Apple Shuns CSR Report at February’s Shareholder Meeting
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
In a highly competitive industry why does Apple refuse to take the lead?
In a proxy filing issued in January, Apple’s Board of Directors urged shareholders to vote against a shareholder resolution proposed by As You Sow, an environmental group specializing shareholding advocacy, and co-sponsored by The New York City Office of the Comptroller and the [...]
The Green Spider Sparks Interest
March 8, 2010Leave a Comment
The Green Spider is the Latest Innovation in Energy Efficient Lighting
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.– In today’s economy where many businesses are looking to save money and operate in environmentally friendly ways, a new product promises to achieve both in a place few consider: the parking lot.
A new, first-of-its-kind energy-efficient lighting system called The Green Spider launched this [...]
Utilities: the Sound of One Hand Clapping
February 23, 2010Leave a Comment
The way utilities are forced to make decisions about capacity is like The Pottery Barn making daily staffing and inventory decisions based on the busiest shopping day of the year.
How much easier for retail if customers spread themselves evenly throughout the year. It’s the sound of one hand–the utilities–making decisions without any control over when [...]
Driving Down Solar Costs with Beans and Cotton
February 23, 2010Leave a Comment
BioSolar has a new idea for making solar even more sustainable: Make the back sheets, that support silicon solar cells, from organic materials.
Economical
As David Lee, PhD, President and CEO of BioSolar said, their mission is to make solar energy truly sustainable.
“We cannot depend on government incentives for ever,” he said. “We need to make solar [...]
Fast Chargers
January 28, 2010Leave a Comment
Ioxus, a US firm, is beating ultracapacitors made in Asia, and using them for much larger applications than digital cameras and Blackberries.
Ioxus is helping power cars, diesels and locomotives, along with finding smarter ways to make small devices smaller.
Fitting between batteries and traditional capacitors, ultracapacitors have features of both. As Chad Hall, COO of Ioxus [...]
A Bright Idea.
January 13, 20101 Comment
Hydrogen for Storage
Hydrogen battery technology provides an emission-free solution.
When most of us think “battery”, we think power for our cell phone or starting our cars. The mechanism for using that energy is usually an attachment to positive and negative connections, which are well marked so we can get it right. We think of a battery [...]
“Stop Gambling with our Future”
December 15, 2009Leave a Comment
Deal with Climate Change
There are some things that speak louder, and more clearly, than anyone could have imagined. But the UN Foundation has done just that for climate change. They created a full deck of playing cards featuring a selection of the words from the more than 2,000 text, photo and video submissions (from more [...]
Computer from the 19th Century
December 10, 2009Leave a Comment
Click here to see the NPR video of the computer Charles Babbage designed but didn’t get built until 165 years after his death.
Click here to see full story.
Positively Bonkers Over Batteries
November 9, 20091 Comment
Lithium, lithium-ion, lithium-ion polymer, nickel-metal hydride, nickel-cadmium, it’s enough to drive anyone bonkers. The importance of batteries will continue into the future as the demand for renewable energy sources increase. In trying to make heads or tails out of the dynamic battery market we, with the help of Lux Research, took a look at the [...]
WATER IT TO GROW
November 4, 2009Leave a Comment
Offering simple solutions for improved water management, water IT addresses
a $16.3 billion potential market in 2020, says Lux Research.
By 2030, 47% of the world’s population could live in areas of high water stress, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Meanwhile, while water treatment technology and infrastructure improvements get lots of attention, some [...]