Living Walls And Green Roofs Pave Way For Biodiversity In New Building
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Felicity Carus Otters could return to urban rivers, bats could roost under bridges, swifts could flock to office blocks and peregrine falcons soar above cathedrals under recommendations from the UK Green Building Council. What do the Westfield ...
House floats draft of energy and climate change bill
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Green news harvest: Cash for car clunkers?
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Concrete Is Remixed With Environment in Mind
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSt. Anthony Falls Bridge is hardly a monolithic structure: the components are made from different concrete mixes, the recipes tweaked, as a chef would, for specific strength and durability requirements and to reduce the impact on the environment. One mix, ...
Ford readies mix of all-electric and plug-in hybrids
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Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (3/31/09)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in About Worldchanging, Green News | Comments OffThe top stories from our Canadian blog: Food for thought and action What is Vancouver doing to encourage local food? A lot, as it turns out. Peter ter Weeme reports on backyard chicken coops, a challenge by city ...
Premier Power Renewable Energy Reports 165 Percent Year-Over-Year
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPremier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: PPRW.OB), a global leader in design, engineering and development of solar projects for the commercial, government and residential markets in the U.S. and Europe, today announced financial results for the fiscal year and ...
Solar Success! 2009
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRich government incentives and a groundswell of support surrounding renewable energy solutions have fueled demand for an encore of the first solar training partnership to provide the holistic strategies, tools, insights and hands-on training needed for solar business owners ...
Getting Serious About Clean-Energy Stimulus
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIt turns out that 2008 was another record year for clean energy. According to Clean Edge's just-released Clean Energy Trends 2009 report, the three major clean-energy sectors -- solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power and biofuels -- kept up a ...
PV Tracking Applications Gather Momentum
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThink of solar panels and you're likely to envision them fixed in a single position. But the sun travels from east to west every day -- at least from the perspective of the Earth -- and also moves from ...
REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Plant Starts Up
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffREC Silicon's new polysilicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington (Silicon III), which is based on fluidized bed technology (FBR), started production early last week. The company had announced in February that the plant would start production by the end of ...
Atlantis Gets US $14M from Statkraft
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTidal energy firm, Atlantis Resources Corporation has completed a US $14 million round of fundraising through an investment from Statkraft.
Cathy Zoi Nominated as DOE Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Assistant
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPresident Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Cathy Zoi for Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE).
Vestas Signs Contract for 33 MW in Turkey
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffVestas has received an order for 33 megawatts of wind turbines for the Mersin project in Turkey. The order calls for the delivery, transportation and installation of 11 units of the company's V90-3.0 MW wind turbine, a VestasOnline Business SCADA ...
Renewable Energy Industry Looks to Capitialize on Momentum in Washington
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFollowing the political and monetary victories for the renewable energy industry that were contained in the U.S. stimulus package, which passed earlier this year, the industry is hoping to use the momentum it has gained to push through more changes ...
Prism Solar Buys 60-MW Manufacturing Plant
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPrism Solar Technologies Inc. (PST), has acquired a new manufacturing site in New York State. The site, located in Highland, New York includes 6.5 acres of land and a 93,000 square-foot manufacturing building. The facility was purchased for US $3.75 ...
That’s Hot: EcoDrain Recovers Waste Heat
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffYou've probably heard the saying "like pouring money down the drain." Well, the innovators at EcoDrain say that's exactly what you are doing every time you take a shower -- unless you have installed their ...
That’s Hot: EcoDrain Recovers Waste Heat
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffYou've probably heard the saying "like pouring money down the drain." Well, the innovators at EcoDrain say that's exactly what you are doing every time you take a shower -- unless you have installed their ...
Worldchanging Media Round Up
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Media | Comments OffWhether it arrived in our inbox or our mailbox, some truly amazing media has shown up recently at Worldchanging Headquarters. And it's time once again to share what we've been receiving. The tone of most of the ...
Worldchanging Media Round Up
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Media | Comments OffWhether it arrived in our inbox or our mailbox, some truly amazing media has shown up recently at Worldchanging Headquarters. And it's time once again to share what we've been receiving. The tone of most of the ...