http://www.presysenergy.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:29:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amidst a housing crisis, an energy crunch, and a fragile economic system people are hunkering down, searching for answers, and in some cases looking to the green building movement for inspiration. One such organization, Solar Energy International (SEI), located in Carbondale, Colorado offers a variety of renewable energy and sustainable ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/renewable-energy/colorado-school-lights-the-way-to-energy-efficiency-and-green-jobs Close to 20% of all dollars invested by VCs in 2009 went into clean technology, up from roughly 14.4% in 2008 and 10% in 2007 Read the rest of the story at BusinessInsider.com http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/green-energy-investment/venture-capital-invests-20-into-clean-technologies From Business Insider: Green Sheet - Forget Wind Turbines, Or Solar Panels, We Need To Fund New Power Lines Efforts to transform and rebuild our transmission system in the United States are woefully underfunded. Obama only dedicated $6 billion to upgrading the system in the stimulus package. That's a miniscule amount, ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/we-need-to-fund-new-power-lines Although several years from being online, the Green Power Express is an electricity transmission project that will move renewable power from the wind-rich Midwest Plains to large load centers like Chicago. From EcoGeek - "Electricity Superhighway Moving Forward" It will cross portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/renewable-energy/the-green-power-express-moves-forward A new list from Greentopia.com ranks the nation's Governors, where Colorado Governor Bill Ritter tops the list. 1. Bill Ritter of Colorado 2. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California 3. Ted Kulongowski of Oregon 4. Christine Gregoire of Washington state 5. John Baldacci of Maine 6. Martin O'Malley of Maryland 7. Bill Richardson of New Mexico 8. James Douglas of ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/opinion/top-10-greenest-governors From the LED light bulb, which uses 8% of the power of traditional light bulbs, to carbon capture, to zero-emission buildings and offices, CNN Money talks with business leaders about existing and future green technologies. View Green technologies of the future http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/business-leaders-discuss-their-favorite-green-technologies-of-the-future Technologies include geothermal heat pumps and advanced material technologies. From BusinessGreen.com The bulk of the investment will be targeted at heavy industry and energy firms, with $156m earmarked for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery projects. The DoE said waste heat recovery systems deployed at both industrial sites had ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/green-energy-investment/us-department-of-energy-prepares-300m-for-clean-tech-investment From BusinessGreen.com The US moved a small step closer to delivering on President Obama's vision of a nationwide smart grid last week, after the Department of Energy (DoE) announced it will soon release of the first set of draft standards for smart meters and intelligent devices that could connect to the ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/smart-grid-technology/department-of-energy-drafting-new-smart-grid-and-meter-standards From BusinessGreen.com The proposals set a goal of ensuring every home and business in the UK has smart meters installed by 2020, capable of providing real-time, accurate electricity and gas use data that will make it easier for people to reduce the amount of energy they use, switch suppliers, and ultimately ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/smart-grid-technology/uk-government-sets-2020-goal-for-smart-meter-rollout From ThomasNet Highlights include: Investment in the sciences — Substantially increasing support for the Office of Science, along with the $1.6 billion provided in the Recovery Act for the Energy Dept.'s basic science programs, as part of the president's plan to double federal investment in the basic sciences; New energy infrastructure — Investing ... http://www.presysenergy.com/green-energy-news/inside-obamas-energy-budget