In the US buildings are responsible for 39% of CO2 emissions and 72% of electric power consumption. Green Building Studio (GBS) web service provides whole-building energy, water, and carbon emission analysis over the web. The […]
According to the BBC, 55 countries who together produce 78 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases from fossil fuels have sent in pledges for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions as part of the agreement in […]
Geoff tracks the contribution of geospatial technology to the digitalization of the construction and energy industries with a special focus on mapping underground utility infrastructure and the integration of BIM and geospatial for full lifecycle […]
According to the World Factbook, if California were an independent nation, in 2007 it would have had the World’s tenth largest economy. It is important not only from a national but also from an international […]
According to a Dutch study, Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nordic countries, South Korea, United Kingdom, Ireland, and United States are responsible for 65% of worldwide fossil fuel-fired power generation. The average efficiencies of […]
The GDAL/OGR Project has announced the release of GDAL/OGR 1.7.0, which is the first major release since 1.6.0 about a year ago. There’s quite an extensive list of new raster and vector drivers as well […]
In my last blog post I mentioned that the US has no no explicit federal policy to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions like the EU’s objective that 20 percent of energy should be produced […]
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), 2009 would have been an economically disastrous year without federal stimulus funding. The AWEA had expected wind-power development to drop 50% in 2009, but about $2.2 billion […]