Energy Priorities

• The Key Questions of Corporate Sustainability Can Peer Deep into a Company's Very Purpose

  CSR initiatives should answer the questions of why, what, and how it will change us. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) December 02, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:54pm EST
  

• Are Washington State Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules About to Change?

  The Washington Department of Ecology is asking for changes to the state law that directs the agency to issue rules for reporting greenhouse gas emissions starting January 1, 2010. Ecology's goal is, at least in part, to ensure that the State's greenhouse gas reporting requirements are in line with the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  

• Greenbuild 2009: Monumental - Building Priorities Briefing

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  GREENBUILD 2009-- The Empire State Building plans to trim 38 percent from its monumental $11 million annual energy bill with an energy efficiency retrofit. This month JCI's Clay Nesler joins Denis Du Bois in an interview at the Greenbuild 2009 Conference and Expo. The Energy Minute is about daylighting, and' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:15am EST
  

• Cleantech Group Predicts the "End Is Near" in 2010

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  ...The end of the beginning, that is. Each year, the analyst firm issues predictions for the year ahead. Denis Du Bois interviews Cleantech Group Managing Director and Cleantech Insights Executive Editor Dallas Kachan about this year's predictions, released today. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 30, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:54am EST
  

• Daylighting for Commercial Buildings

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  Natural daylight has been steadily regaining popularity for about 25 years, ever since the first studies showed that people have a positive psychological reaction to it. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 27, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

• Need Daylight Deep in Buildings? Tube It In

  GREENBUILD-- Tubular daylighting devices were on display by a few vendors at Greenbuild 2009. Solatube International gave Denis Du Bois a demo of their flagship product, the 750DS. It has features that gather sunlight very efficiently, and give commercial building occupants the ability to control how much of it is [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:07am EST
  

• And the CTO winner is... EcoFactor

  The Cleantech Open held its first ever national awards gala tonight, incorporating finalists from two new regional pageants in Seattle and Boulder along with the larger pool of entrants from the original California competition. Here's a quick recap of the contestants and national award winners. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 18, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:22am EST
  

• Commercial LED Lighting in a Nutshell

  Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are the next major step in energy-efficient lighting technology. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 17, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  

• "Our Choice" by Al Gore

  Former Vice President Al Gore's new book, "Our Choice," exceeded my expectations. It should be required readng for new Chief Sustainability Officers, corporate green team members, and anyone else who has decided to place sustainability closer to the center of what they do. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 16, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

• Al Gore: Political Will is a Renewable Resource

  GREENBUILD-- Al Gore's speech in Phoenix on Wednesday underscored the context in which the green building movement is gaining traction. He called on Americans to find the political will to "pull the common thread" and unravel three crises at once. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 15, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  

• LED Module Coming in 2010 Makes LED Luminaires Upgradeable and Adjustable

  GREENBUILD-- LEDs are everywhere at Greenbuild 2009. GE is showing some upcoming products that help designers earn LEED credits with light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 14, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:03am EST
  

• Radical Industrialist Shares Insights with USGBC Executive Roundtable

  GREENBUILD-- Ray Anderson is an entertaining Southerner and a poignant speaker. He is arguably the most popular corporate chairman-environmentalist. Anderson greened the carpet company he founded, Interface, and was named one of Time's Heroes of the Environment. Now he travels and speaks to business leaders about his experiences. Anderson spoke' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:44pm EST
  

• Green Real Estate Survey Results: Energy Efficiency Retrofits Gain Ground in Recession

  GREENBUILD 2009 -- NREI and USGBC announced the results of the 2009 Green Building Survey: "Doubling Down on Green: Why Sustainability Endures in the Face of a Recession." (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 12, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:01pm EST
  

• Empire State Building to be a Replicable Model for Energy Efficiency Retrofits

  GREENBUILD -- Retrofitting the 78-year-old Empire State Building is a major undertaking. Clay Nesler is part of a team of experts responsible for the project. What exactly does his team expect to achieve, and at what cost? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 11, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  

• Twitterers List for Greenbuild 2009 (the hashtag is #greenbuild)

