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BU Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures

May 29, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Systems Science

English: Citizens for Clean Energy Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nice new center that will work to build clean energy ventures.

Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures.

United States Aims To Win Clean Energy Race (earthtechling.com)
The New Sustainable Energy Factbook: A Strong Case for Consistent Policy (thinkprogress.org)
Department of Defense: Clean Energy Tied to National Security (climateandsecurity.org)
Greenpeace report urges 100% renewable energy (radionz.co.nz)
Los Angeles to Invest in Clean Energy (sierraclub.typepad.com)
The Daily Startup: Hudson Clean Energy Halts Fundraise for Fund Targeting $1.5B (blogs.wsj.com)
Spring Forward into Green Apartment Living – Rent.com | The Shared Wall (rent.com)

The Green Revolution: Turning fitness clubs into donut powered energy plants

May 17, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Systems Science

Bikes! The Green Revolution (Photo credit: W.D. Vanlue)

Nice idea: turn all those gym rats into power plants!

The Green Revolution – Where Fitness Meets Clean, Renewable Energy.

The Green Revolution. (veggiefitness.wordpress.com)
Kazakhstan launches renewables push (upi.com)
Could A Donut-Shaped Island Create Permanent Renewable Energy? (fastcoexist.com)
In Australia, Wind Power Is Already Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, And Solar Is Right Behind (thinkprogress.org)
India to invest in Iranian wind, solar power plants (nzweek.com)
Report: Ohio #1 in power plant pollution (wcpo.com)
The hole story (berries.com)

EnerNOC Energy management solutions for demand response, energy efficiency, energy procurement, & carbon management

May 17, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

EnerNOC – Energy management solutions for demand response, energy efficiency, energy procurement, & carbon management.

EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) looks like a pretty solid venture into the new world of combining IT efficiencies with clean, renewable energy. According to their site they are transforming the way the world uses energy. They help commercial, institutional, and industrial organizations use energy more intelligently, pay less for it, and generate cash flow that benefits the bottom line through our complete suite of technology-enabled energy management solutions. Only time will tell how they make out in a world still dominated by Big Oil.

EnerNOC (ENOC) Enters Partnership with Analytics Company Numenta (streetinsider.com)
Palm creator’s brain-mimicking software helps manage the smart grid (gigaom.com)
2012 Top Trends in Demand Response (greentechmedia.com)
EnerNOC stock up 21% on EPA rule revisions (bizjournals.com)
Numenta’s Brain-Inspired Software Adds Smarts to the Grid (technologyreview.com)
Energy Efficiency: Big Deals and New Ideas (cleantechies.com)
KiWi Power’s Play for Demand Response in the UK (greentechmedia.com)
Businesses invited to generate extra income in energy purchasing market (prweb.com)
Tackling the energy challenge: Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key themes (prweb.com)
Power plants in nine Northeast states to cut emissions (bizjournals.com)

Home energy efficiency audits and solutions for Massachusetts (MA) and New England: Next Step Living Inc.

May 9, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Ted Wolff's home is a 55-year-old bungalo in E... — Ted Wolff’s home is a 55-year-old bungalo in Edmonton – the perfect candidate for a home energy audit (Photo credit: Green Energy Futures)

I’ve used these guys and they are amazing. You can get a full home energy audit and insulation and other improvements for free because you pay for it each month in your utility bill.R ecommended on Boston Globe. They use pro level TREAT software

Home energy efficiency audits and solutions for Massachusetts (MA) and New England | Next Step Living Inc..

One Clean Planet Is Offering Home Energy Audits for $29 In Response to A Recent Report That Explained How an Energy Audit Helped Save a Woman’s Life (prweb.com)
Conducting a Home Energy Audit (sprayfoamdirect.com)
Conducting a Home Energy Audit – Insulation (sprayfoamdirect.com)
Cash for Caulkers Home Star stimulus program (christianpf.com)
We want to do a green audit on our home to find where energy is escaping. Where do I begin for that? (greenhomeguide.com)
Why You Should Get a Home Energy Audit (outwestlubbock.com)
Improve Your Home’s Energy Efficiency (outwestlubbock.com)
New Technology Makes Home Heat Loss Visible (wbur.org)
What’s cheaper than solar, slashes carbon emissions, and creates jobs in Kentucky? (resilience.org)
11 MA compounding pharmacies shut down (wwlp.com)

Think’s electric cars saved from bankruptcy (again)

April 19, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Man, I really want to like Think electric cars. They have some great ideas. Unfortunately given our gas guzzling ways, they can’t seem to stop going bankrupt.

http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/25/think-back-from-dead/

Electric cars advance in Detroit (reviews.cnet.com)
Frankfurt showcases electric cars (reviews.cnet.com)
Renault sets high bar for electric-car sales (reviews.cnet.com)
How To Boost Electric-Car Sales? Get ‘Butts In Seats,’ Experts Say (greencarreports.com)
The future of the electric car (evanshalshaw.com)
UNL prof getting students into electric cars (journalstar.com)
Electric Cars And What You Should Know About Winter Use (earthtechling.com)
Electric car startup Coda laying off 50 [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)

Earthing: physical benefits of direct earth contact?

May 14, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Metadata Masterdata

Recently everything from athletic shoes to magnets are being developed to tap into the growing interest in “earthing.” While it is hard to prove oe disprove the benefits biologically this does seem to have attracted a strong following and I know I personally feel better when I am exposed to outdoor environments. What do you think?