Tag: Featured Business
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Stanford Professor on Letterman: Powering Entire World on Renewable Energy No Problem
A Stanford University professor used a late-night television appearance earlier this month to do more than just advocate renewable energy. Mark Jacobson suggested that the entire world could easily live off renewable energy. “There’s enough wind to power the entire world, for all purposes, around seven times over,” the professor of civil and environmental engineering…
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8 Governors Pledge 3.3M Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2025
A group of like-minded governors on both sides of the nation pledged this morning to get millions of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) on the country’s roads by 2025. Governors from eight states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—said they would do their part to encourage drivers to buy ZEVs to total 3.3…
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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $60M to Solar Research and Development
Wanting to build on an already growing industry, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invested $60 million this week in solar energy research and development. The awards were announced at the ongoing, three-day Solar Power International 2013 event in Chicago as a small portion of President Obama’s plan to reduce carbon pollution while supporting clean energy innovation. The…
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7 Easy Ways to Make Buildings Energy Efficient
If commercial and government buildings are empty for most of the year, why do they consume so much energy? A report from Greensense, an Australian sustainability software developer, estimates that buildings in its country are vacant for about 72 percent of a year, between off hours and holidays. Still, those buildings consume about 55 percent…
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College Entrepreneurs Develop Shower Meter to Reduce Water Consumption
Of the hundreds of people the team at Sprav Water LLC asked, the majority had no clue how much water they used during showers. “More than you probably want to know,” one person responded in a company video. The average U.S. household uses 300 gallons of water per day, and only laundry washing and toilet…