]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Energy Efficiency Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129362?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Michael Braungart is co-author with William McDonough of Cradle to Cradle. He writes a very strange article in Abitare that includes a few gems, including this one about the population problem. But I can tell you, sustainability is boring. It is just... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:21:38 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129362?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129347?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By Summer Rayne OakesAs expected, we see a lot of energy on the eco-fashion front. More shows, more events, and even more awards for eco-designers. The Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation is giving out an award for sustainability and there's also London'... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:11:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129347?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/129329?rsstype=latest&cid=48 John McCain picked first term Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his veep choice today. I love this pick.She's a 44 yer old first term, youngest and first, woman Governor of Alaska. She's known as a maverick and anti-establishment in Alaska, and has... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/129329?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129275?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By GristGOP presidential candidate John McCain today announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his running mate in the race against Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Here are some quick snapshots of Palin's record on issues related to energy and the e... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:45:08 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129275?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129348?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By GristLast updated 10:29 a.m. PDT GOP presidential candidate John McCain today announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his running mate in the race against Barack Obama and Joe Biden. McCain's official announcement of his veep... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:45:08 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129348?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/129276?rsstype=latest&cid=48 The world's finally come full circle for members of a new gym in Portland which is converting the pedal power of its bikes into real energy.The gym, opening September 1, takes human powered energy from its fitness bikes and stores it in a battery whi... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:13:34 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/129276?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129388?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By WorldChanging Canada writer Rod Edwards.There's an interesting development lurking in your magazine rack (provided you subscribe to Canadian Geographic): paper made from wheat straw the stem & stalk waste product of grain farming. Indistinguisha... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:14:07 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129388?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129062?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Image source: GradProfiles.comThanks to a grant from Dominion Power, the University of Richmond (Virginia) will get $100,000 to improve their energy efficiency. The money will go towards purchasing and installing a monitoring system in all 14 of its ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:23:07 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129062?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129127?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By Sean CastenCheck out this article from Energy Central. A workshop in Topeka, Kansas has been trying to figure out how to incentivize Kansas utilities to embrace conservation. The local regulated utility summarizes the problem: We are totally c... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:50:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/129127?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129068?rsstype=latest&cid=48 photo: Con EdisonTreeHugger is all about green roofs on buildings even taking part in building one and can't say enough good things about the virtues of energy efficiency and energy conservation. So when Con Edison announced that it installed its... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:11:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129068?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129072?rsstype=latest&cid=48 photo: Wally GobetzIf the wide-ranging renewable energy vision that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg articulated last week at the National Clean Energy Summit are to be truly able to have a significant effect on fossil fuel usage, energy efficie... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:34 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129072?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129095?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Governments everywhere face the challenge of how to engage their citizens in a program of carbon emissions reductions. There have been two main approaches so far carbon taxes and personal carbon quotas. We propose Green Credits, an alternative wh... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/129095?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128998?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Creative Commons CodyRIn the sixties, Paolo Soleri coined words like ecotecture and arcology to define his concepts for dense, energy efficient, car-free cities. Generations of architecture students, including this writer, made the pilgrimage to ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:02:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128998?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Silicon Valley has officially had green fever for some time, now. A case in point is our recent interview with Chris Page, Yahoo's sustainability maven. Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, etc. is also taking some of these lessons to heart... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:11:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/128816?rsstype=latest&cid=48 IBM made a respectable but surprising move when it sold off its PC hardware business in 2004 to focus on higher margin services such as consulting. In July, the information technology company even added corporate social responsibility (CSR) to its co... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:07:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/128816?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=48 The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128807?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By Sara BarzThe court is green, the ball is green, and now the tournament is green as well. United States Tennis Association officials announced Monday that they would implement green initiatives at the 2008 U.S. Open to make the tournament one of... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:29:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128807?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128809?rsstype=latest&cid=48 By Joseph RommAndrew Jones -- former Rocky Mountain Institute colleague and systems-dynamic modeler extraordinaire at the Sustainability Institute -- asks if I could write something from a D.C. insider perspective about why we shouldn't be freaking... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128809?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/128823?rsstype=latest&cid=48 The US Open website features NRDC's logo and tip guide prominently on their main page, displaying details of the Open's move towards sustainability as well as an interview with Allen Hershkowitz, and details about the NRDC-US Open partnership In t... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:41:09 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/128823?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/128741?rsstype=latest&cid=48 As students return to campuses across the country for the start of another semester, colleges are starting to showcase some serious strides in sustainability. Some are investing in wind power and other alternative energies to help lower their carbon ... 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