  GREENBUILD 2009 -- This year, hundreds of people were Tweeting from #Greenbuild. We compiled a list in collaboration with Johnson Controls. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 11, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:26pm EST
  

• Greenbuild is Ready for 30,000+ Architects, Builders and Owners

  GREENBUILD -- The huge conference and expo about sustainable building in North America starts tomorrow morning. Over 24,000 attendees are pre-registered. One issue can be credited with the record attendance at Greenbuild during an economic downturn... (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 10, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Greenbuilders Ready to Show Tempe How to Party

  Greenbuild conference attendees are taking it to the streets – in a big, green way -- for "Green Streets Tempe" on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 6 - 9 p.m. Here are our suggestions for night spots the locals love. Downtown Tempe is the place for Greenbuilders to be for some [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:17pm EST
  

• Twitterers List for Greenbuild 2009 (the hashtag is #greenbuild)

  GREENBUILD 2009 in Phoenix AZ ended today. This article serves as your gateway to our coverage of Greenbuild 2009 as we continue to file stories and publish podcasts. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 13, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:26pm EST
  

• Tomorrow: America's Berlin Wall of Energy

  Germany's Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today. It reminds me of the green movement... (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 09, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:34am EST
  

• Greenbuild 2009: Which Education Sessions To See

  Greenbuild is the big North American conference and expo for green-building professionals. Attendees are invited to register for education sessions in advance. Here's our list of recommendations. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 09, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• Vancouver LEED Neighborhood Handed Over to Olympic Organizers

  The City of Vancouver staged a ceremonial handover of the Olympic Village to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (VANOC) on Wednesday. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 07, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:38pm EST
  

• Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill Passes Senate Committee

  Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer and nine other Democrats passed the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733) out of committee yesterday. It was an important step for the bill to eventually reach the floor, but was it a risky move? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:47pm EST
  

• Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open Announces Finalists

  The three 2009 Rocky Mountain finalists will receive $50,000 of cash and in kind services. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 03, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

• Public Transit: The Cost of Financial Carelessness

  Wll bailed-out banks bankrupt transit systems at a time when those systems are critical to our energy independence? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) November 02, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:50am EST
  

• Metro to Greenbuild 2009 - Building Priorities Briefing

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  Don't rent a car in Phoenix for the Greenbuild 2009 Conference and Expo. The Phoenix Convention Center and several of the Greenbuild hotels are along the city's light rail line. Here's how to get from the airport to Greenbuild and most of the associated hotels and activities. (video podcast) (continued' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
  

• Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open Winners: Green Lite Motors, Hydrovolts, LivinGreen Materials

  Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire was the keynote speaker at the final awards gala for her state's first cleantech business plan competition. About 200 people came to the ACT Theatre last night to see which three startups were selected as finalists. Congratulations to Green Lite Motors, Hydrovolts Inc., and LivinGreen [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 4:08pm EDT
  

• AHR Expo: More Attention to Sustainability at 2010 Heating & Cooling Conference

  AHR Expo 2010 and ASHRAE Winter Conference promise to focus more on sustainability through sessions and special exhibit areas. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 29, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 11:03am EDT
  

• Pangreen: Information Services for Greener Lifestyle Decisions

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  Pangreen is one of 12 semi-finalists in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. Pangreen believes personalized information is the key to behavior change and, ultimately, greener lifestyles for everyone. Their technology provides and gathers that information. Denis Du Bois interviews Jimmy Wong, founder/CEO. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 29, [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 12:15am EDT
  

• Senate Debates Climate Legislation amid Competing Forecasts of Its Effects

  Senate debates are accelerating this week on Bill 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, despite the ongoing attention to healthcare legislation. Will a bill reach the floor in time for President Obama's trip to Copenhagen? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 27, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
  

• President Obama's Energy Speech at MIT

  President Barack Obama has been a courageous supporter of clean energy. He spoke October 23, 2009, to an audience of 750 at the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA. Here are our Founding Editor's take-aways from the speech, plus a link to the video and full transcript. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:40am EDT
  

