Green Technology
Green technology is technology that conserves natural resources and limits negative environmental impacts that are used to create products and facilities. Topics in this section include information and research on these green technologies. We look at how these technologies reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase sustainability.
Verisae’s Apollo Tackles Buildings’ Software Integration Problem
Verisae has launched Apollo, building management software which the company says will collect data from any source, reducing maintenance and energy spend by seven ...
Adapting NASA Technologies to Environmental and Energy Applications
An often-cited example of how public spending for scientific research can yield commercial dividends is the NASA moon landing mission. The forerunners ...
Energy Management Tech Briefing: University of Toledo, Honeywell, Encelium
The University of Toledo (pictured), economic development program Ohio Third Frontier and GEM Inc. are partnering to design, develop and commercialize a new power system that ...
Lighting Briefing: Cree, Ruud, Digital Lumens, Lunera
LED lighting firm Cree Inc. has announced the acquisition of outdoor LED lighting firm Ruud Lighting Inc. for approximately $525 million. Ruud Lighting will continue to ...
How Connectivity Changes Cars
Gigaom Interviews Paul Mascarenas, CTO, Ford Motor Company.
Ford, SunPower Offer Solar Offset System for Focus Electric
Ford and SunPower Corp. have created a rooftop solar system that they say will provide Focus Electric owners with enough renewable energy to offset the electricity ...
TTSI Plans 100 Zero Emission Truck Purchase
Trucking firm Total Transportation Services Inc. looks set to buy 100 zero emission trucks for heavy-duty hauling purposes from Vision Motor Corp.
The haulage company signed a ...
Clean Energy Patents Show Yearly Rise, Quarterly Fall
A record number of first quarter clean energy patents were granted in 2011 in the U.S. according to Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti's Clean Energy ...
SC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders Goal
Consumer chemical firm SC Johnson has announced that it has achieved its greenhouse gas reduction goal set through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ...
Environmental Leader Launches Enterprise Environmental, Energy & Sustainability Intelligence Service
Environmental Leader has quietly rolled out a new subscription product over the last few weeks - EL PRO. EL PRO is the culmination of many, ...
Google Ditches PowerMeter Application
Google has announced that it will retire Google PowerMeter, a product that the company said "didn’t catch on the way we would have ...
Presentation from San Diego Clean Tech Program Manager
StartupCircle presentation from City of San Diego Clean Tech Program Manager Jacques Chirazi.
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Carbon Professionals, Cell Phones, Fabrics
The world's first ISO-accredited certification for carbon management professionals has been launched by the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) and Eco-Canada.
The ...
Scientists in New York have discovered that fly ash, ...Steve Jurvetson Discusses Green IT, Energy, Nanotech
Steve Jurvetson, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher, discusses green IT, energy, nanotech and other emerging ...
Trilliant Talks Cleantech at Green:Net 2011
Trilliant's Sr. Marketing Director talks about cleantech with GigaOm's Katie Fehrenbacher.
Videos From Solar Impulse’s International Flight
Video of Solar Impulse, the Swiss solar-powered aircraft that flew from Switzerland to Brussels. It completed its first international flight of ...
Synthetic Trees Remove CO2 from Atmosphere
Scientists at New York's Columbia University are developing a ...
Toyota, Neenah Foundry Use State Incentives for Energy Tech
State-level incentives programs in California and Wisconsin have played a role in energy efficiency projects at two corporations.
Toyota Motor Sales in Torrance, California, has selected ...
Alstom Power Discusses Energy Management, Sustainability
Alstom Power's Laurent Demortier, SVP Power Automation & Controls, presents fleet-wide energy management solutions for renewable ...
