By Yale Environment 360 on March 30, 2011 airport congestion , Albuquerque , Andy Kunz , Argentina , Boston , Brazil , bullet train , carbon emission , China , Cleveland , Columbus , conservative governors reject federal funds , Dallas , energy efficiency , federal stimulus fund , Florida , foreign oil , High speed rail , high-speed rail line , highway congestion , imported oil , India , Jeb Bush , John Kasich , Los Angeles , Madison , Milwaukee , Morocco , Obama administration , Ohio , Orlando , Reason Foundation , Rick Scott , Scott Walker , Seattle , Spain , sustainability , Tampa , Tea Party , TGV , transportation system , U.S. High Speed Rail Association , Washington D.C. , Wisconsin , Yale Environment 360
In recent months, several conservative governors have rejected federal funds to begin constructing high-speed rail lines in their states. But a high-speed rail advocate argues that such ideologically driven actions are folly, as other U.S. states and countries around the world are moving swiftly to embrace a technology that is essential for competitive 21st-century economies.
By John Addison on January 21, 2011 algal fuels , and MiaSole , Bay area , biotech , Bright Source , California , cisco , Clean Edge , Clean Tech Job Trends 2010 , cleantech jobs , electric buses , electric cars , energy efficiency , energy efficient homes , energy efficient materials , EPRI , global warming , Google , Green Computing , green jobs , greenhouse gas reduction , High speed rail , information technology , Intel , John Addison , LED lights , Los Angeles , Proposition 23 , renewable energy , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , silicon valley , Silver Spring Networks , smart grid , solar power , solar roofs , SPWRA , Sun Power , Tesla Motors , wind power
As the nation seemingly and slowly pulls out from deep recession there is indication that cleantech sector employment is helping to lift some areas of the country and is starting to provide some jobs in what has been a painfully jobless “recovery” for far too many. This post, by John Addison focuses on some areas of his home state of California that are helping to drive the California economy and boosting jobs growth.
By Aysu Katun on January 21, 2010 Austin , Berkeley , Boulder , Canberra , desalination , diversion , diversion rate , federal plan , General Motors , GrassRoots Recycling Network , Hewlett-Packard , incentive , Kamikatsu , landfill , landfill-free , Lord Norman Foster , Los Angeles , Masdar City , monorail , NIKE , policy reform , recycle , recycling rate , repair , reuse , San Francisco , Seattle , solar power , waste processing , waste reduction , zero carbon , zero waste communities , zero waste goal , Zero Waste International Alliance , zero-waste
Imagine a world where the concept of “waste” does not exist. A world in which nothing gets discarded, every industrial product gets reassembled into something useful, each unit of energy is offset and anything and everything is a renewable resource. This is the design principle and environmental philosophy of “zero waste”.
By Chris de Morsella on January 20, 2010 advanced heat-sink , air conditioning , air-leakage measurement , Alcatel-Lucent , Alternating Current , American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , BAE Systems , Bell Labs , CA , California , California Institute of Technology , carbon pollution , Central Processing Unit , cloud computing , computer network , Cornelius , CPU , Data Center , data center cooling , datacenter , DELC , Department of Energy , Direct Current , DOE , Dual Enclosure Liquid Cooling , Edison Materials Technology Center , electric grid , energy efficiency , Energy Secretary , Federspiel Controls , Hewlett-Packard , hot-spot management , Houston , IBM , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center , information economy , information technology , integrated hardware and software , Ithaca , Lineage Power Corporation , Liquid Metal Thermal Interface , Lockport , Los Angeles , Manassas , Menlo Park , Mountain View , NC , networking devices , New York , North Carolina , NY , Palo Alto , Plano , Poughkeepsie , Power Assure , Power Supply Chain , Providence , Real-Time Optimal Control , real-time temperature , Recovery Act , rectifier , Research Triangle Park , Rhode Island , RI , router , RTOC , Santa Clara , SeaMicro , smart grid , Steven Chu , Telecommunications , Texas , Trustees of Columbia University , TX , VA , Very Dense Liquid Cooled Computer Platform , Virginia , Yahoo , Yorktown Heights
The Department of Energy is awarding $47 million to support the development of new technologies and knowhow aimed at improving energy efficiency in the information technology (IT) and communication technology sectors. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 14 projects across the country will share in this award. Information technology and telecommunications are vital and rapidly growing sectors of our overall economy and will become even more central as the smart grid is deployed. As our country increasingly comes to rely on an information economy in sector after sector the underlying physical infrastructure that supports it, such as the data centers, networks, routers and so forth, is expected to continue to rapidly grow.
By Tracey de Morsella on October 16, 2009 Ann Arbor , Austin , AZ , Baltimore , biofuels , biomaterials , Boston , building retrofits , CA , Chicago , Clean Edge , Clean tech , Clean Tech Job Trends 2009 , clean tech manufacturing , clean-tech companies , clean-tech compensation , clean-tech economy , Clean-tech educational initiatives , clean-tech job sectors , clean-tech jobs , CO , coal , conservation , D.C. , Denver , detroit , energy efficiency , green career , green education , green educational initiatives , green jobs , green training , Houston , IL , localization , Los Angeles , MA , manufacturing jobs , MD , MI , New York , NY , Oakland , OR , Pheonix , Portland , Ron Pernick , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , San Jose , Seattle , solar; , The Clean Tech Revolution , The smart grid , TX , utility industry , VA , WA , Washington , wind
Yesterday, Clean Edge, Inc., a clean-tech research and publishing firm, released Clean Tech Job Trends 2009. The report provides an investigation of how clean-tech jobs in the U.S. and globally are changing the face of industry, where the hotbeds of growth exist, and whether current clean-tech salaries are living up to their ‘green-over blue-collar’ promise.