• Torch-Lighting Marks 2010 Green Olympics Launch

  The journey of the Olympic Flame began today in an historic ceremony steeped in Greek tradition. The Torch Relay will conclude with the opening of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. That will be only the beginning of the journey for sustainability ideas developed for the Games -- ideas that could [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:30am EDT
  

• Northeast Dominates Top 10 List for Energy Efficiency Policies

  The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy today released the third edition of its State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which scores and ranks states on the adoption and implementation of energy efficiency policies and programs. Six northeastern states made the top 10; the south is well represented in the bottom-10 list. [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:55am EDT
  

• The Nuclear Question

  View from the Poletop: Should new nuclear plants be part of the US strategy on carbon reduction and renewable energy? Yes, but not necessarily for the reasons you think. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 19, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 5:31am EDT
  

• Vancouver Plans on More Transit, Less Traffic during 2010 Winter Olympics

  The 2010 Olympics' transportation planning team released an update to its integrated transportation plan this morning. The plan addresses how athletes and officials will get where they need to be, while local residents travel less, when spectators descend on Vancouver in February. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 15, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:36am EDT
  

• ASHRAE Makes Green IT Handbook Searchable

  ASHRAE's Datacom Series on data center design and operation has been compiled into one searchable CD. The Datacom Series provides guidance on ways to plan, build and monitor data centers in ways that are both energy efficient and cost effective. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 14, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:27pm EDT
  

• Judgement Time for Hottest Cleantech Startups in the U.S.

  In the next month, dozens of contestants will learn their fates in the nation's two largest business plan competitions for cleantech startup companies. The Ignite Clean Energy competition will name its winners on November 10 in Boston. The Clean Tech Open, with competitions in Silicon Valley, Denver and Seattle, will' [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 12:09pm EDT
  

• Microsoft "Hohm" Connections Available to Seattle City Light Customers

  Seattle City Light is the first utility to announce that it is offering customers the ability to link their electricity consumption data with Microsoft Hohm. Google's Powermeter has a head start over Hohm, but both lag behind the energy-monitoring industry. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 07, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 1:50pm EDT
  

• Green Building: Will somebody please change the channel?

  Green building remains an underinvested segment of the cleantech landscape, with precious few venture funded success stories. Last week’s West Coast Green tradeshow – despite being a lively and well-attended event -- provided an object lesson in why this will likely continue to be the case for some time. (continued [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 3:52am EDT
  

• Commercial Buildings To Benefit from California's $3.1 Billion Budget for Energy Efficiency Programs

  The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently established energy efficiency programs for 2010 through 2012, approving a three-year budget of $3.1 billion for four investor-owned utilities. More than $1 billion of that budget will go toward commercial buildings and industrial facilities. CPUC says this is the largest commitment ever made [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
  

• Rio de Janeiro to Host All-Green Olympic Summer Games in 2016

  Rio de Janeiro was selected today to host the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in 2016. Brazil promises an "all-green Olympics" and has already started with serious steps toward that goal. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) October 02, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 2:49pm EDT
  

• Extreme Capacitors: Lightweight Power Packs for Electric Vehicles

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  Extreme Capacitors is one of 12 semi-finalists in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. The company has developed a new generation of super capacitors that will have 10X the energy storage per pound of existing materials. Denis Du Bois interviews Karl Young, founder/CEO. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) September 30, [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:09pm EDT
  

• Going, Going, Gone Green

  Fall is conference season in the cleantech biz. With a deluge of events all clustered together in September and October, it’s a good time to gauge how the tumultuous economic ride of the last year has affected investment trends and the entrepreneurial outlook. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) September 24, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 1:44am EDT
  

• Duke Rhymes with... Smart Grid?

  When utility CEOs make proclamations about leadership in renewables or the smart grid, it's often difficult to get the troops to take it seriously. As a result, progressive pronouncements often are met with nods, but no action. At Duke Energy, observes the Smart Grid News, that may be changing. (continued' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 8:06pm EDT
  

• Energy Systems for the 2010 Winter Olympics

  A digital "book" promotes the sustainable energy concepts implemented in the Olympic Village in Vancouver BC Canada. Chapter 5 of "The Challenge Series" is worthwhile reading for those interested in the energy aspects of green buildings. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) September 22, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 12:24pm EDT
  

• Stimulating through subsidy -- does it work?

