Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

SOLAR: Subsidies help residents go green - Delmarva Now
WOODBINE, Md. (AP) Tim Dowd has done everything he can think of to keeping the monthly electricity bill low on the house he is building in Howard County. He’s installed thicker walls with more insulation and bought higher-grade windows. Early on

‘Zero-energy’ pilot homes planned at Fort Campbell - CNBC
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Environmental designers and green architects are meeting this week at Fort Campbell to plan what they say will be the first “zero-energy” homes on a U.S. military installation. The two duplexes would incorporate solar panels and

Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR Wire
WOW Energies offers breakthrough waste heat capture and pollution reduction technologies. The Company’s WOWGen and WOWClean systems are based on proprietary and patented technologies which offer outstanding energy efficiency and pollution capture

MacArthur Place honored for ‘green’ practices - Sonoma Index Tribune
MacArthur Place’s efforts to stay green were honored Thursday by Assemblymember Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael. Huffman presented the inn with the Sustainable North Bay Award, bestowed monthly to businesses that demonstrate and promote sustainable

Parish Pump - Lewes Today
MEETING: Tomorrow, Saturday, 3.30pm, Sussex women freemasons open meeting at Lewes Masonic Temple, 148 to 150 High Street. All welcome. Further information from sussexlodge@hfaf.org or 07778 553334. RAFA: The Lewes branch of the Royal Air Forces

GREEN IN THE HILLS - San Francisco Gate
Developer Mike McDonald and his wife, Dr. Jill Martenson, recently finished building their house in the Oakland hills in an area ravaged by fire in 1991. The house is large - 4,600 square feet on two levels - but it’s so energy efficient that the

As Cost Goes Down, Solar Energy Rises - Wflxfox29.com
Solar power is getting cheaper, edging it closer to being cost competitive with electricity generated by burning fossil fuels. For firms and homeowners in California and the Southwest, the cost of solar-cell power will fall 25%, to 25 per kilowatt

Installing window awnings can significantly reduce cooling costs - Billings Gazette
Dear Jim: I have always liked the appearance of window awnings. The salesman told me installing them can also save a lot of energy. Do they really save much energy and what awning choices are best? - William B. Dear William: Installing window awnings