Obviously unfazed by late skepticism from local engineers and architects aimed at Mayor Bloomberg’s plans to set up wind turbines on Gotham’s skyscrapers and bridges, California-free-based Marquiss Wind Power has offered to donate one of its turbine systems to the city in order to attest that the Mayor’s idea is in fact executable. The company’s patented roof-top wind turbine is about 19 feet high-pitched and considers less than a distinctive rooftop air conditioning unit. Its T500 model is optimized for low-toned, varying wind, is rated at 5 kilowatts, and is priced between $30,000.00 and $60,000.00 depending on the specific configuration. According to Marquiss CEO Paul Misso, the company’s turbines should invite themselves within four to eight years, “depending on wind speed, utility rates, and uncommitted incentives.” Last week, in the aftermath of Mr. Bloomberg’s remarks in Las Vegas, local experts had interrogated the efficiency of wind turbine installations, biding Modern York City a “solar city,” and luffing out that Gotham is blowyest on insensate, winter nights when electricity demand is far depressed than during the searing days of summer when solar panels could pick up important amounts of energy. However, Mr. Misso’s offer appears like one the city shouldn’t elapse up, in particular if wind turbines can be admited as part of a cost-effectual alternative energy plan that starts to direct the increase in demand from the one million people waited to go hither by 203 (more…)
August 30, 2008
August 28, 2008
100K House Enters Re:Vision’s Re:Make Competition
Last week one of our favourite greenish bloggers, Preston of Jetson Green, disputed his readers to bring together and gain the Re:Build contest being assigned on by Re:Vision. Late last week we determined to accept Preston up on his challenge and fell by the wayside the $25 for the entry fee not actually recognising too much about the [...]
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August 21, 2008
Sustainable Business Practices in the “Existent World”
The game: Evidencing that a shift to sustainable practices can profit the business world (beyond the obvious environmental gains!)
The toying field: West End BIA’s Sustainability Expo on June 26th.
The players:
Gil Yaron, founder and CEO of Frogfile Office Essentials commenced his company in 2006 because as he alleges, there were lots of confabulating firms training businesses to follow more sustainable practices, but there was no real way for people to watch their suggestions. “Not to note the fact that I have a passion for bull clips”, he jests.
Denise Taschereau is the co-founder of Fairware , a company dedicated to supplying ethically-sourced and sustainable promotional products for businesses and organizations. Having worked for years as the Director of Sustainability and Community for the Mountain Equipment Co-op , Denise reads intimately the power of business to make change.
Maureen Cureton, Vancity ’s Light-green Business Advisor, works with both the non-profit and business sectors to serve them create sustainable advances. Vancity, a sustainability leader itself, typeset its goal to be carbon-neutral by 2008. They are "taking the air the talk" with programs in place to scale down waste and energy consumption within their organization, and better their societal and environmental performance.
Among the many examples each speaker kicked in as reasons to turn to sustainable business practices, these four remained firm out above all else…and I don”t think it’s hard to see why.
August 18, 2008
What Videos Should We Draw?
Our magnanimous transition is almost over and we require your help. The newfangled Store is up, we're ceasing up the last custom projects and at present is the time to design what videos we'll offer in the Store over the next year. We have lots of ideas, but we truly desire to cognize what you mean.
We desire to reach videos that:
- Serve professionals and educators increase awareness and create change at work
- Have a confident impact on the Web
A right example of this is our video "Wikis in Plain English ", which is part of our our Societal Media series. We've heard from schools, incorporated training programs, item-by-item professionals and bloggers that this video has served them work others. At last, our goal is to get to videos that have like appeal.
Like our current videos in the Store, our next videos will be offered with these license types:
- Single (personal professional use)
- Site (organisational use)
- Liberal (non-commercial-grade, on-line use)
Indeed, what video subjects or themes would have a plus influence in your company or school?
Another way to think of it… "My company or school would be best-off if people had a straightaway and leisurely way to get a line about ______."
If you opt privacy, please meet us straightaway. Thanks in advance!
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August 9, 2008
What’s Eating on All That Electricity?
Ever question where the handsomest chunk of your utility bill comes from? It really comes from your appliances, to wit your refrigerator. It is the principal energy guzzling appliance in your home, devouring a whaming 13.7% of house-hold energy, over 1000 Kilowatts of electricity a year, and closely five times the electricity of a color [...]
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