Offering rate options benefits the grid and the customer.
A leading solar market research firm predicts PV growth through 2016.
NASA unveils Sustainability Base, the first space station on Earth, with sustainability lessons for all types of future building.
Domestic oil and natural gas production is up and demand for gasoline is down, but at what cost are we gaining energy 'independence'?
Advancements in micro combined heat and power move the needle toward energy independence.
Until we can wean ourselves of coal-fired electricity, at least maybe the plants that produce it can aid in that effort.
A high-performance builder takes wall panels to the next level.
A combination of appliances and NREL data approximate a homeowner presence in the IBACOS Lab Home.
The IBACOS Lab Home is testing the efficiency (and viability) of an underslab loop that could make geothermal affordable.
Since 2002, the number of small residential wind turbines has increased more than 10 times, and there's still plenty of opportunity.
Service providers are delivering a higher level of detail to enable companies to analyze and prioritize their carbon footprint and that of their supply chain.
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Michael Dickens is a realist. It took a while, but after charging into the building realm a quarter century ago with innovative ideas borne from his European heritage and early career in the auto industry, Dickens soon came to understand one immutable truth about the American home building...
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The late Ray Anderson’s pioneering company is the first product manufacturer to commit to the 2030 Challenge for Products and its carbon-reduction goals.
InterfaceFlor is the first manufacturer to commit to the 2030 Challenge for Products’ carbon-reduction goals.
Fuel industry subsidies topped $409 billion in 2010 and create the illusion of affordability.
The ISO standard is emerging as the best independent measure of a product’s environmental attributes including life-cycle assessment (LCA) and embodied energy.
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You know those TV ads that promote “clean” coal, “responsible” natural gas fracking, and “sustainable” oil drilling in the Arctic? Edward Mazria loves those ads.
Architecture 2030 says new U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast projects building energy use by 2030 will have dropped nearly 70% from 2005 due to improved building design and efficiency.