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News and Events Samuel Bodman Sworn in as Secretary of Energy Solar Power Industry Roadmap Looks to a Brighter Solar Future AWEA Expects Record Wind Growth in 2005 after Slow 2004 U.S. Companies Turn Landfill Gas, Plants, and Manure into Power Shell and GM to Establish a Fuel-Cell Fleet in New York City More Than 1,700 New U.S. Buildings Pursue LEED Green Building RatingsEnergy ConnectionsNRC to Accept Public Comments on Three Nuclear Plant Permits News and Events Samuel Bodman Sworn in as Secretary of EnergyDr. Samuel Bodman was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of Energy yesterday. The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Secretary Bodman on Monday, allowing him to replace Spencer Abraham, who resigned on November 15th. President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Bodman in December, describing him as a “problem solver.” Secretary Bodman has worked as a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the president of an investment firm, and as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Cabot Corporation, a global chemical company. Over the past four years, he has served the Bush administration as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. At the Department of Commerce, he had […]
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News and Events Home Builders Set New National Guidelines for Green Homes California Government and Agencies Commit to Green Building DOE and USDA Offer up to $15 Million for Biomass Projects Kansas, Vermont, and New Jersey Encourage Wind Power but Set Limits First Utility-Scale Wind Plants Slated for New Jersey and Montana Gamesa to Produce Wind Turbine Blades in Pennsylvania News and Events Home Builders Set New National Guidelines for Green HomesThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has introduced new voluntary guidelines to help mainstream homebuilders incorporate environmental practices into every phase of the home building process while putting a priority on housing affordability. NAHB unveiled the Model Green Home Building Guidelines during last week’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida. NAHB claims that green building has primarily been the province of high-end, niche builders who cater to a wealthy clientele, while the new guidelines aim to help builders construct resource-efficient homes that are both affordable and customized to local conditions. The guidelines offer voluntary, builder- and market-driven green solutions for lot design and preparation; resource, energy, and water efficiency; indoor environmental quality; operation, maintenance, and home owner operation; global impact; and site planning and land development. Developed for […]
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Half the world's PV systems are in Japan, where it's considered a fashion statement, a status symbol, and the "cool" thing to do.
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At this year's Greenbuild conference, Canada, Mexico and China announced major green building initiatives, and two new versions of LEED were launched.
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Can low-income builders afford the luxury of building green? That question is being tested at some Habitat for Humanity affiliates. The most common green building approach used in Habitat homes – many of which are three bedroom, one bath dwellings built for under $50,000 – is to meet Energy Star ratings. That’s the U.S. EPA’s standard that increases efficiency 20-30% by installing efficient appliances, lighting, super-insulation and by tightly sealing the building envelope. Affiliates also seek ways to boost indoor air quality by reducing or eliminating products that offgas volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). Call this a “light green” approach. “We want energy efficiency to be our standard model, not an upgrade,” says Nevil Eastwood, director of construction and environmental resources at Habitat for Humanity International in Americas, Georgia.Each of the 1700 U.S. Habitat affiliates controls its own building practices, and some want to go further. “We’re open to that,” says Eastwood. “But we’re building homes for people who earn about 30% of the median income for the area, so that doesn’t leave much wiggle room.”To get to “medium green,” says Kevin Sullivan, advocacy director for Habitat’s New York City affiliate in Brooklyn, the group considers practices that are good for […]
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Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, just released the results of surveys conducted at the European Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (Maastricht, November 7-9) and the BSR Annual Conference (New York City, November 9-12).Covering themes ranging from the competitive advantages of implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR), to the impact of governments and markets on company integration of CSR, top-line findings from the nearly 400 completed surveys in Europe and the U.S. include:* CSR is not yet being widely or deeply integrated into core business functions with only 10% of respondents asserting that current integration is adequate.* Senior executives and line managers hold substantially different views regarding the degree to which CSR is successfully implemented in their organizations.* Financial markets are widely seen as offering inadequate incentives for companies to adopt CSR practices.* Government solutions that encourage CSR implementation, though more broadly supported in Europe than the U.S., still face significant resistance in both places.* Three-quarters of respondents expect that there will be legally-mandated accountability measures over the next few years, especially in areas like reporting.While the results reveal real deficits in the delivery and practice of CSR, respondents hold a very strong and ‘bullish’ […]
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News and Events International Builder’s Show Features Energy-Efficient Homes Energy Value Housing Awards Honor Energy-Efficient Builders Volvo Unveils the 3CC, an Electric-Powered Sports Car Hydrogen Buses Hit City Streets while Concept Car Sets Records Idaho Geothermal Power Plant Moves Ahead with Power Agreement Paint-On Solar Cell Captures Infrared Radiation Energy Connections2004 is Fourth Warmest Year on Record News and EventsInternational Builder’s Show Features Energy-Efficient HomesThe 2005 International Builders’ Show – held in Orlanda, Florida, by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) – concluded on Sunday after exposing builders to the latest in energy efficiency for the home, including three showcases for energy efficiency technologies: the Not So Big Showhouse, the New American Home, and the PATH Tutorial Townhouses.The 2,900-square-foot Not So Big Showhouse was conceived by architect Sarah Susanka, whose best-selling book “The Not So Big House” introduced a “build better, not bigger” approach to home design. Three of DOE’s Building America teams collaborated on the Susanka-designed house using a “building as a system” approach to design, specify, and plan the construction of the home. The walls are made of structural insulated panels (SIPS), which feature a core of foam insulation sandwiched between two oriented strand boards. The tightly […]
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News and Events Ford Commits to Four New Hybrid Vehicles in Next Three Years Ford Escape Hybrid Named 2005 Truck of the Year General Motors Unveils the Fuel-Cell-Powered “Sequel” Energy Star Sets New Guidelines for External Power Supplies USDA Publishes Rules for Federal Purchasing of Bioproducts Student’s Wave Energy Invention Wins National Award Editor’s Note on New Jersey Clean Energy FundsSite NewsNational Fuel Cell Education Program Energy ConnectionsGroups Push Competing Proposals for the Alaska Natural Gas PipelineNews and EventsFord Commits to Four New Hybrid Vehicles in Next Three YearsFord Motor Company announced Monday that it will launch four new hybrid electric vehicles over the next three years, starting with the Mercury Mariner Hybrid sport utility vehicle (SUV), which will go on sale later this year. That vehicle will be followed by the Mazda Tribute Hybrid SUV in 2007 and the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Mercury Milan Hybrid mid-size sedans in 2008. All four will be “full” hybrids, which operate in electric-only mode at low speeds. See the Ford press release.Ford made the announcement at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, where Ford also unveiled its Mercury Meta One concept car, a hybrid vehicle that uses a twin-turbocharged […]
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An innovative financing program eliminates the investment barrier for federal wind projects.
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Surprisingly, it will cost less to displace all the oil that the U.S. now uses than it will cost to buy that oil.
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