Renewable Energy Laboratory

Cities and developers across the globe recognize that they can increase asset value and attract business/people through sustainable development. Sustainable development includes improving esthetics, mobility, the environment, and energy systems. The US census determined that 80% of the population now lives in cites, up from 40% one hundred years ago. The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy [...]

Architype won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2009. The company designs buildings that require minimal heating, cooling and lighting through insulation, passive solar gain, natural ventilation and well placed windows.

Managing Sustainable Global Supply Chains Designed for executives and senior supply chain, purchasing and sustainability managers, this systematic review synthesizes 194 studies spanning 25 years of research on sustainable supply chains and presents frameworks for developing competitive and sustainable global supply chains.

Interview with Sonja van Renssen, ENDSEurope, Member of the jury. The European Commission has honored Alcatel-Lucents Alternative Energy Program with its Sustainable Energy Europe Award 2010. The commissions competition had five categories, with a total of 272 entries and a selection of 26 finalists. Alcatel-Lucent won in the Market Transformation-Voluntary Commitments category.

Listen to Dr Peter Ashman talk about processes for the clean, efficient and sustainable production of energy. Visit www.giantpandas.org.au to find out more.

Palace: Fuel subsidy not sustainable Malacañang admitted on Friday that the planned fuel subsidy is not a sustainable move to mitigate the effects of increasing oil prices but they had to do it. Read more on GMA News

Tom Beach interviews the Non-Profit Toolbox’s lead sponsor Steve Pineault, President of South Shore Solar Inc. (The Solar Fan Man) about the sustainable energy movement in Massachusetts. The primary focus of his company is to work with the sustainable energy community to reduce global warming and our dependence on oil and coal generated electricity. Sustainable [...]

About the Speaker: Secretary Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize Winner who was appointed as the US Secretary for Energy in January 2009. A second generation Chinese American, in his previous academic career, he was Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University since 1987. He has a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley [...]