energy monitoring
California-based Lucid Design Group today released a new product — Building Dashboard® Starter — to provide organisations with Web-based, real-time information about building energy consumption, energy costs and carbon emissions. The dashboard is designed to help users reduce energy expenses and lower the environmental impact of their buildings. Building
cellulosic ethanol
BP and Verenium Corporation have committed $45 million (US) to a 50-50 joint venture aimed at developing and commercialising cellulosic ethanol from non-food sources. Together, the companies seek to speed up development of one of the US’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facilities in Highlands County, Florida.
Publisher Energy Intelligence today announced the launch of a new Web portal — Obama Energy Vision — that will track development’s in energy policy under the new US administration. The portal will feature a daily blog, news and analysis, weekly poll, reference section and updates from two of Energy Intelligence’s
financial crisis
Interested in seeing some visual evidence of the global financial meltdown? We’ve found some fascinating links to images that demonstrate clearly the crash in demand for consumer goods. For example, how many people aren’t buying cars these days? Check out The Truth About Cars’ “Worldwide Auto Inventory Glut
The BBC has a wicked film on this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7496644.stm
As promised, we met in Aldgate last night for the Sustainable Technology Group’s monthly gathering. (This is not a photo of our event, which was a bit smaller than this one.) There were certainly fewer people present than usual, but we expected that for two reasons: 1 – We actually
cleantech
Even the most capable multitasker can’t keep up with all the news coming from the cleantech sector every day, so we here at Greenbang aim to help you stay up to date with our daily roundup of top headlines. Here are some you might have missed: * Chevron Corporation this
virtualisation
Schoolchildren across Brazil will gain new access to computers, under Userful and ThinNetworks’ plan for the “world’s largest desktop virtualisation deployment.” The initiative will provide 356,800 green and virtualised desktops to schools in all of Brazil’s 5,560 municipalities. By using PC sharing hardware and software, the
solar energy
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) say they’ve identified several abundant and less expensive alternatives to silicon — including iron pyrite, or “fool’s gold” — that could make solar cells cheaper to produce. “The reason we started looking at new materials is
Sustainable Technology Group
It’s your last chance to RSVP for Greenbang’s Sustainable Technology Group networking event, which is just hours away. Starting at 18:30, the gathering will be held at The Dispensary in Aldgate, 19a Leman Street, E1 8EN. Admission is £20 each. Greenbang’s Sustainable Technology Group meets monthly
innovation
The EU this week announced the winners of its 2009 RegioStars Awards for innovative projects focused on climate change and economic modernisation. The awards were established to “identify good practices in regional development and to highlight original and innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions.” This
zero carbon
Wales’ Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) plans to host a debate next week on the issue of “Perspectives on Zero Carbon Building” (PDF). The event comes in advance of the Welsh government’s goal of making all buildings in the country zero-carbon starting in 2011. The debate is
