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With natural gas booming, more municipalities and cities are looking to install natural gas filling stations. "The concept of adding liquefied natural gas stations is built on the shale gas boom," said Jack Christensen, the director of facilities and energy management for the turnpike commission. "It's a high-quality fuel; it helps with pollution, it helps with national […]

Leadership in Energy and Developmental Design (LEED) green building certification is growing as more and more businesses become energy efficient. Based on a survey of 7,100 LEED buildings, there are a variety of options that developers use to make buildings environmentally friendly. This includes minimizing light pollution (40.4 percent), monitoring building ventilation systems (49.2 percent), […]

We know that wind energy could power the world 100 times over, but constructing that much wind turbines isn't very feasible. But would it help if wind turbines were portable? Uprise Energy has developed a wind turbine that is portable and easier to maintain. The Uprise Portable Power Center features a large wind turbine that […]

In a recent blog post, Green Building Elements discusses the many benefits of becoming energy efficient including reducing running costs for businesses, lowering carbon emissions, and marketing environmental awareness. Even though it’s a win-win situation, most companies only see the large initial investments required to “go green.” In actuality, “energy efficient solutions are often cheap […]

KCP&L, MRIGlobal, and Exergonix Inc. are running a trial of a new smart grid energy storage technology in Kansas City. Developed by Exergonix, the new technology features a nano-battery, one-megawatt cell that is being tested in its first live smart grid test. Installed last summer, the battery will support KCP&L's SmartGrid Demonstration Area. The battery is […]

Read about the latest LED news from the LED Light Show. The annual conference, held in Las Vegas, covered a range of topics including solid state lighting design issues, LED component topics, and advice for lighting designs. The complete panel discussion is covered here. Source: LED Magazine

After recently announcing its staunch support for LED lighting, Ikea is looking to become even more energy efficient. The Swedish retailer says it will rely on solar and wind energy to produce all the power it uses at its stores and buildings worldwide by 2020. "Each roof is a power station in the making," says […]

Technology for LED lighting continues to evolve. The popular bulbs can help make any lighting system more efficient, especially if motion sensors and dimmers are involved. The bulbs can be switched on and off automatically when people enter or leave a room. The dimmers would allow the light levels to be adjusted. For more efficient […]

America is in the middle of a natural gas boom. Prices for shale gas have lowered, and the nation has so much natural gas that electric utilities have curbed rate increases and switched more capacity to gas from coal. "Companies and municipalities are deploying thousands of new gas-powered trucks and buses, curbing noxious diesel fumes […]