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Google Reduces Carbon Use So We Don't Have to Reduce Google Use
No one’s arguing that we should cut back on internet searches, in part because Google doing a good job decreasing its data centers' energy use.
Environment
Honest Buildings Uses Social Networking to Spur Green Building
The startup is betting that the more information is available about buildings' green features, the more green buildings there will be.
Environment
How to Cut Buildings' Energy Use Without Expensive Renovations
Significant reductions in energy use might not require physical retrofitting.
Environment
Virgin Atlantic Wants to Fly Around the World on Second-Hand Carbon
Virgin Atlantic announced that its planes will soon be able to fly from London to China on fuel that carries half the carbon burden.
Environment
To Heat a Greenhouse, Add Some Chickens
At Vermont’s Green Mountain College, students designed and built a chicken coop that helps heat the college farm's greenhouse.
Business
Green Energy, Texas Style: Three Steps Toward Markets for Clean Power
If the market for clean power gets a firm footing, the green guys will be able to afford lobbyists, too.
Environment
4 Lessons Learned From Designing the World's Greenest Building
Perkins+Will's Atlanta office is the highest-rated LEED building ever constructed. What did the design firm learn from the project?
Environment
America's Oldest "Net Zero" House
This 110-year-old Victorian home in Ann Arbor is America's oldest and Michigan's first Net Zero home.
Culture
Saving Energy: Selling Consumers on Energy Efficiency
From The GOOD Guide to Saving Energy
Environment
Reinventing Fire: How to Get America Off Oil and Coal by 2050
The Rocky Mountain Institute's new book shows how existing technologies and ideas could get America off fossil fuels by 2050.
Environment
New Software Could Help Engineers Create Greener Products
For companies like Walmart, going green means making products that use fewer resources. Software companies are helping them get there.
Environment
Clever German Bypasses Light Bulb Ban with "Heatball" Space Heater
Here's an interesting way to get around a ban on incandescent light bulbs: Market them as space heaters.
Environment
Car Sharing Goes Electric
Car-sharing services around the world are starting to embrace electric vehicles.
Environment
Obama's New "Better Buildings Initiative" Is Long Overdue, and Will Save Us Billions
President Obama's new initiative makes lots of sense: Commercial buildings account for 20 percent of the energy consumed in the country.
Environment
Energy Efficiency Efforts Lag in the South
A new report by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Duke University, Energy Efficiency in the South (PDF), shows that energy efficiency...
Environment
The Race to Build a Solar House That Anyone Can Afford
The Department of Energy's Solar Decathalon challenges students to make energy-efficient yet affordable homes.
Environment
Never Inflate Your Car or Bike Tires Again—Soon, They'll Do It Themselves
Goodyear is developing self-inflating tires for trucks and cars, while a San Francisco startup wants to do the same for bikes
Environment
A Modest Proposal for a More Sustainable Super Bowl (Beer Still Included)
We are not going to give up the Super Bowl. But we can try to minimize its impact.
