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Pedal-Powered Blender: Saving The World One Carrot at a Time

After so much seriousness, let’s try and take a look at something else, a new invention that will surely change the way we live, think, and act during our irresponsible ride to the grocery store.

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Moving Toward Zero Energy Homes

The era of Zero Energy Home (ZEH) construction has taken another step forward with the announcement of a new US Department of Energy project in Tennessee.
The vision of ‘zero energy homes’ is to transform the residential built environment from a major consumer of energy, to a neutral, or net zero energy environment where the annual [...]

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Energy-saving glass maker picks up $20 million

Sage Electrochromics, which makes energy-saving glass, has received $20 million in funding from Good Energies, Bekaert, and Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials.

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To ‘green’ the world’s buildings, think retrofits

BOSTON–The cutting edge of building science these days seems to be more about expanding foam than solar power research.
Last Wednesday, I stopped by the Building Energy Conference put on by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). If there was one theme that jumped out, it was energy efficiency.

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