By Joel_West on September 22, 2009 A/C , APP , Arcata , Astec Paints , ASTM C-1371 , Australia , Bakersfield , buildings , California , California Energy Commission , California’s Title 24 , CertainTeed , Cool Colors Project , Cool Roof initiatives , Cool Roof Rating Council , cool roofs , CoolStar , Emissivity , energy conservation regulations , Entrepreneurship , environmental leadership , EPA , Fresno , German solar initiatives , Houston , Infrared emittance , infrared radiation , innovation , Joel West , LBNL , Long Beach , Los Angeles , low cooling needs , Metal Building Manufacturers Association , new roof , ORNL , peak energy consumption , peak summer energy loads , peaked roof , public policy , radiative properties , remodeling , roofing contractor , roofing products , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , San José State University , Santa Maria , Sheila Blake , slate , solar heat gain , solar irradiance , Solar refle , solar reflectance , solar reflectivity , SRI , sun , T.S.R. , thermal emittance , tin roofs , Total Solar Reflectance , white roof
We’re doing a remodeling project which includes installing a new roof. Here in California, we get a lot of sun, so the impact of solar irradiance on solar heat gain is a major concern — either for A/C costs (and thus peak summer energy loads) or on comfort (for those of us who don’t have A/C). Thus, I’ve been looking into solar reflectivity and what has been called the “cool roofs“ movement. There is the Cool Roof Rating Council, “created in 1998 to develop accurate and credible methods for evaluating and labeling the solar reflectance and thermal emittance (radiative properties) of roofing products and to disseminate the information to all interested parties.”
By Tracey de Morsella on September 2, 2009 Albuquerque , Boston , CAP mentor-protégé network , Capital Access Program , deal sourcing , Denver , emerging businesses , entrepreneurs , financial opportunities , financing partners , Green Business , green economy , green entrepreneurship educational center , Green for All , green products , inclusive , Los Angeles , Miami , Newark , non-profits , Oakland , Philadelphia , Pittsburgh , renewable energy , San Diego , San Jose , Seattle , small businesses , social capital , social enterprise , sustainable services , underserved communities
Earlier this month, Green for All established The Capital Access Program for small businesses and non-profits. The program is design to provide these organizations with the resources they need to to support, create and scale green jobs in our local communities.
By Tracey de Morsella on September 1, 2009 advanced vehicle technologies , alternative fuel , American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , and Egg Harbor Township , and HEV Vehicles and Fueling Stations Initiative , Atlantic City , Austin , Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta , Baton Rouge , biodiesel , biofuels , biogas , Camden , Chicago , City of Chicago , Clean Cities program , clean energy , Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative , Clean Fuels Ohio’s Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership , Clean School Bus/Vehicle Incentive & Green Jobs Outreach Program , CNG , CNG dump trucks , compressed natural gas fueling stations , compressed natural gas vehicles , Dallas , Dallas-Fort Worth , DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project , Denver , Department of Energy , Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project , DOE , electric vehicles , electricity , energy efficient vehicles , energy security , ethanol , EV , flex-fuel vehicles , garbage trucks , Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives , Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition , green transportation , Houston , hybrid school buses , hybrid technologies , hybrid truck , hybrids , hydraulic hybrids , Inc.’s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project , Indianapolis , Kansas City , Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky , Lake Charles , landfill gas , LFG , local governments , Los Angeles , LPG , Maryland Energy Administration’s Maryland Hybrid Truck Goods Movement , Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project , Michigan , Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program , Nassau , natural gas , New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks , New Orleans , New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s Statewide Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program for CNG , Newark , North Carolina , North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology , NYSERDA , OATP , Oklahoma City , Orlando , petroleum , petroleum consumption , Phoenix , plug-in electric hybrids , pollution , propane , Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project , Railroad Commission of Texas’ Texas Propane Fleet Pilot Program , refueling infrastructure , refueling locations , refuse collection vehicles , renewable gas , Sacramento , San Antonio , San Bernardino , San Bernardino Associated Governments’ J.B. Hunt LNG Truck Project: Made in America Initiative , San Diego , SCAQMD , Seattle , Secretary Chu , Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure , SOuth Carolina , South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Drayage Truck Replacement Initiative , South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project , South Gate , South Los Angeles , Southern CA Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition’s Expanding California’s E85 Ethanol Fueling Infrastructure , Southern California , Southern California Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition , St. Louis , state governments , State of Indiana’s: Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance Comprehensive Alternative Fuels Implementation Plan , State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program , Steven Chu , Suffolk , Texas State Technical College’s Development of a National Liquid Propane (Autogas) Refueling Network , The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project , transportation authorities , Trenton , Triangle J Council of Governments’ Carolinas Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative , University of Michigan , Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program , Virginia Department of Mines
Last week, Secretary Chu announcen nearly $300 million in Clean Cities grants to support clean fuels, vehicles, and infrastructure development. The projects are designed to create jobs, limit pollution, and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.
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Last week, Sierra Magazine named the nation’s top 20 “coolest” schools for their efforts to stop global warming and operate sustainably. The magazine’s September/October cover story spotlights the schools that they believe are making a true impact for the planet, and marks Sierra’s third annual listing of America’s greenest universities and colleges. The […]