  Current policies at the state and federal level are extremely supportive of clean energy development. But the structure of subsidies matters. As the stimulus pumps unprecedented billions into renewable energy, it is worth asking whether we are promoting the right kind of investment that will enhance future US competitiveness. (continued [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:58pm EDT
  

• ARRA "Retrofit Ramp-Up" To Jump Start an Energy Efficiency Industry

  The U.S. Department of Energy is announcing a new $450 million program designed to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses. The Recovery Act's "Retrofit Ramp-Up" program will try new models for rolling out energy efficiency to homes and' [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 10:30am EDT
  

• Veranda Solar: Miniaturized, Power-Dense Residential PV

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  Veranda Solar is one of 12 semi-finalists in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. The company's designs could bring the initial cost of residential solar down to $1000 or less. Denis Du Bois interviews Capra J'neva, CEO. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) September 09, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 7:51pm EDT
  

• Duke's Smarts

  Duke Energy’s smart grid program continues to expand. The nation’s third-largest electric utility struck an agreement with Echelon to make the vendor's Networked Energy Services (NES) system a key part of the program. Duke CEO Jim Rogers, considered a visionary in the utility industry, tells Fortune about his career path.' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
  

• LivinGreen Materials: Bringing Solar Closer to Grid Parity

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  LivinGreen Materials is one of 12 semi-finalists in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. The company's "drop-in" solar cell manufacturing technology could bring the cost of solar power closer to grid parity. Denis Du Bois interviews Chris Tagge, co-founder and CEO. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) August 01, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 12:25pm EDT
  

• Energy Audit Shows DOE How to Get Its Own House in Order

  Energy auditors found temperature "setback controls" lacking, broken or unused in roughly two out of three buildings sampled, including some of DOE's newest buildings at the Oak Ridge National Lab. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) July 24, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 11:21am EDT
  

• National 100x20 Plan Met Little Resistance

  Political will is apparently easier to find when global warming and rising sea levels threaten to inundate the tiny island nation you call home. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) July 22, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 11:12am EDT
  

• Mary Ann Piette Interview

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  July 02, 2009 -- Mary Ann Piette tells Denis Du Bois about her work as Research Director of the Demand Response Research Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
  

• Hydrovolts: "Flip Wing" Turbine Bouys Efficiencies

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  July 16, 2009 -- Hydrovolts is one of 12 semifinalists in the Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. The company's "flip wing" turbine marks new levels of efficiency in generating energy from flowing water. A generator can be dropped into a canal or stream in an afternoon with minimal site preparation. [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 1:10pm EDT
  

• Project Management Software Tackles Tracking LEED v3 Credits

  July 16, 2009 -- For architects and builders, tracking LEED credits requires software functionality similar to that required for more traditional construction project management. Consequently, a few leading vendors have re-purposed their technology to make this possible; others have customers who have developed their own work-arounds. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 12:35pm EDT
  

• Treasury Issues Guidance for Cash Grants in Lieu of Energy Tax Credits

  July 15, 2009 -- On July 9, 2009, the U.S. Treasury Department issued guidance for the award of cash grants by the federal government ("Grants") in lieu of energy tax credits under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"). (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 6:43pm EDT
  

• Forrester: Media Spending Down 20 Percent or More

  July 14, 2009 -- More than 7 in 10 chief marketing officers say their 2009 budgets have been reduced from 2008 levels, with a slight majority indicating that their budgets had been slashed by at least 20%, according to the Forrester Research "Q1 2009 Global CMO Recession Online Survey." (continued [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 12:43pm EDT
  

• Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open

  July 09, 2009 -- The Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open is a business plan competition. Start here to find our interviews and coverage of the 2009 PNW CTO. http://tinyurl.com/pnwcto #pnwcto (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
  

• InnovaTek: Distributed Energy Generation Using Hydrogen and Biofuels

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  July 08, 2009 -- InnovaTek is one of 12 semifinalists in the Pacific Northwest Clean Tech Open. The company's business concept involves generating power on site using hydrogen fuel cells. The hydrogen is extracted from biofuels, making the system completely independent of fossil fuels and the grid. Denis Du Bois' [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 7:44pm EDT
  

