Biomass supporters cite it as a "green" fuel like wind and solar. Using it to generate electricity, though, leaves a lot to be desired in terms of public health and efficiency.
"On a scale from 1 to 10, how nice are you?"
Enter the greenwash-free zone with the webinar that answers your questions on what green labels really mean and which ones to trust.
Wed., May 18 | 3 p.m. ET Register now
Lots of big news from the 2011 Living Future event in Vancouver, including the winners of the Living City competition.
The 2011 Living Future "unconference" in Vancouver is a hopping, high-energy event. As usual, CEO, host, and MC Jason McLennan has set a high bar with his passion and willingness to push boundaries. Except Jason, all the keynote speakers this year are women, making it a little anticlimactic that the theme of next year's conference is the role of women in green building.
The preservationist wisdom is that a lot of energy--gallons and gallons of gasoline--is locked up in our historic buildings, and should be saved. It's time to update that wisdom.
A surreal magazine ad just got even more surreal for me.
It's easy to get confused about the difference between energy and power, between watts and watt-hours. But if you can master inches and pounds, you can master this.
It's easy to get confused about the difference between energy and power, between watts and watt-hours. But if you can master inches and pounds, you can master this.
How many mystery writers does it take to change a 60-watt lightbulb?
Two--one to screw the bulb almost all the way in, and one to provide a surprising twist at the end.
How many Energy Solutions columnists does it take to change a 60-watt lightbulb?
Fire guts half a block of a small New England town, revealing the built-in vulnerabilities of dense development.
Can you make your life more resilient in case of disaster? Yes, and it may be greener, too.
Sometimes being a practical person isn’t that fun. Last night my wife and I were watching the classic 1977 movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Calculating miles-per-gallon used for heating your house may be easier than you think.
It turns out you can learn a thing or two from your fuel bill—and if you get fuel delivered, your delivery ticket.
But first, how cold a winter did you think it was? Or perhaps I should say, how cold has it been so far? I’m struggling to get a fire going this morning, and out my window there is two feet of snowpack still on the ground!
In April's EBN, we take a look at green structural engineering, insulation in-fighting, and a revolutionary anticorrosion coating. Plus: embodied carbon in 500 words or less!
Power corrupts, and wind power corrupts pristine ridgelines. Maybe it doesn't have to.
