]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Energy Efficiency Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=latest&cid=48 As you may have gathered, the idea of city-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 has gained a lot of steam here in Worldchanging's home base of Seattle. Our City Council has embraced it as a goal (though it's wrestling with the timeline) and some of our... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190203?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190055?rsstype=latest&cid=48 ISO bright ideas. Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr.If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, and their competitive nature. That's the strategy that ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:16:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190055?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190085?rsstype=latest&cid=48 HEY READERS! Want to win a new washer and dryer and a year's worth of laundry supplies? Inhabitat is teaming up with Method to give you an incredible green laundry room renovation worth $8,500! One lucky reader is set to win a brand new energy effic... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:00:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190085?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190058?rsstype=latest&cid=48 photo via flickrThere's a lot of grim climate news, of course, but the EU keeps moving forward. On Friday, the European Commission announced that the EU, which is made up 27 member countries, is on track to meet its goal of generating 20 percent of ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:53:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190058?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190093?rsstype=latest&cid=48 In preparation for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo Sparch Architects has designed this master plan for the International Cruise Terminal. The Terminal includes a cruise welcome center, office space, courtyards, as well as a green corridor along the Huan... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/190093?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190080?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Kapor Klein House model, Marcy Wong Donn Logan ArchitectsThere is a fight going on in Berkeley, over the construction of a house for Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus and creator of Lotus 123, the program that made personal computers useful. Neighbou... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:15:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190080?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=latest&cid=48 For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, WorldWatch. This p... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190180?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189983?rsstype=latest&cid=48 As the economy as a whole remains mired in a sleepy lull, there are sectors that are red hot. According to GreenBiz.com's State of Green Business Report, several green industries are creating jobs, growing, and shrugging off worldwide economic slow... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189983?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=latest&cid=48 NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News A... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:05:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190116?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189985?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Earth Day is only six weeks away (April 22nd). Are you ready?While we all know that a commitment to sustainability goes beyond going green one day a year, Earth Day is the perfect opportunity to remind employees of your commitment, highlight progra... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189985?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189986?rsstype=latest&cid=48 For anyone trying to explain what sustainability is to a semi-curious relative or a completely out of touch co-worker, there could hardly be a better place to start than Annie Leonard's twenty minute web video The Story of Stuff. The video features ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189986?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190120?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Forty years ago this spring, we were a nation divided by war in Vietnam. The Chevrolet Monte Carlo got 11 miles to the gallon. Simon and Garfunkel were making their way up the charts with Bridge Over Troubled Water. And the NRDC was just a hand... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190120?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190123?rsstype=latest&cid=48 Ah, Home Star the legislative proposal that has eaten all my time over the last six months. What more is there to say? Creates jobs! Slashes energy use! Saves money!All of that was said today and more, during a hearing in the Senate Energ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:40:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/190123?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dot-earth/189733?rsstype=latest&cid=48 A pioneer in energy efficiency is poised to have an energy unit named for him.... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:37:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dot-earth/189733?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189995?rsstype=latest&cid=48 In recent years, after the initial honeymoon of broader consumer interest in all things green, it's now settled squarely in the space of prove it to me. Yet proving something's greenness, sustainability, fair trade status, organic certification... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:02:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/189995?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190206?rsstype=latest&cid=48 by Warren KarlenzigLast post I covered some guiding principles for urban resilience planning in the face of climate change and diminishing resources (especially fresh water and oil). Considering these guidelines, what aspect of U.S. metrodevelopment ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190206?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190209?rsstype=latest&cid=48 There was a time, not long ago, when the idea of a national low-carbon growth strategy for India would have been hard to imagine. Low carbon was seen to be at loggerheads with India's ambitious economic development agenda and was too controversial ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:41:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190209?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/189998?rsstype=latest&cid=48 When you think 'green jobs,' do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about 'green' lab beakers, 'green' drafting tables and 'green' brief cases as well, because the careers needed... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/189998?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/189836?rsstype=latest&cid=48 From CNN.com:Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding. But there's something holding green technology back: It simply costs more to include it than it adds to resale value.Appraisa... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:39:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/189836?rsstype=latest&cid=48 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/190181?rsstype=latest&cid=48 There was a time, not long ago, when the idea of a national low-carbon growth strategy for India would have been hard to imagine. Low carbon was seen to be at loggerheads with India's ambitious economic development agenda and was too controversial... 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