green data center, green grid, green power, Hoquiam, jack pouchet, LEED, MRR, Parton Group, power, PUE, renewable energy, Stan Parton, sustainability, USGBC, Washington, WUE

This post explores the concept of an end-to-end ‘green’ power, water, and community eco-system based around mega-watt scale power and cooling requirements in a real world environment of limited financial resources and stringent system availability requirements. It suggests that huge power hungry data centers should consider incorporating on-site biomass electricity generation as an integral part of their operations systems.

Interview: Will Kirksey On Sustainable Water Recycling

By Jessalyn Dingwell on February 2, 2010 4 Comments Atlanta, blackwater, Civil Engineering Research Foundation, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, constructed wetland, corporate social responsibility, decentralized, ecosystem, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmental, EPA, Florida, global warming, graywater, green building, green collar jobs, green economy, green jobs, greenhouse gas emissions, Greensboro North Carolina, infrastructure, LEED, LEED Gold, living machine, new green economy conference, Policy, Portland Oregon, renewable energy, sewage sludge, sewer, smart grid, sustainability, sustainable building, sustainable silicon valley, sustainable water reuse, tidal wetland, wastewater treatment, Water, Water conservation, water grid, Water Policy, water reclaimation, water recycling, water reuse, water runoff, wetland, will kirksey, worrell water, Worrell Water Technologies

Will Kirksey, SVP of Worrell Water Technologies, is passionate about finding practical, ecological solutions to the increasingly urgent water issues in the US. I spoke with him at The New Green Economy Conference in Washington, D.C., just before he facilitated a session targeted at forming policy recommendations on sustainable water reuse. Worrell Water’s water reuse system, the Living Machine, was picked as one of the ‘coolest green products’ at Greenbuild, 2009. Will recently authored the white paper, Sustainable Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century.

27 Areas of Potential Job Growth In the Green Economy

By stephen_hinton on January 5, 2010 8 Comments (ARRA), accidental toxic releases, accounting, acid rain, alternative energy, architecture, Atlanta, atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric scientists, biofuels, biomass, building practices, cap-and-trade, carbon capture, Carbon Consulting, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon market, carbon trading market, Civil Engineering, Climate Change, climate controls, Computer Aided Design, construction, contaminated water, D.C., Department of Energy, e-waste, economy, Electrical Engineering, electrical grid, Emissions Trading, energy, energy consumption, Energy Management, engineering, environmental, environmental clean-up, environmental engineering, Environmental Information Systems, environmental investigations, environmental restoration, environmental scientists, EPA, Forensic Accounting, forestry, Geographic Information Systems, Geotechnical Engineering, Geothermal, GHG emissions, Government compliance, green jobs, green roof, green standards, Greenhouse Gas Auditing, greenhouse gas regulations, greenhouse gases, Hazardous Waste Managers, Hinton Human Capital, horticulture, HVAC, hydroelectric, Industrial Waste Treatment, infrastructure, Landscape Architecture, LEED certification, light rail, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical engineers, Nitrogen Oxide, NOx, Nuclear Engineering, nuclear waste, offset, OR, ozone depletion, pollutants, Portland, power plants, recycled building materials, recycling, Remote Sensing, Resource Efficiency Managers, retrofitted, reuse, risk management, risk management service, rural broadband, Science, Sequestration, smart grid, solid waste, SOx, STEM, Stephen Hinton, Structural Engineering, Structural Engineers, Sulphur Oxide, technical professionals, technology, Trading, transit, waste, wastewater treatment systemsm, water infrastructure upgrade programs, water treatment systems, weather, wind, Xeriscaping

Stephen Hinton, provides a compilation of professionals that will see growth as the US economy goes green. He predicts that those in STEM professions (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) will experience the most job security.

Princeton Review Rolls Out List of The Greenest Colleges

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 1 Comment 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll, and ecological agriculture, Arizona State University, Atlanta, Bar Harbor, Bates College, Beech Hill Farm, beekeeping, Berkeley, Binghamton, Binghamton University, biodiesel, biomass gasification, Boston, buildings, CA, Cambridge, campus, campus sustainability, car-sharing, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, Carlisle, carpool, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, certification. organic landscaping, CO, co-generation power plant, College of the Atlantic, colleges, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, compost, compost. solar PV, compostable, compostable dishware, compostable paper cup, composting bins, composting toilets, compressed natural gas, CT, curriculum, Curriculum for the Bioregion, Dickinson College, Durham, ecoAmerica, EcoGastronomy, ecology, electric cars, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy use, environment, environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentally friendly, ethnobotany, Evergreen State College, facilities, fluorescent lamps, food, forest ecology, GA, Georgia Institute of Technology, green college, Green Majors, green products, Green Rating Honor Roll, Green Ratings, green university, greenhouse gas emission reductions, greenhouse gas emissions, Harvard College, human ecology, hydropower, International Village, Kroon Hall, landfill, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED Gold certification, LEED Platinum, LEED Silver, Lewiston ME, Local, MA, ME, Middlebury, Middlebury College, Nature Preserve, New Haven, NH, Northeastern University, NY, Olympia, organic agriculture, organic certification, organic garden, organic produce, PA, Project Clean Plate, recycle, recycling, renewable electricity, renewable wood pellets, Robert Franek, school of Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Sustainability, Seattle, self-ventilated, socially responsible, socially responsible business program, soft drinks, solar panels, State University of New York at Binghamton, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, sustainable commencement, sustainable dining program, sustainably produced wood, The Princeton Review, trails, Trans-Atlantic Food Systems, university, University of California Berkeley, University of New Hampshire, University of Washington, Used fryer oil, van pool, VT, WA, Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, wetland, wind, Yale Sustainable Food Project, Yale University, zero-waste, Zipcar

The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.

Report Says Cities are Going Green But are Falling Short

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 2 Comments Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Ben Hecht, Boston, carbon footprint, Charlotte, Chicago, city governments, Cleveland, Columbus, D.C., Dallas, Denver, detroit, Don Chen, economic recovery, El Paso, energy costs, energy efficiency, energy retrofits, energy-efficient appliances, Ford Foundation, Fort Worth, going green, green, green building, Green cities, Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies, green economy, green workforce development, greenhouse gases, Greening, Houston, Indianapolis, insulation, Jacksonville, jobs, Las Vegas, Living Cities, Los Angeles, Louisville, low-income, mass transit, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, recession, retrofitting, Saint Paul, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, stimulus funds, subsidizing, sustainability, transit, Tucson, vehicle fleet, Washington, weatherization, working

A new report released recently assessed exactly how 40 of the country’s largest cities are trying to limit their carbon footprints and take the steps needed to raise these efforts to the next level. The report, initiated and conducted by Living Cities, a collaboration of 21 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions is […]

Top 25 Least Wasteful U.S. Cities

By Tracey de Morsella on April 7, 2009 3 Comments Atlanta, Fast Company, nalgene, recycling, San Fransisco, sustainability

Nalgene, the water bottle company, conducted a study of people in America’s 25 largest cities to determine which cities were least wasteful. San Fransisco came out on top and Altanta ended up on the bottom.