Last year the US House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security (Waxman-Markey). The bill aimed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 17% by 2020 and over 80% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels. The […]
The Autodesk Solar Radiation Technology Preview is available on Autodesk Labs. It allows you while you are designing a building to use the geometry of massing elements from your BIM model to calculate the amount […]
In May 2008, new regulations for wind turbines were introduced in Denmark that meant that all wind turbines are subject to what is called “type approval.” What this means is that new products must undergo […]
It looks like Congress may be willing to agree to redefine broadband as a telecommunications service if some of the rules that apply to phone companies such as pricing and billing oversight, are relaxed for […]
Nova Scotia introduced Renewable Energy Standards (RES), often called a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) in other jurisdictions in February, 2007. The RES are mandatory standards that require that by 2013, Nova Scotia will generate at least 18.5% […]
Jean Thie of EcoInformatics has identified the longest beaver dam yet, 850 meters, just south of Lake Claire, about 190 km to the north northeast of Fort McMurray (of tar sands fame), inside Wood Buffalo […]
Google has announced that it has invested $38.8 million in two wind farms in North Dakota with a capacity of 169.5 MW. The wind farms were developed by NextEra Energy Resources. The investment was not […]