• Connectivity's Train Has Arrived

  July 02, 2009 -- Some have called smart energy "the internet's next killer app." Actually it's the other way around. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
  

• Cleantech Venture Capital Investment Rebounded in Second Quarter 2009

  July 02, 2009 -- KPCB led a rebound in clean technology venture investment in the second quarter of 2009, after two consecutive quarterly declines, according to a joint Deloitte and Cleantech Group report. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 9:51am EDT
  

• Juval Lowe Interview

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  July 01, 2009 -- Juval Löwe, Principal of IDesign and Microsoft "Software Legend" and keynote speaker at ConnectivityWeek 2009, interviewed by Denis Du Bois, Editor of Energy Priorities Magazine. (podcast) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
  

• Face to Face: Robert Poor, Creator of ZigBee

  June 30, 2009 -- ZigBee originator, Ember co-founder, and ConnectivityWeek speaker Robert Poor, interviewed via web video link by Denis Du Bois. (video) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 7:25pm EDT
  

• Face to Face: Anto Budiardjo, CEO, Clasma

  June 30, 2009 -- Anto Budiardjo, President and CEO of Clasma Events, founder of the ConnectivityWeek conference, interviewed via web video link by Denis Du Bois, Editor of Energy Priorities Magazine. (video) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
  

• FERC Reports a National Assessment of Demand Response Potential to Congress

  June 20, 2009 -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) delivered its report to Congress quantifying the potential for demand response in the United States. The report was mandated two years ago by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA 2007) Section 529 (a). (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
  

• DOE Announces $1.4 Billion Investment to Reduce Carbon Emissions

  June 17, 2009 -- On June 8, 2009, the Department of Energy ("DOE") issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement ("FOA") to deploy over $1.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to be used to lower our nation's carbon emissions. Applications under this FOA are due August 7, 2009 at [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 11:01am EDT
  

• ConnectivityWeek 2009 Connects Thought Leaders in Energy and IT

  June 13, 2009 -- What started as BuilConn several years ago has become a multi-conference about the convergence of energy and IT. ConnectivityWeek 2009 was held in Santa Clara, CA. Energy Priorities brings you the highlights of Bob Metcalfe's keynote, a speed tour of the expo, a summary of business' [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
  

• ConnectivityWeek 2009: Speed Tour of the Expo

  June 12, 2009 -- The ConnectivityWeek 2009 Expo is an interesting collection of exhibitors. The idea of this tour is to quickly convey the basic offerings at these exhibits and how they might relate to managing energy consumption in your commercial spaces. At its core, the conference is about connectivity [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 2:27am EDT
  

• New Dictionary Defines Everything about the Smart Grid

  June 11, 2009 -- Every business needs a dictionary to define important terms and decipher acronyms, and the smart grid business sector finally has one. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 1:28pm EDT
  

• ConnectivityWeek 2009: Internet Visionaries Share their Energy Views

  June 10, 2009 -- ConnectivityWeek 2009 keynote presentations this morning ranged from networks and nuclear to blackouts and blogging. Speakers were Bob Metcalfe and Juval Lowe. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: June 10, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
  

• ConnectivityWeek 2009: Industry Leaders Outline Energy Business Opportunities

  June 10, 2009 -- ConnectivityWeek 2009, a conference about the convergence of energy and IT, is off to a great start. I couldn't resist the session titled "Business Opportunities in the Energy-Focused Marketplace." It did not disappoint. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/)' [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 10:12pm EDT
  

• Green Events: Setting the Standards and Looking Ahead - Building Priorities Briefing

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  May 21, 2009 -- Even if your company is environmentally responsible, planning your annual meeting or sales conference pressures you to make compromises. Experts at GMIC, USGBC and the 2010 Olympic Committee share the philosophies that guide them through those decisions. If you've heard enough ideas like compostable utensils and' [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• Washington Energy Summit: How To Get Stimulus Funds

