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Alliance to Save Energy
Thursday, November 04, 2010
"Energy efficiency" may not be a sexy catchphrase like 'renewables' or 'solar,' but there's a lot of innovation in an area that has more or less been lagging around for 30-some years: low-flow shower heads, triple-pane windows, fuel-efficient cars
Tags: energy efficiency, alliance to save energy, Energy Star, EnergyStar, efficient appliances
Planet Forward
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
What if we could save more energy and lower the costs of home ownership, simply by constructing them in a smarter way? The Habitat for Humanity organization is doing just that when constructing their new projects.
Tags: architecture, housing, energy efficiency, passive house, green design, habitat for humanity, energy recovery ventilator, building design, energy reduction, energy savings
The home of the Washington Capitals faces some limitations on environmental improvements they can make to the facility, but some energy-efficient updates recently made include LED lighting and a new roof. (Clyde/Creative Commons)
SUNY College at Brockport
Thursday, December 05, 2019
Hockey, which got its start on frozen lakes and ponds in cold climates, takes action as climate change affects opportunities for players to learn and play the game.
Tags: sports, Environment, sustainability, energy efficiency, LED lighting, Food Waste, nhl, hockey, green sports alliance
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
What does it mean to be energy efficient? Well, according to the Alliance to Save Energy, all it means is doing more with less energy. It seems simple enough, doesn’t it?
Tags: green living, Efficiency, GWFall_10, energy efficiency, homes
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Lack of electricity removes people from the modern economy. Now, some small-scale companies are exploring options to bring electricity to remote locations.
Tags: solar, sustainable development
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Monday, November 23, 2015
James Cameron might be best known as a filmmaker ("The Terminator," "Titanic," "Avatar" and more) but he also is a staunch environmentalist.
Tags: sustainability, climate change, energy, Deforestation, oceans
Friday, March 23, 2012
15 million Americans to start getting easy access to their energy data. What does this mean for green building? USGBC explains.
The George Washington University School of Business
Monday, May 09, 2016
While waiting in line outside your favorite venue, you may not be thinking about what it’s taken to make that show happen. If you look at the top 100 tours of 2015, fans traveled about 240 million miles, emitting 58,000 metric tons of CO2.
Tags: Live Music, Concerts, Tours, music, Venues, Carbon emissions, Waste
Lamppa Manufacturing welder Levi Niemi works on the fire chamber of a wood furnace. (Austin Keating)
Northwestern - Medill
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Proposed changes in the deadline for new wood-fired furnace regulations is causing tension between manufacturers, the EPA, and Congress; some argue the economic stability of the industry relies on a delay.
Tags: wood, furnace, stove, boiler, lamppa, epa, particulate, pm 2.5
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Bill Hohenstein