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An Alliance and A Campaign

June 2, 2008 – 6:39 am

Since it’s a political year, not that every year isn’t one, we looked around to see who is taking advantage of our politticans being a little more open to listening to going green, being self-sufficient, and/or environmental issues. So of course we checked out the We Can Solve It website.
The We Can Solve It [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Websites of Interest, websites, websites of interet | Comments (0)

If You Can’t Be Off Grid Then Live In A SmartGridCity

May 20, 2008 – 9:33 am

What is a Smart Grid City? It’s a new concept that is being built in Boulder, Colorado to make using conventional grid energy more efficient in it’s use and cost. it is probably best put by the chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, Dick Kelly:

“We’re on our way toward building the grid of [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Press Release, SmartGridCity, energy efficiency | Comments (0)

Does Your City Have Green Roofs?

April 30, 2008 – 9:19 am

Having a green roof is becoming the thing to do in urban environments and Green Roofs for Healthy CIties is an organization all about that.  They have also a list of top ten cities with green roofs in North America.  They are:

Chicago, Il
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore, MD
Brooklyn, NY 
Virgina Beach, VA
Royersford, PA 
Tronto, On 
Calgary, AB 
Washington D.C. 
Philadelphia, PA 

Last year there [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Green Cities, designing green, green building, green ideas, green landscaping | Comments (0)

RPS Policies at State-Level examined by Berkeley Lab

April 25, 2008 – 6:20 am

 
A new report was released by the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) shows that renewable energy is being supported by a growing number of states.  This is being done by the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) which this report gives an overview of the experience with these new state-level [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in RPS, Studies, US dept of energy | Comments (0)