Richard T. StuebiAs pretty much everyone knows, it's been a hot summer -- here in the Northeastern U.S. and across the globe -- as 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record. This weekend was brutally so, and to capitalize on it, the Plain-Dealer here in Cleveland ran a couple of articles on air conditioning in yesterday's paper.The more interesting article (which obviously was syndicated nationally, as here is the version from the Los Angeles Times) was a piece by Stan Cox entitled AC: It's Not as Cool as You Think . Cox is promoting his new book Losing Our Cool, which profiles t...
By John Addison (7/26/10)Solar energy growth continues its strong growth. For the 30 years from 1979 to 2009, solar energy has grown 33 % CAGR (compound average growth rate). For this decade, over 40 percent is forecast. Although 2009 was hurt by a s...
Everywhere you look people are trying to do more with less. Reduce costs, increase efficiency, reduce energy use, recover resources. There are strong economic drivers to do all of these things, they also happen to be sustainable.Last Thursday (July 2...
