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Alaska school takes unique approach to installation, installing panels on the building’s sides instead of the roof

Don’t have enough space on your roof for a solar panel? Lots of shade trees near your patio? PowerFlower Solar has a portable option you might want to check out. This SmartPlanet video with Jason Halpern, co-founder of PowerFlower Solar, describes his concentrated photovoltaic technology design. Halpern dreamed up his approach while still a student [...]

The 2009 sustainability reports keep rolling in, and today it is data storage company EMC’s turn in the spotlight. At 84 digital pages, there are plenty of data points in this update to provide ideas for all you green IT gurus reading this. Obviously, I can only pluck out a few here.
One of the most [...]

Mammoth technology company GE released the latest annual report for its ecoimagination initiative, which focused on technologies to help private and public sector organization realize their own sustainability goals. Aside from reporting an amazing $18 billion in revenue last year, the company has pledged to double its research and development budget for the division: spending [...]

Here’s a fun tidbit: CA’s ecoSoftware originally started as a custom application intended to get a grip on the company’s OWN energy consumption, carbon footprint and other environmental information.
The application is comprehensive, including CA ecoGovernance, which is a sustainability and carbon management module, and CA ecoMeter, which keeps tabs on operational energy consumption.
Terrence Clark, senior [...]

One of the biggest sticking points in the adoption of electric vehicles has been the availability of their “fuel” source: charging stations. To date, most of the charging has been done in individual garages. This problem is being tackled by all manner of start-ups and established automotive companies, of course, including the highly visible Better [...]

Was just skimming through the summary of what is billed as the largest-ever survey of CEOs about corporate sustainability.
The report by Accenture and the United Nations Global Compact (an initiative that supports businesses moving strategically to embrace sustainability) covers the opinions of 766 global CEOs and also includes anecdotal information from interviews with about 50 [...]

Once the head of storage leader Seagate Technology, Bridgelux CEO Bill Watkins now seeks to tackle the inflection point faced by the lighting industry as the world embraces more energy-efficient technologies.
In an interview published on our sister blog network, Smart Planet, Watkins waxes prolific about why light bulbs will get smarter, the implications of connecting [...]

Admit it, you are as addicted to your mobile phone, personal digital assistant or MP3 as the next person. Even when you’re enjoying the great outdoors. Wireless coverage continues to improve in the most remote locations, but how can you make sure your gadget is juiced up in as eco-friendly a fashion as possible? Quick [...]