Efficiency
WeatherizeDC
WeatherizeDC is a program of The DC Project, a recently launched nonprofit that connects and empowers communities to secure a sustainable future shared by all. The program works with community leaders from across the city to ensure that the clean... Read More
Hemp has been uses for thousands of years by mankind and until last century in the United States it was common place. Farmers could benefit easily cause it grows like a weed and needs no pesticide or fertilizer. There are many products that could be... Read More
My wife Mimi and I are building a green energy efficient home in northern Austin County, Texas.
We were planning to use forms for the house walls supplied by Therma Steel, Agriboard or Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) available from several sources.... Read More
Why is that, in politics, no-brainers are usually non-starters.
(1) Lowering the interstate speed limit to 55 mph (and enforcing it) would save thousands of lives and I don't know how many billions of barrels of oil without sacrificing the... Read More
By conserving water that we normally would waste, such as water from our roofs following a rain storm or tap water that we waste in our homes, we could generate more energy and use the water that nature freely gives us to use in our homes.
In this video, Oxford Pathways Commission Secretary Kate Kellum discusses turning derelict railways into state-of-the-art cycling paths for the residents around the University of Mississippi. The paths are expected to reduce automobile traffic by... Read More
The BioWinol Technologies process uses sequestered CO2 plus wind energy to generate H2 and then converts these gases into ethanol and other industrial products.
The University of Texas Solar Vehicles Team, a campus club made up of students from all academic disciplines, designs high performance racing cars powered by the sun.
Since the 1980s, the club has been custom building, testing and racing carbon-... Read More
I found this federal bureaucracy on the web. Sent them my idea that could save the morale of our citizens and reduce so much unnecessary suffering when the price of [imported] oil shoots up. So far I have received no reply.
Energy Workforce Study
Hemp Technologies, Green Building Council, Hemp Industries Association, VoteHemp, International hemp Builders Association
Our company has built the first 3 permitted Hempcrete homes in USA and an office extension in Canada in 2010 with many more iHemp/Lime building projects coming in 2011/12
2.5 acres of IHemp will provide the insulation for an average size home and... Read More