Business
Trashanol – ethanol from waste
A converted ethanol plant is transforming waste from a local paper mill into fuel ethanol.
Empire State Building Now With Energy Star
Energy Star for Commercial Buildings offers a good standard to work to if you are considering upgrading especially when combined with the commercial tax credit for energy efficient upgrades.
Filling the GAP
GAP has the global reach to become a Climate Leader – diverting more than 50 tons of waste from landfills and more.
Poke, Pokes, Poken
What do you get when you cross a business card with a social networking website with a cartoon with a storage device? Only the coolest new gadget to hit the market, a Poken!
Harley Davidson is LEEDing the Way
Frieze Harley-Davidson of O’Fallon Illinois is the first Harley Davidson Dealership to be awarded Gold Status in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The dealership was constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) for exterior walls providing excellent soundproofing and structural strength, very high energy efficiency and healthier indoor air [...]
Owens Corning uses sun to heat one of their factories
Owens Corning installed an 11,000 Sq Ft SolarWall® on their Toronto manufacturing facility. A SolarWall® is basically a perforated covering installed over an existing wall. As air flows through the perforations and up the wall it is heated buy the sun. When the air gets to the top of the wall it is warm and [...]
A $5 Solution That Is Saving Forests Around the World
This invention draws from simple science. Made from two cardboard boxes, black paint, silver foil and an acrylic cover to trap heat, people everywhere can have a solar oven in minutes! Jon Bohmer, the inventor of this solar oven won the FT Climate Change Challenge with this design, beating 300 other entries. Bohmer is an [...]
Zumbox, A Postal System Revolution?
Zumbox, a paperless postal system has created a virtual mailbox for every physical address in America to deliver paperless mail online. When you visit the website you can view your mail exactly like you would from a mail box, view the envelope and open it to read the contents inside. Sending mail is just as [...]
Beemers Go Green
BMW Group is working to lower their fleet fuel consumption by decreasing the weight of automobiles and also with the companies alternative drive concept CleanEnergy. They are taking into account the life cycle of the vehicles when they produce them, finding ways to recycle used cars when they have reached the end of its usable [...]
LED as lead to GREEN!
A major landmark in Madison Wisconsin has change in the last few months. Coyle Carpet One, LLC had an older sign and message center that spoke to drivers for the past 20 years. Now that sign and message center is greener! Most people measure the success of any business venture or investment buy the ROI. [...]
