Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available. This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Solar Power Tweeters. There are almost too many great Twitter feeds to list and, as such, we suggest searchingRead… Read more »
It’s ‘Energy Data Tuesday’ here on the CEIL Blog. We have two sets of data to share with you today, both courtesy of the EIA. The first is the State Energy Data System. The SEDS, managed by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), has recently released data for energy consumption, expenditure and production for the yearRead… Read more »
Here is a brief list of some of the interesting sustainability news articles from this week: Sustainable Industries announces Top 10 Green Building Products Average U.S. temperature increases by 0.5 degrees F Google axes PowerMeter Prestigious Cherry Award Goes to NREL Scientist Industrial buildings across U.S. to go solar And you’ll find more headlines atRead… Read more »
From modeling tools to case studies to a virtual library, CAKE has a lot to offer. CAKE, the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange, “is a joint project of Island Press and EcoAdapt. It is aimed at building a shared knowledge base for managing natural systems in the face of rapid climate change.” Visit CAKE today toRead… Read more »
It’s a goal of every sustainability-minded building or manager: find the best energy saving technology, product or technique that produces the best return on investment. It’s a simple goal that’s tough to implement. To help out Federal employees identify the best products for their green projects, the Federal Energy Management Program has developed the TechnologyRead… Read more »
If you haven’t read Google.org’s Clean Energy Innovation Report, you probably should. Google is well-known for investing heavily in clean energy technology, so when they put together a comprehensive report on the economic potential of clean energy innovation, we take notice. In this report, Google has sought to balance the interests of economic growth, environmentalRead… Read more »
Today we’re taking a look at energy efficiency in buildings. We’re starting with a global perspective, because to get a sense of what building owners and managers in various countries are thinking about when it comes to energy efficiency. When we went looking for a global perspective we found it from the Institute for BuildingRead… Read more »
Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available. This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Federal Government feeds. There are plenty of fantastic feeds out there, but not all of them put a highRead… Read more »
Transportation experts often site train travel’s efficiency as one of the main reasons it is a “green” transportation option. Now it seems that Priestmangoode, a design company from the UK, has a plan to make train travel even more efficient, both in terms of energy and travel time. Their idea is the moving platform, aRead… Read more »
A new study sponsored by the USGBC, the Real Estate Roundtable and the National Resources Defense Council asserts that 114,000 new jobs would be created by the White House’s Better Buildings Initiative. According to the press release, most of these would be created due to the Initiative’s tax deduction for energy efficiency upgrades. Of courseRead… Read more »