Without more efficient consumer electronics, the world will need to build hundreds of gigawatts worth of new power plants to run the exploding number of electronic gadgets, according to the International Energy Agency. The Paris-based energy industry watchdog on Wednesday … Continued
Dan Reicher, the director of climate and energy initiatives at Google.org, says we’re standing on a great untapped source of renewable energy: enhanced geothermal. Reicher spoke on Tuesday to university students at the announcement of the winners of the Clean … Continued
On average, a bathroom remodel costs $15,789 and a kitchen remodel costs $55,503 according to Remodeling Magazine’s 2007 Cost vs. Value report. But you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to get a fresh look in your home. Focus … Continued
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Most motorcyclists are happy enough to go green, except when it comes to the bikes they ride. Pollution-free electric scooters and bicycles have been available for a while but nothing on the market so far has … Continued
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A lack of project funding threatens to undermine the solar industry’s already fragile growth prospects, two of the sector’s biggest players said on Tuesday, reporting profits that missed market forecasts. Q-Cells, the world’s largest maker of solar … Continued
Walk around the floor of Lightfair International, the lighting industry’s annual trade show at the Javits Center in New York last week, and you would be forgiven for thinking that lamps based on light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, had already filled … Continued
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The crumbling U.S. infrastructure is routinely in plain sight, from potholes strewn across interstate highways built during the Eisenhower administration to rusting Depression-era bridges connecting those old highways. At its most extreme, neglect can turn catastrophic: … Continued
A giant mirror drifts slowly through space between the earth’s surface and the sun, intercepting the rays of sunlight before they reach the earth and deflecting them safely away. The mirror, made of millions of silicon chips, is situated at … Continued
Nissan plucked a prototype of its electric car from a demonstration for Washington, D.C., bigwigs and brought it to USA TODAY Wednesday for a runaround. The body and interior are not at all like the production version. That’ll be a … Continued
A few companies peddling their cutting-edge, LED lighting products at this year’s Lightfair resorted to trashing — literally — fluorescent and incandescent lamps in their sales pitches. A transparent trash pail filled with standard and C.F.L. bulbs, for instance, was … Continued