  May 06, 2009 -- The stimulus bill has lit a fire under U.S. states to come up with cleantech projects so they can distribute federal funding, at a time when almost every governor already is scrambling to make theirs the state with the most successful transition to a clean energy [...]
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  Posted: May 05, 2009, 9:58pm EDT
  

• Tea with Lord Nicholas Stern

  April 30, 2009 -- Conversation with Nicholas Stern, leader of The Stern Review, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and former U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Subjects include stimulus funds, the upcoming climate policy meetings in Copenhagen, climate change deniers, and carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade. (continued at [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 6:52pm EDT
  

• Earth Day: Energy Priorities Celebrates 5 Years

  April 22, 2009 -- When Denis started Energy Priorities Magazine on Earth Day 2004, he didn't imagine that the world would change so much in just five years. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/)' [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
  

• Energy Efficient LED Streetlight Demonstration in San Jose To Use Intelligent Controls

  April 21, 2009 -- The City of San Jose will soon embark on its second streetlight pilot using light-emitting diodes. The LED project is part of the city's Green Vision, a 15-year plan to promote environmentally sustainable practices and reduce energy use. (photos) (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 10:03am EDT
  

• Getting the U.S. up to Speed in Rail Travel

  April 16, 2009 -- The United States lags far behind other countries in developing high-speed rail. Examples: Paris to Lyon, 2 hours at 133 MPH; Madrid to Barcelona, 2.5 hours at 150 MPH; Tokyo to Osaka, 1.7 hours at 180 MPH; and Seattle to Portland, 3.5 hours, 41 MPH. President [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 6:38pm EDT
  

• How New Ideas Happen: Washington's Innovation Summit

  April 11, 2009 -- What is innovation? At its base, it is the act of thinking of something new. The buzzword has been recruited to represent much larger ideas -- from solutions for intractable global problems, to breakthrough technologies for our iPersonal entertainment. Washington's Innovation Summit examined the process of' [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2009, 10:58pm EDT
  

• Green Meetings Are a Team Effort: Sign Up the Supply Chain

  April 08, 2009 -- Meetings and conferences look easy to make green, when you consider the challenges of outdoor events like sports competitions, concerts and festivals. The venues are created for the events, and often dismantled afterward. For planners of "ordinary" business gatherings, here are some lessons from the organizers [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
  

• "Living Lightly" Visionary Shares Insights on Olympic Sustainability Conference

  April 07, 2009 -- Many excellent ideas for sustainable business came out of the 8th World Conference on Sport and the Environment last week. Topics ranged from managing energy and waste to building venues and communities. Only a few hundred people could fit into the two-day conference, most from Olympic [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
  

• Innovative Event Planners Compile Best Ideas into a Sustainable Event Toolkit

  April 02, 2009 -- With rising expectations for meetings and conferences to be green, meeting planners now have a new resource from one of the world’s oldest and largest event organizers. Anyone can download and use it for productions of any size or sort, from half-day sales meetings to week-long [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2009, 11:12am EDT
  

• Introducing Organic Vinyl (Healthy Buildings News)

  April 01, 2009 -- PVC products will soon carry the USDA "Organic" label, reports a green building magazine today, due to a loophole in the labeling law. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
  

• World Conference on Sports and the Environment 2009

  March 31, 2009 -- Olympic hosts, hopefuls and head honchos from around the globe are gathered in Vancouver BC for a two-day crash course in sustainability -- the eighth World Conference on Sport and the Environment. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 30, 2009, 10:51pm EDT
  

• World Conference on Sports and the Environment

  March 29, 2009 -- Do you have questions for us to ask at the World Conference on Sports and the Environment, about the 2010 Olympics or other topics? (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
  

• The Rise of Cleantech in the Northwest? "Watch This Space"

  March 27, 2009 -- What will be the next hot opportunity in the cleantech sector? Business organizations lately have been trying to find the answer to this very question. Earlier this month I introduced an excellent panel at the MIT Enterprise Forum, titled "Greenomics." Today I attended Xconomy's "The Rise" [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 2:46am EDT
  

• Federal Energy Loan Guarantee Program from 2005 Finally Approves its First Applicant

  March 24, 2009 -- As we wait for stimulus dollars to trickle through the system, a provision of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 has finally born fruit for renewable energy. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 10:27am EDT
  

• Should states with RPS's roll them back due to economic conditions?

