Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

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

PRS Builders launches new project - Hindu
In addition to the regular amenities, Lakeville offers other facilities like swimming pool, fitness centre, day care centre, recreation hall, children’s park, solar heat plant and ayurveda centre. The apartments give an unlimited view of both the sea

“Great Opportunities” For Specialist Window Film Company, DigiGlass - TMCnet
Feb 26, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) — The Bromsgrove-based Digiglass company makes images appear part of the glass; mundane glass walls and windows become lively or relaxing displays, backgrounds or communication tools. Newly appointed sales manager

Revised: Intercontinental New York Times Square Takes Center Stage as - Big Hollywood
ATLANTA , Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — IHG (IHG) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, has begun the countdown to the opening of the newest InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property in Times Square

First Solar Beats Estimates, Top Line Up 48% (FSLR) - Comtex Smartrend
2/18/2010- First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) reported fiscal Q4 EPS of $1.65, ahead of the consensus estimates of $1.52 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 47.9% to $641.3 million, topping the consensus estimates of $581.4 million. The company sees

Oregon’s solar future could hinge on copying Germany - Oregonian
View full size Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian In Freiberg, Germany, a florist sells flowers on a snowy street in January. The 800-year old medieval town, the industrial center of the former communist East Germany, maintains its historic character

Abengoa & JCI Installing Solar Thermal System at Colorado Prison - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Abengoa Solar Inc., under contract to Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), is installing a turnkey solar hot water heating system at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located in Englewood, Colorado. The solar system consists of 160 parabolic PT-1

Top winter eco destinations - KIVI-TV
If your trip to visit the extended family didn’t qualify as a “vacation,” we’ve got the solution to the post-holiday-deflated-and-jaded feeling. Whether you’re escaping the 9 to 5 grind or the stifling snowstorms that keep you locked inside, these

Solar scheme cashes in on Nelson sun - ONE News
Nelson, New Zealand’s sunshine capital, is planning to turn its sunlight into power. Neslon wants to become the country’s first ’solar city’ with a scheme to help 1,700 homes switch to solar powered water heating over the next four years. A home in