Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:00:36 +0000
The ability to build more sustainably requires us to understand the current built environment. While urban designers and architects have a role to play in planning the cities of the future, all of us are invited to re-think and re-imagine the ways in which we live in and interact with the city landscape
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:37:32 +0000
With Buttigieg surging, and CleanTechnica’s deep dives into the front runners (and Yang’s) plans completed, it’s time for the overview comparison, now with Mayor Pete added
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:35:51 +0000
Pete Buttigieg’s climate action plan is not nearly as strong as Warren’s, and the lack of funding puts it close to the level of Biden’s at the bottom of the heap. The major saving grace is the price on carbon
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:59:36 +0000
This regulatory patchwork of federal, sub-national, and urban regulatory processes, incentives, and fines is dealt with today by local offices, and by hiring local engineers and architects for local efforts so that they can smooth the alignment
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:14:17 +0000
Installing a rooftop solar system on your home might feel like the best way to fully offset the electricity usage of the home, but new analysis from the home energy monitoring experts at Sense reveals that might not always be the case. Before we dive in, let’s talk a bit about Sense. The team at [&hellip
Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 11:00:52 +0000
Hawaiian Electric (HECO) recently added 2.5MW of grid services to its grid, allowing it to store energy during peak solar and wind production periods, and did so without any traditional batteries, flywheels, or pumped hydro. Even better, the hardware required is very minimal, and in fact, most of it already exists in every residential grid in the world
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:53:44 +0000
I came across a very interesting statistic the other day from the IEA’s Renewables 2018 report. The statistic is that 50% of total energy consumption globally is used for the production of heat for our homes, industry, and other applications
Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:15:44 +0000
With the number of people living within cities projected to rise to 5 billion people by 2030, it’s important to have a holistic view on how to approach the future and deal with the challenges brought by urbanization.
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:48:13 +0000
Tesla launched the new version 3 of its Solarglass Roof on a public conference call today. Version 3 of the newly renamed Solarglass Roof integrates a number of meaningful improvements to the now larger tiles that promise to improve the cost of the roof while delivering a much faster installation time to boot. Tesla has [&hellip
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:15:06 +0000
The Santa Monica AltCar Expo and Ride & Drive is consistently one of our favorite shows of the year because it has most of the popular plug-in vehicles and company experts in one place. The public is then free to simply walk into the free event and drive vehicles and ask questions to their heart’s content