Introducing STARS, a voluntary points-based rating system inspired by LEED, which will allow transportation professionals to plan and compare their projects using a national sustainability standard. [...]
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Great shot eh?! The new PS20 solar tower at the Solucar Platform in Sanlucar la Mayor, southern Spain, seen on Sept. 23, 2009. PS20, one of the most powerful commercial solar tower in the world, consists of a solar field made up of 1,255 mirrored heliostats aimed at the tower, producing steam which is [...] So, I’m a little late in bringing this up, but recently, there was news around a new type of synthetic tree that will capture CO2 and let humans sequester it where ever we find the space. Many people wrote about this magical “tree” that will cheerfully sit in parks around the world (or tucked away in [...]
Calling it “Version 1.0″, the initial survey that kicks off Wal-Mart’s massively important, amazing, perhaps game-changing sustainability program that we wrote about last week is out! It’s really interesting and, in as nice of a way as possible, tries to nail its 100,000 suppliers balls to the wall (pick another metaphor for non-sports goods). [...] An interesting article today in the Times says that the incandescent bulb, relatively unchanged since the time of Edison, might not need to be eulogized quite yet. Teams of scientists are racing to revolutionize the old standard in hopes of sparing it from obsolescence because of efficiency standards, set to take effect in 2012. I like [...] Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Surya in London and Greenhouse in New York both vie for worlds 1st “sustainable nightclub” status. With green mania being exposed in all its verdant vibrancy, the future is now as eco-conscious party goers power the clubs’ electricity on piezoelectric flooring, along with commercial wind and solar elements. Over at [...]
Feed me sun, foggy San Fran! What’s up with waves man? I’ve always been obsessed with the idea of lights’ wave/particle duality (hint: it’s both); And now it’s all about waves wherever I turn, from the idea of wave power to the new Google Wave email system (I watched the video for this btw, [...] There is a movement afoot in one of the classic post-industrial cities of the US which is now becoming the embodiment of a local, green economy. Once known far and wide as “The Smoky City”, Pittsburgh, PA, was the world’s largest producer of steel and had the pollution to show for it: black skies, streetlights on [...] |
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