More and more cities are improving the quality of their biking infrastructure. Some are doing it for public health reasons, others are doing it to decrease traffic congestion, some are doing it to help meet carbon reduction goals, and others are doing it for fiscal reasons. Whatever the motivation, the number of miles of bikeRead… Read more »
What mode of transportation is self-balancing, all-electric, and one-wheeled? If you guessed the Solowheel you’d be right. We’re always on the lookout for unique green technology, and recently the Solowheel caught our eye. The invention is a single-wheeled personal transportation device, similar to the Segway, but lighter and more compact. It runs on a 1,000Read… Read more »
Here is a follow up to a post we made in October about the One Tonne Life project. As a quick refresher, One Tonne Life is a collaboration between Volvo, A-hus, and Vattenfall that is trying to find a way for a modern family to emit only one ton of CO2 per person per year,Read… Read more »
The White House recently created this handy graphic to represent how various portions of the federal budget might be spent in 2011. Take a look at the bottom right hand corner, that’s where you’ll find federal funding into green technologies and other projects such as green transit initiatives. For a larger view, visit the WhiteRead… Read more »
It’s no secret that we face trade-offs when we choose our energy sources. Perhaps the most commonly-cited trade-off is between cost and friendliness to the environment. But we need to take another trade-off into consideration as we make our energy decisions, and that trade-off is the one between our energy source and the amount ofRead… Read more »
We often cover sustainable transportation here on the CEIL Blog, but the posts on this topic are usually about new EVs or high-speed rail lines. Today, we wanted to share with you a post about one of the easiest things people can do to ‘green’ their daily commute: ride bikes. The magazine Momentum recently publishedRead… Read more »
This is the second time that we’ve posted about 3Tier’s wind maps on this blog. The last time we wrote about them, the data for the 3rd quarter of 2010 was in, and the news was good. Not only were wind speeds up in the US, but 3Tier largely anticipated the increase. Today, we’re postingRead… Read more »
Shell recently released its report “Signals and Signposts,” which looks forward to 2050 and attempts to predict future energy demand, supply, roadblocks and opportunities. While there is a lot of fascinating reading in the report, one piece that caught our eye was this chart, which compares US and European drivers’ motivations. Shell asked itself theRead… Read more »
The federal government, and many state governments, are actively trying to plan for, design and build green buildings. Of course definitions count for a lot, and green buildings are no exception. Two of the most common green standards are ISO 14044 and LEED, and these two programs have helped governments and companies save millions overRead… Read more »
Low voltage lighting, software that tracks and compiles lighting needs over time, energy efficient servers, electric vehicle charging stations, the list goes on and on. Watch this video and you’ll get a great tour of SAP labs in Palo Alto, CA. Share this article! Original post