Business & Economics
Planet Forward
This is a full panel recording from the GW Moving the Planet Forward Conference. See highlights from this panel here.
Moderator: Doug Guthrie, Dean, GW School of Business
Guests:Deborah Wince Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
Debra Rowe,... Read More
Mike Smalley of Carina explains their WISE technology, which helps manage electric hot water heaters more efficiently. It uses demand response to shift energy use to off-peak times to reduce the water heater's energy load, while maintaining a supply... Read More
Quality Resource Technologies
One of the largest modes of transporting goods has been steel shipping containers. They have a dead weight that must be added to the transportation and costs, they also must be transported empty using huge amounts of fossil fuels adding to the... Read More
The twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach combine for the World's 5th largest container shipping trade gateway. Approximately 16 million Twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) pass in and out of these ports each year. It is estimated by... Read More
Planet Forward
Mark Vachon, Vice President, GE ecomagination, attended the GW Moving the Planet Forward Innovation Summit at The George Washington University. According to him, a company that is "sustainable without an economic force behind it is not sustainable."
Planet Forward
Mark Vachon, Vice President, GE ecomagination, attended the GW Moving the Planet Forward Innovation Summit at The George Washington University. As the head of the ecomagination program, he was tasked with making the business case for sustainability.
UNSW Australia
Cutting down on carbon emissions isn't just good for the environment-its good for business too.
UNSw's Dr Ben McNeil, author of the Clean Industrial Revolution, talks to Australian businesses that are planning for a low carbon future.D r. McNeil... Read More
Planet Forward
Planet Forward's Bloomberg West debut featured Verdant Power, an innovative company that is building underwater turbines to harness the power of the tides. See what challenges they face and tell us what you think!
Cisco DeVries, President of Renewable Funding, states that the company’s goal which is to help property owners, residential or commercial, figure out how to get energy savings from their buildings.
Renewable Funding harbors the entrepreneurial... Read More
Back to the Roots is committed to transforming one of the largest waste streams in America – the tons of coffee ground waste generated daily- into a highly-demanded, nutritious, and valuable food product: gourmet mushrooms. The Grow-it-at-Home... Read More