Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

Tech students design green classroom - WTOP Radio
The plans, which call for the portable classrooms to have photovoltaic solar panels and geothermal heating, were presented by seniors Keagan Boyce, Cody Case and Deanna Molnar during a March 17 ceremony at the school. Some of the features suggested

DESERTEC gets serious — Teams up with First Solar - DAILY KOS
Compared with photovoltaics (PV), Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Plants (CSP-Plants) have the advantage that solar heat may be stored cheaply and efficiently so that CSP plants can generate power at night or on cloudy days. Also, gas or biofuels

Pacheco grade school embraces ‘cool roof’ technology - San Jose Mercury News
the roof of Las Juntas Elementary School on Pacheco Boulevard isn’t paint; it’s an “engineered coating” designed by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory scientists to better deflect solar heat and light back into the sky rather than into the building.

Opening the window to federal remodeling tax credits - Southern Standard
Qualifying windows must also possess a Solar Heat Gain Coefficient rating of .30 or lower. The lower the window’s SHGC, the less solar heat it transmits. A common indicator of a window’s energy efficiency is the ENERGY STAR label, which as of 2010

Guilford College To Install Solar Water Heating System - digtriad.com
Greensboro, NC — Guilford College will use the power of the sun to heat water on campus. The college announced Tuesday it will partner with FLS Energy to install 188 solar panels this summer. They will heat 9,000 gallons of water a day. FLS Energy

Future for self-tinting windows looks rosy - SmartPlanet.com
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted $72 million to Sage Electrochromics to build a manufacturing plant for their smart windows. The Minnesota company is producing glass that tints to reduce solar heat and glare. According to the Lawrence

How to get rebates and tax credits for windows, doors, and skylights - WOAI
Many local utilities provide financial incentives for purchasing ENERGY STAR qualified windows, doors, and skylights. To find out if rebates or other incentives are available in your area, visit the ENERGY STAR Rebate Finder. Federal Tax Credits On

What’s New: Fast Forward 2020: The Myth of the EV Future - Feature - CAR AND DRIVER
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car looks about as ballistic as a poached egg and feels as quick as a prostate exam. It weighs about 2300 pounds and goes 45 miles on a charge if you drive like a typical American that is, primarily on freeways. It

Lorne Gunter: The only thing heating up is the debate - Nationalpost.com
If you are driving a car (say an unrepaired Toyota) and it suddenly surges up to very high speeds, then runs out of gas, it may be true that the first 100 metres after the tank goes dry are the fastest 100 metres the car has ever travelled. It does

Roofers bid for solar work - Dalles Chronicle
A new solar-paneled roof financed by federal energy grant money will grace Wasco County s historic medical building at 425 E. 7th St., The Dalles. Six roofing companies bid between $323,000 and $428,000 Wednesday to demolish the failing pitched

Projects completed so far with money from an April 2008 Unified - Journal Times
New cooling system at Case with an independent hot water system and geo-solar system to heat the pool, which should create energy savings Camera and card security access systems at all Unified schools, something not on the list.

Cali company to retrofit Empire State Building - BusinessWeek
A California company has been hired to retrofit New York City’s Empire State building with 6,500 energy saving windows. A number of iconic buildings have undertaken major renovations to become more efficient, but even more importantly, to lure new