• SolarCity, Shea Homes Plan “No Electric Bill” Developments for California, Elsewhere

    Updated: 2012-02-27 17:02:34
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  • San Francisco Lands Top Honors for “Green” Building

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:48:08
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Wednesday , 22 February 2012 21:48 San Francisco Lands Top Honors for Green” Building San Francisco has come out on top of the Green

  • California Leads Nation in Green-Tech Venture Funding

    Updated: 2012-02-21 19:34:53
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Tuesday , 21 February 2012 19:34 California Leads Nation in Green-Tech Venture Funding California eclipsed other states last year in

  • EPRI's faster, cheaper EV charging system

    Updated: 2012-02-16 21:28:11
    , Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Thursday , 16 February 2012 21:28 EPRI's faster , cheaper EV charging system Palo Alto-based EPRI will demonstrate a prototype for fast

  • ETAP workshop on Feb 23rd

    Updated: 2012-02-16 21:14:44
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Thursday , 16 February 2012 21:14 ETAP workshop on Feb 23rd The Energy Technology Assistance Program ETAP in collaboration with the

  • Ritger-Preder Wind Turbine Powers Family Farm in Southeastern Wisconsin

    Updated: 2012-02-16 21:12:06
    “Sustainable family farm operation powered by renewable wind energy” February 16, 2012 The rising cost of oil and fertilizers, coupled with growing concerns over the use of pesticides and hormones, have spurred the growth of sustainable farming operations across the United States. Jeff and Kathy Preder—owners and operators of the Jeff-Leen Farm in Random Lake, [...]

  • RENEW to PSC: Specify a date for resumption of renewable program

    Updated: 2012-02-15 18:14:22
    Letter to Public Service Commission Regarding Focus on Energy Support for Renewable Energy February 14, 2012 In July 2011, Focus on Energy stopped accepting applications for funding new renewable energy installations owned by businesses, schools and local governments. Later that year, Focus on Energy expanded the suspension to cover residential customer-sited renewable energy systems as [...]

  • Pierce County wind farm plan still in limbo

    Updated: 2012-02-11 16:16:57
    From an article by Jeff Holmquist in the Pierce County Herald: The future of a proposed wind farm project in St. Croix County remains in doubt, even as progress is being made on an application before the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The $250 million Highland Wind Project was first proposed about four years ago, [...]

  • Consumer Demand for Solar Energy Soars

    Updated: 2012-02-10 22:10:49
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  • UC Berkeley Study: Replacing Coal with Renewable Energy Can Be Cost Effective

    Updated: 2012-02-10 14:48:49
    : Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Friday , 10 February 2012 14:48 UC Berkeley Study : Replacing Coal with Renewable Energy Can Be Cost Effective A new computer model of

  • International Renewable Energy Exhibition “Das Haus” Opens in San Francisco this Month

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:07:43
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  • Great Lakes Wind Can Invigorate Wisconsin’s Economy

    Updated: 2012-02-08 21:56:50
    From a news release issued by the Sierra Club: Madison, WI – Today, decision makers, community members, utilities, developers, and advocacy groups met in Madison for a stakeholder meeting about the promise offshore wind in the Great Lakes. “Great opportunities await Wisconsin in the form of an incredible natural resource – the winds of Lake [...]

  • EPA Releases Document on Energy Efficiency in Local Government Operations

    Updated: 2012-02-08 20:13:21
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  • Wisconsin lawmakers weary of wind setback issue

    Updated: 2012-02-07 17:22:33
    From an article by Dan Haugen on Midwest Energy News: Wisconsin’s politically contested wind-turbine siting rules would quietly go back on the books if the state’s legislature doesn’t take up the issue this session. While it’s premature for wind energy supporters to declare victory, the rules’ opponents appear to have little appetite for reopening the [...]

  • RENEW leads Wisconsin’s renewable energy sector

    Updated: 2012-02-06 16:38:43
    From a story by Matt Grasson on Today’s Energy Solutions: As with any successful project, there needs to be a strong leader. For Wisconsin’s renewable energy sector, that leader is RENEW Wisconsin. RENEW Wisconsin is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting economically and environmentally sustainable energy policies and practices within the state. During their [...]

  • PSC must establish wind energy rules

    Updated: 2012-02-01 16:31:25
    From an editorial in the Green Bay Press-Gazette: A committee wants Brown County to ask the state to pay medical bills for anyone becoming sick because of wind turbines, but we don’t think it’s the county’s place to make such a move. The human services committee voted last week to seek emergency aid for families [...]

  • Small Businesses Request Resumption of Renewable Energy Support

    Updated: 2012-01-31 19:40:18
    For immediate release January 31, 2012 More information RENEW Wisconsin Michael Vickerman 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org Small Businesses Request Resumption of Renewable Energy Support Over 150 small businesses, organizations, schools, and local officials appealed to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to restore full funding for a nationally recognized renewable energy program that reduces the cost of solar, [...]

  • Fracking industry executive says 90% of Americans are ‘nuts

    Updated: 2012-01-30 17:30:40
    From a column by Lyle Hopkins in The Capital Times: Wall Street and CEO culture in America is out of touch, arrogant, condescending, and those are probably their good qualities. Recent examples run the gamut, from snooty finance employees sipping champagne while mocking Wall Street protesters to a sign posted in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange [...]

  • Legislature should restore funding to Focus on Energy

    Updated: 2012-01-27 20:00:34
    From a guest commentary by Keith Reopelle and Charlie Higley in the Janseville Gazette: In spring 2011, Gov. Scott Walker and legislative leaders significantly cut funding to Focus on Energy, the energy efficiency program that helps residents and businesses lower energy bills. A recent legislative audit demonstrates that the benefits of Focus on Energy more [...]

  • Sustainable Design Update Blog Archive

    Updated: 2012-01-12 01:11:26
    Switch Lighting, creator of the only LED that uses liquid cooling technology, is on the cusp of a breakout year in 2012. The Switch bulb creates the same warm color of an incandescent, yet it’s made with reclaimable or recyclable materials using the Cradle to Cradle methodology. Inside the bulb is a liquid thermal cooling solution that helps cool the LEDs from all sides, producing more light from less LEDs. In fact, a Switch bulb lasts about 25 times longer and uses 80% less energy than an incandescent.

  • Google Android Apps May Soon Control Your LED Lights

    Updated: 2012-01-03 15:46:07
    In the very near future, expect to be able to control devices, appliances, and lights in your home with the help of Google. That’s the information coming out of Google’s developer conference, Google I/O, where Android@Home was first announced. With the right app, an Android-powered smart device, and an intelligent LED replacement bulb from Lighting Science Group, a savvy homeowner could geek out a home without much effort.

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