July 8, 2010 Green News

Green Channel

Read all about it (or listen to the podcast):  Adaptive reuse makes sense! In short, it’s all about taking existing buildings and doing the “green” thing with them . . . keeping them useful. Also in the Channel – read about PACE and LEED-EB, and find support material to make the business case for retrofitting existing buildings.  More...

Eco-Power

The Smart Grid (TSG) is coming.  Thanks to great funding from your tax dollars, it’s here and it’s now.  How will solar and TSG work together? Can you identify the “six most important trends” in the TSG effort?   If not, read up and get smart with this week’s Eco-Power News. Also Powerful – find out what’s going on in Michigan, New York, and Oklahoma, plus a look at a few Smart Grid negatives.  One example: 33,000 smart meters need replacing.  More...

Energy Efficiency

One of the prime candidates for energy efficiency work these days appear to be schools.  Everyone seems to have decided that learning institutions need to be more sustainable. Take a look at the list of green colleges and how KSU is working with Johnson Controls. Also Efficient – how students and scientists at Providence College can watch in real-time as the BIPV installation at their school generates electricity.  More...

Sustainability

Can you put your finger on the “triple bottom line” of corporate sustainability? It’s “economic, environmental, and social performance,” you’ll learn here – from an item that looks at how corporations can improve their sustainability reporting. Also of Sustenance:  What’s Staples doing with Entrepreneur.com? Why is Walgreens targeting cell phones + printer cartridges for recycling?  More...

Green Data Points

Did you read the Department of Energy’s recent Annual Energy Outlook, covering the years leading up to 2035? If not, you can get a shorthand look at the renewables piece this week in Green Data Points. A research firm says The Smart Grid’s growth will get to $17.7 billion by 2015. Also Pointed – an interesting look at the cost of retrofitting homes vs. the cost of cleaning up an oil spill. Plus, what the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group is up to.  More...