Tag: Energy Efficiency
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Building for life
When it comes to satisfying the world’s almost insatiable appetite for energy, nothing beats energy efficiency. While the efficiency of commercial buildings has improved significantly in recent decades, the building industry has only begun to tap the energy reserves trapped in underperforming facilities. Trane, a 100-year global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services, foresees…
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Solar Powered Garage Garners Green Mountain College a $50,000 E2 Energy to Educate Grant
Students who participated in last semester’s Renewable Energy and Ecological Design (REED) at Green Mountain College (GMC) have designed solar-powered garage that won them a $50,000 grant to build it from the E2 Energy to Educate program sponsored by the Exelon Company, Constellation. The structure, which they have named after the Welsh sun goddess, “Olwen…
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This Week in Energy News for April 26, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, we’re reporting on a new green skyscraper in San Francisco, Top 10 Green Cities, Top 10 Green Projects, Donald Trump’s controversial (banned) anti-wind advertisement, environmental clean up in Wisconsin, new environmental funding in Minnesota, a new research facility in Colorado, and earthquake-resistant wallpaper. And, even though Earth Day…
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Get Government Assistance for Your Energy Efficient Home
If you live or work in the United States, you have just a few days left to file your federal and local tax returns. Are you getting everything you deserve for trying to help the environment and keep your utility bills down? There are tax credits and financial incentives that could make a big difference…
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Built by One Family in One Day: $6K Prefab Abōd Shelters Last Thirty Years
A new model for prefabricated homes, Abōd® Shelters, is making a difference in South Africa, and designers hope that this solution can be made available to people around the world who suffer from poverty, homelessness, or are displaced by natural disasters. Recently, a community of Abōd Shelters was constructed on the Del Cramer Campus in…