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SF Public Utility Commission Completes First Smart City-IoT Pilot

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Working closely with Sigfox and Ayyeka, SF’s PUD has rolled out a new, improved, IoT-powered sewage monitoring and management network, the first of many public services projects expected to yield numerous and varied benefits for city residents and businesses.

An early conceptual drawing of NASA Space Solar Power

NASA and a Solar Revolution

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Bobbi Peterson | 0 Comments

It’s no secret that the Earth is in dire need of clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels. The source of that clean energy, however, doesn’t necessarily have to be on Earth. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a team of scientists from Caltech that includes researchers from NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory. These scientists propose building the largest-ever space structure…

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Proposed space-based "suntower," one of many examples of solar innovation

The Golden Age of Solar Innovation

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

From efforts that mimic nature like leaves and trees, to arrays that float on water or in space, there has been a wide range of solar energy innovations in 2016.  From tiny solar applications of nanotechnologies to massive space-based arrays, the growth of solar power is being fueled by market forces, including increasing efficiency and decreasing cost. The number of…

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EV Market Penetration to Reach 35% Amidst Falling Battery Costs

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

EV prices will be cut in half, to $40,000, by 2020 while ranges increase to 200 miles, according to Lux Research.

The latest eco-apps to help guide a more sustainable lifestyle

40 More Eco-Apps that put Technology to Work for the Environment

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

There are more than two million apps and a growing number of them have an ecological purpose. The huge and growing eco-apps market is making a significant contribution to the welfare of the planet and its inhabitants. This post is a follow-up to a 2012 eco-apps article. When that article was published four years ago there were less than 800,000…

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The Fairphone: One of the greenest mobile phones in the world

The World’s Greenest Mobile Phones

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 1 Comments

Mobile phones are ubiquitous and they are a central part of modern life, but they come with varying degrees of eco-friendliness. Collectively, the billions of phones in the world today have a massive environmental footprint. Manufacturers are responding to growing consumer interest in eco-friendly phones. In the last two decades, smartphones have gone way beyond being simply mobile communication devices….

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