Energy, Environment, Design
Every human activity uses energy. Smart energy use that minimizes consumption of fossil fuels is the heart of sustainable design and the key to slowing global warming. We focus on building and transportation energy - saving initiatives.
Our work has two thrusts:
• We develop sustainable design strategies and plans for facilities and transportation systems incorporating renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
• We create communications, outreach and education programs and media that support many of these energy saving strategies.
November 7th, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized |
A trip yesterday to the Washington International Auto Show got me to thinking about size. In the case of cars, as with housing, green doesn’t only mean new technologies, it also means smaller. From yesterday’s product scan at the show, Ford appears to be the only American manufacturer with an exciting small car in its [...]
Virtually everybody reading this knows that coal is bad environmentally. It’s the dirtiest of the fossil fuels in terms of carbon emissions and historically the primary cause of acid rain, not to mention negative land and water impacts where it’s mined. But coal is also plentiful, domestically produced, and as a result, cheap. We rely [...]
One of my interests in attending the Green Technology Academy this week has been to learn to think more like an entrepreneur. Most designers, myself included, are pretty good - to excellent - at coming up with interesting ideas. However, the other aspect of entrepreneurship besides creativity is turning those ideas into action. I’m trying to learn [...]
Biofuels, better fuel cell membranes, energy saving Internet routers, these are among the 30 plus ideas that researchers are try to turn into potential business propositions at the Green Tech Entrepreneurship Academy (GTEA). As graduate students and university faculty are learning at this intensive 5 day course in entrepreneurship designed and run by the University [...]
Creativity plus Entrepreneurship equals Innovation. So says Prof. Andrew Hargadon of UC Davis School of Management, here at the Greentech Entrepreneurship Academy meeting at Sierra Nevada College on Lake Tahoe. Many have great ideas and some have the entrepreneurial drive, but to make things happen you have to possess both qualities, plus have a great [...]
