It was not happenstance that brought 2010 Renewable Energy World Conference to Austin, TX from February 23rd to 26th. Texas is now the largest producer of renewable energy in the country and has emerged as perhaps the most intriguing example for energy integration. The Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has gained an enviable...
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Source: Time.com For more than a decade, 57-year-old roofer and writer Joseph Jenkins has been advocating that we flush our toilets down the drain and put a bucket in the bathroom instead. When a bucket in one of his five bathrooms is full, he empties it in the compost pile in his backyard in...
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized certification system that provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built to improve performance across a variety of metrics: energy savings, water efficiency, emissions reduction and improved indoor environmental quality. The current economic stimulus program brought more attention to the green...
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