  March 13, 2009 -- The Washington state legislature is debating a bill that would ease many of the requrements of its RPS, passed just a year ago. Other state legislatures and lobbyists surely are watching and considering whether they could do something similar. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2009, 4:01pm EDT
  

• Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo 2009

  March 13, 2009 -- The 2009 Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo wrapped up this morning in Las Vegas. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2009, 1:34pm EDT
  

• Growth Rate in Three Sectors "Blistering" Says New Report

  March 10, 2009 -- Despite growing economic uncertainty during 2008, three major clean-energy sectors kept up a "blistering" growth rate, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2009 report released today by Clean Edge, Inc. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 10, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  

• Echelon Launches New Platform for Smart Building Networks

  March 04, 2009 -- Smart grid player Echelon Corporation has announced a next-generation platform of control networks and products designed to make it more cost effective to build energy-aware networks and devices into buildings. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  

• Federal Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy and Electric Power Transmission Projects

  March 04, 2009 -- The recently adopted $787 billion economic stimulus package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created a temporary program to facilitate the rapid deployment of renewable energy and electric power transmission projects by providing federal loan guarantees for certain projects that commence construction [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2009, 8:18pm EST
  

• Clean Energy in Federal Budget Proposal

  February 27, 2009 -- While most of us are slashing budgets for everything, including energy, the federal government's budget for clean energy is poised to jump significantly -- directing a total of $646 billion between 2012 and 2019 to the development of clean energy sources. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2009, 8:41am EST
  

• Smart Grid Battle Moves to the States

  February 26, 2009 -- At the federal level in the U.S., the fight to legitimize the Smart Grid is over. It has been recognized in several key pieces of legislation -- mostly recently the stimulus package -- as an essential national asset. But the federal government has only limited say [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

• Wall Street Green Trading Summit

  February 21, 2009 -- The 8th Annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit is an environmental financial market event that takes place in New York City April 1 and 2, 2009. The two-day event covers carbon emissions trading and finance, renewable energy markets, cleantech venture capital, green hedge funds and energy [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 9:58pm EST
  

• Book Review: "Getting Green Done" by Auden Schendler

  February 21, 2009 -- Hard truths from the front lines of the sustainability revolution: My two-sentence review of Auden Schendler's forthcoming "Getting Green Done" plus an examination of the author's opinions. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  

• Who Needs CO2 Caps when Shame Will Do?

  February 20, 2009 -- A group of investors today named a builder and eight other companies to a "Climate Watch List," citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business challenges from global climate change. (continued [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 11:15am EST
  

• Federal Stimulus Provides Major Funding for Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation

  February 20, 2009 -- The economic stimulus package passed by Congress and signed by President Obama contains good news for supporters of renewable energy and energy conservation. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Buildings Benefit from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

  February 19, 2009 -- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes $16.8 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The funding is a nearly tenfold increase for EERE, which received just $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2008. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 6:57pm EST
  

• Smart Meters Read $4.2 Billion in Stimulus

  February 19, 2009 -- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law this week calls for a $4.2 billion grant program that would support smart grid and smart metering projects. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 9:16am EST
  

• Green Light for Transit: Urban Solar Steps in to Fill Need for Bus Shelter Lighting

  January 14, 2009 -- Once in a while, when waiting for an evening bus in downtown Seattle, I realize I'm standing in a solar-powered bus shelter. And I wonder whatever happened to the enthusiasm of Carmanah Technologies Corp, the company that illuminated those shelters and was so gung-ho about solar [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 12:10pm EST
  

• Wasting Our Watts: Efficiency and Conservation

  January 06, 2009 -- Time Magazine writer Michael Grunwald gets it. Energy efficiency is the fifth fuel. His 3,000-word article in the most recent issue explores the potential and the barriers. Here are the main points. (continued at http://energypriorities.com/) [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 10:10am EST