Hubbert’s Peak is a non-profit founded recently in Austin, Texas. We seek to be a demonstration laboratory that provides a venue for the alternative energy industry to demonstrate new technologies as they develop. We provide hands-on experience for students interested in training or re-training for a career in the emerging “green collar” industry. This experiential [...]
The folks at Honig Vineyard and Winery in Rutherford, California are dedicated to sustainability and earth-friendly practices. Though they have not felt the need to pursue Organic certification, they manage their vineyard in an organic manner.
These include mechanically tilling rather than spraying herbicides, installing owl boxes rather than poisons for rodent control, improving habitat [...]
I first wrote about Stephen Kerr’s Sun Baked solar ovens in an Ecospace article last September. Steven started Sun Baked to bring products to Canadians that can help them use more solar energy on an intimate, human scale. It’s an interesting fact that Toronto has just slightly less solar insolation than Miami Florida!
Solar cooking [...]
If you ever needed an excuse to alleviate the guilt about eating potato chips (in moderation!), Kettle Chips could be the answer!
The U.S. Green Building Council recently awarded the potato chip maker Gold level certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, recognizing Kettle’s continued commitment to minimizing its environmental footprint. Kettle Chips’ new [...]
Want to experience life in an energy efficient, climate friendly town? Well, Greenpeace UK may have found the solution – virtually! They have collaborated with Biro Creative (an online provider with green values) to create a multi-media, animation packed simulated city that showcases pioneering, real world communities around the UK who are using [...]
The US Department of Energy cites that the Earth receives more solar energy each day from the sun than the total amount of energy the planet’s inhabitants would consume in 27 years.
Tapping into this abundant source, EBM Consulting Services recently completed the largest residential solar electric project in New York State. The project was [...]
The Solmetric SunEye brings integrated solar site analysis and planning power into the hands of users and companies, enabling the focused and efficient use of our good friend the Sun. This device, intended for the solar professional, is pretty freakin cool.
Basically, this device takes a huge amount of the work (and therefore cost) out [...]
Up in the Puget Sound they really know renewable. Or at least they’re doing a lot to learn more about it. This month the largest solar facility in the northwest came online, producing 450 kW, enough for 55 homes. While such an event is in itself laudable and very good news, there is more to [...]
Sun Baked is a Toronto-based company offering solar cooking appliances and accessories, including a solar oven called Sun Cook, and two kinds of solar barbeques. These products cook any kind of food, using only the sun, with temperatures reaching up to 400 F degrees.
Sun Cook is offered at a relatively low upfront cost, which [...]
At a time when energy prices and environmental problems are reaching epic proportions, the need for more sustainable and energy-efficient design of homes and buildings is now greater than ever.
To this end, the Colorado Renewable Energy Society will once again host the Denver Tour of Solar and Green Built Homes and Buildings on Saturday, October [...]
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