Are LEED standards strict enough?
An article in the FT on July 17th, 2010 speaks of the different home energy designations around the world. The UK has the Zero Carbon Hub, whose aim is to have all homes built in the UK by 2016 be … Continued
An article in the FT on July 17th, 2010 speaks of the different home energy designations around the world. The UK has the Zero Carbon Hub, whose aim is to have all homes built in the UK by 2016 be … Continued
At our monthly Green Network Group Meeting in August we were lucky to have Brett Smith, Corporate Relations Manager, for Clean the World. Clean the World is a unique and forward thinking not-for-profit based here in Orlando.The company collects partially … Continued
The Indian River FPL power facility near Port St John, Fla was destroyed today by planned demolition. The older facility ran on oil and the new facility will run on natural gas. The number of people employed by the new … Continued
Rechargeable batteries are enmeshed in our every day life for personal electronics. But they are becoming an ever important part of auto transportation. The hybrid vehicles such as Honda Civic and Toyota Prius already rely heavily on rechargeable technology but … Continued
An interesting article from Greensource.construction.com follows Oman plans to generate thousands of liters of water a day thanks to a budding technology that collects and stores fog droplets.In the second year of a five-year “fog collection project,” Omani officials, in … Continued
Sadly the politicians of the Great State of Florida spend more time in the swimming pools and on the golf courses of Florida than in out in the special and unique varied habitats of the state. Governor Photo Op(that is … Continued
What a great editorial on reutersonline today about the race with the Chinese to create a more green economy. The writer suggests that America let the government get more involved in transitioning our economy from brown to green and I’ll … Continued
The moniker “Going Green” has exploded in the last 5 years. We really point to Katrina and the spike in oil and gas prices in the summer of 2008 as the tipping point for the use of this word and … Continued
I recently saw a Bloomberg tv interview with a female executive of Areva, the large French utility. The lady spoke of many things including nuclear and wind power and her company initiatives in these energy sectors which was moderately interesting. … Continued
We help sponsor a Green Network Group meeting every 3rd Wednesday in the College Park town center of Orlando. Anyone in the Orlando area at the time is welcome to attend. It is free We’ve had the group now for … Continued