Business & Economics
The Zero Ghetto Initiative
Ghetto (noun): a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or... Read More
College campuses are energy guzzlers. I know because I just graduated from Indiana University. As an environmental enthusiast that is worried about the future of our planet, I don't know of a quicker, cheaper or more convenient way to avoid wasted... Read More
Sustainability in the City!
This week we’re headed to the city, a place of great opportunity but also environmental dilemmas. Cities are often criticized for high volumes of traffic and pollution, making them a difficult place to navigate and live... Read More
Planet Forward
By Chris Potter, Institute for Market Transportation
Cross-posted from the Institute for Market Transportation
In an ongoing series to highlight green buildings that go above and beyond in efficiency and innovation, this week we’re featuring a stand... Read More
This week we feature the Pecan Street Project, a non-profit research group that offers unprecedented insight into how much energy we use in our homes!
Background: We have work force management apps like Google coordinate which allows businesses to dispatch and track their mobile employees, be they truck, taxi drivers or pizza delivery guys, which enables the deployment of resources in a... Read More
This week on Bloomberg West, we featured NuMat Technologies. They’ve developed an innovative new method that uses tiny crystals to store alternative forms of energy. Check it out!
Minnesota 2020
Many people think there’s not much you can do with an old mattress. In Minnesota, local governments are collecting old mattresses and recycling and reusing some of the materials in an effort to keep the mattresses from clogging up landfills!
This week on Bloomberg West, we focus on TrailerTail, a device that allows big rig trucks to be more efficient and use less fuel.
This, our segment on Bloomberg West focuses on a building material created from trees ravaged by an invasive beetle in the Mountain West.