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There are three major categories of policy that lead us to our 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more in this infographic.
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What if a nuclear reactor was smaller, safer and cheaper? Our latest segment on Bloomberg West looks at NuScale Power's Small Modular Reactor - a reactor that may solve many of the problems encountered at Fukushima.
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Eolos is the Ancient Greek god of wind and the namesake for a new wind power research station at the University of Minnesota's UMore Park in Rosemount. Launched in 2010 with grants from the Recovery Act and the US Department of Energy, the station... Read More
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Team First Light from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand travelled thousands of miles to present their solar house, based on a traditional Kiwi holiday home. Bede Robertson and Nick Officer, two of the 26 students involved in the... Read More
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Richard King, DOE's Director of the Solar Decathlon, talks to Planet Forward about one smart community in Kansas and how if the housing market has got you down your best bet is to retrofit.
The 2011 Solar Decathlon officially ended on October 2nd when director Richard King sent a warm thank you to everyone involved. But the Solar Decathlon happens every two years, and King ended his thank you like a starter cuing off a race. "I can't... Read More
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The University of Maryland's Watershed home took first place at the Solar Decathlon 2011. See what innovations took them straight to the top!
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Purdue University brought their green design, the INhome, to the 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington DC. They turn a typical midwestern home into an energy efficient and sustainable dwelling...but with a twist.
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Team New Jersey, a collaboration of Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, built the ENJOY house. This house is the first entry to the competition built from concrete.
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Purdue's Solar Decathlon house featured a innovative biowall--but how practical is this kind of feature? Anthony Cefali takes a look at the future of biological interiors.