Five Trends To Create A 2012 Trillion Dollar Global Sustainable Economy
2012 will be the milestone year that the US economy demonstrates sustained economic growth through adoption of 21st century’s sustainable solutions. Earth 2017‘s economic model estimates that sustainable product solutions have now achieved the breakthrough trillion dollars per year in global annual revenues level and is on the path toward achieving $10 trillion of annual global [...]
Achieving Net Zero Requires Innovative Thinking
The days of discouraging ‘high-risk’ behavior by system designers must end BY MARK S. LENTZ, PE, LENTZ ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS. If a building owner has enough money for renewable-energy systems and the space to install them, any designer can achieve net-zero performance. Achieving net-zero performance economically, however, is a different matter. Although the [...]
A Winning Light Bulb With the Potential to Save the Nation Billions
Thomas Edison would be amazed. The conventional light bulb has got some serious competition. The 60-watt incandescent light bulb — an estimated 425 million of which are sold each year — has been technologically stunted for nearly a century. But an electrifying energy-saving alternative, which could arrive in stores as soon as early 2012, has [...]
Back To The Future: The Smart Energy District
Back To The Future: A Smart Energy District Solar Technology and Sustainable Design & Development The Historic Green Village at Anna Maria Background Today’s power industry is built around centralized generation, transmission and distribution of electricity utilizing primarily coal, natural gas and uranium as fuel sources. For several years, a new model for more distributed [...]
Global Energy Efficiency Sees Growth in 2010
A new study finds optimism and expansion in commercial energy efficiency across the globe. Energy efficiency continues to grow in importance over the past year despite the still-struggling global economy, according to the latest global survey on the subject by Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association. The international drivers for energy efficiency are based in [...]
