Named after a Greek sea goddess, CETO harnesses the enormous renewable energy present in our ocean’s waves and converts it into two of the most valuable commodities in the sustainable growth of the planet; zero-emission electricity and zero-emission desalinated water. An innovative green technology from Carnegie Wave Energy Limited headquartered in Perth, Australia, initial development of CETO began in 1999 and by 2006, the CETO I prototype proved the concept of generating zero-emission power and freshwater from the ocean waves. (more…)
The team from Germany, Technische Universität Darmstadt has won the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon for the second competition in a row, the previous competition was in 2007. In second place was Team Illinois, and third place went to Team California, whom promptly declared it party time and cranked up the California-themed music on their house’s entertainment center, as judges and spectators had one last look at the homes.
Twenty universities began constructing solar-powered homes October 1 on the National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument. The competition was judged in 10 categories including aesthetics, solar power generation, consumption of energy, and ability to maintain a “comfort zone” between hot and cold for the home’s inhabitants.
The plastic industry has classified the most commonly used plastic into seven different categories according to their chemical makeup. Each number represents the type of resin used to produce the plastic. These classifications are mostly used for recycling purposes, as each resin type melts at a different temperature and displays different properties. (more…)
Currently underway on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., twenty teams are competing in the U.S. Department of Energy‘s (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2009. Also sponsored and managed by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Solar Decathlon is an international event in which DOE challenges university teams to design and build homes that run entirely on solar energy. Each team received $100,000 from DOE to uniquely design, build and operate an energy efficient, fully solar-powered home for this unique competition. The teams ship their partially constructed homes to the National Mall. Then they assemble (more…)
Way down yonder in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, a few blocks east of the Industrial Canal that links the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico, something wonderful happened yesterday. Where multiple breaches along the levees of the Industrial Canal and the Intracoastal Waterway resulted in devastating flooding and damage in the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a public unveiling, ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of another completed house in New Orleans. But Sugar, this ain’t no ordinary house ………… (more…)
Named after a Greek sea goddess, CETO harnesses the enormous renewable energy present in our ocean’s waves and converts it into two of the most valuable commodities in the sustainable growth of the planet; zero-emission electricity and zero-emission desalinated water. An innovative green technology from Carnegie Wave Energy Limited headquartered in Perth, Australia, initial development of CETO began in 1999 and by 2006, the CETO I prototype proved the concept of generating zero-emission power and freshwater from the ocean waves. (more…)
The team from Germany, Technische Universität Darmstadt has won the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon for the second competition in a row, the previous competition was in 2007. In second place was Team Illinois, and third place went to Team California, whom promptly declared it party time and cranked up the California-themed music on their house’s entertainment center, as judges and spectators had one last look at the homes.
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Currently underway on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., twenty teams are competing in the U.S. 
Way down yonder in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, a few blocks east of the Industrial Canal that links the Mississippi River to 
