$400 gallon of gas drives new energy efficiency solutions to the mainstream audience. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Green
A Bucket of White Paint for 100 Cities
NPR’s Talk of the Nation interviews Hashem Akbari, senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, following Secretary Steven Chu’s comments on white roofs and white top roads in The Economist. It is a further explanation of the value of white roofs and white top roads. Listen to the interview. Continue reading
Green Thinking – Outside of the Box? Local First
Why is it ‘news’ when someone applies the rules of nature to architecture, climate change, or even national energy policies? Common sense is returning. Recently The Economist profiled the new U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in the July 2, 2009 issue (see earlier post). Secretary Chu being a Nobel Prize winner in physics is a … Continue reading
