With some $4.5 billion in Federal grants spurring project development and investment, LED streetlights and smart grid technology are being combined and systems rolled out in a growing number of California cities.
Creator of the LonWorks open platform standard for smart grid and building/facilities energy management systems and products, San Jose-based Echelon Corp. is at the forefront of this wave of infrastructural change. The emerging market leader is involved in smart grid LED street lighting projects in Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Jose, as well as others in the US and abroad.
"It's amusing to me that you are studying Sustainability now in the US because here in Belgium we've been...[read more]
Bags, backpacks and accessories made out of used billboards, tarps, and other inspired detritus are a classic example of...[read more]
Liz Cook is too modest. Ask her to tell you what her company does, and she’ll pull an (admittedly...[read more]
As a blogger, I get a lot of oversized proclamations crossing my desk, so of course I was curious when...[read more]
Tackling the issue of e-waste is one of the greatest challenges facing end users and the electronics industry when it comes to environmental and social responsibility. UPS has responded by building an e-waste disposal supply chain that can serve as a model for other large corporations looking to cost-effectively reduce e-waste.[read more]
San Diego-based Helix Wind is looking to ramp up production and build out a place for itself as a premier provider of small-scale vertical axis wind turbines, a sub-sector of the wind power market that looks poised for strong growth.[read more]
Sending a message in a bottle might conjure up all kinds of romantic notions about chance and opportunity, but...[read more]
SoCal start-up Coda Automotive announced plans to introduce an affordable all-electric sedan in California next fall, along with a global JV with Chinese lithium ion battery manufacturer Lishen to develop and commercialize battery systems for the automotive and utility markets.[read more]
The US Green Building Council's LEED sustainable building standards continue to gain traction around the country. The new offices of the Quantum Foundation and American Lung Association recently earned Gold LEED status, the first in West Palm Beach and third in Florida to do so. [read more]
If you've ever been to a trade show in Vegas, you probably have seen a "booth babe." This cringe-inducing term...[read more]
Rapioli isn't a new-fangled pasta, and Trula is not a women's clothing line. But they are both innovative products...[read more]
Industry leading business software systems SAP AG appears to be doing more than just "talking the talk" when it comes to environmental sustainability. It just unveiled a new 200,000-square foot addition to its Newton Square campus and announced that it's looking to acquire a fast rising carbon/greenhouse gas emissions enterprise software developer.[read more]
The problem of abandoned, discarded or lost fishing gear and its impact on the ocean environment is getting worse.[read more]
Ecuador's making progress as it strives to meet a goal of eliminating fossil fuel use on the Galapagos Islands by 2015.[read more]
When it comes to new, novel renewable energy technology, there's no shortage of pretenders out there. With more than 100 units out in the field, vertical axis wind turbine developer Mariah Power's not one of them. The company's about to commission its first high-volume production run at partner MasTech Manufacturing's upgraded plant in Michigan.[read more]
It's going to take perhaps a generation of dedicated effort, but ecological principles and healthier, more sustainable life and work styles are being incorporated into architectural and community design to a degree and at a scale that's never been the case before. Firms like WM+P have been at the forefront of this wave of change.[read more]
Each Tuesday night, my family's recycling bin sits at the curb, brimming with paper, plastic and metallic packaging. Some of...[read more]
The closest most of us get to the farmers that grow our food is when we're on our way to...[read more]
The streets of Austin will be the site for the first international pilot test of Daimler AG's "car2go" city car share program. Already up and running in Ulm, Germany, the "urban mobility" program is an example of some innovative, triple bottom line type conceptual thinking on the part of one of the world's largest vehicle makers.[read more]
Only one out of 10 companies actively manage their supply chain carbon footprints, and about one-third have no idea what...[read more]
One of the more insipid offerings in this year's television menu is The Doctors, on which four fresh-faced physicians chit-chat...[read more]
With so much alarming information about harmful ingredients in consumer products—from bisphenol A (BPA) in plastics to Salmonella in peanut...[read more]
Silicon solar cell manufacturer Suniva opened the first solar cell manufacturing plant in the Southeast in December. Now former SunPower COO PM Pai has joined Suniva's board as management looks to ramp up and streamline production and expand sales.[read more]
SAP aims to cut its CO2 and GHG emissions 51% by 2020, part of a broad-based sustainability initiative that includes direct and indirect emissions and extends out to customers and supply chain partners.[read more]
Of all the things we consume, clothing seems among the most environmentally benign. But given the frequency with which...[read more]
