One of the greenest homes ever built Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and... [more]

If you attend enough events covering venture capital investment in greentech, the same, sometimes obvious, themes start to repeat.VCs need to invest in billion-dollar markets.Teams are important.The company has to be capital-efficient, but paradoxica... [more]

If you attend enough events covering venture capital investment in greentech, the same, sometimes obvious, themes start to repeat.VCs need to invest in billion dollar markets.Teams are important.The company has to be capital efficient but paradoxical... [more]

It's taken nearly two decades, but a technology that is getting quite close to electronic paper will soon hit the market.Qualcomm late this year will begin to produce Mirasol displays -- thin, energy-efficient displays that show video and reproduce c... [more]

The city of Leesburg, Florida boasted some of the highest power rates in the state less than five years ago. Today it strives to be the lowest cost retail provider of electricity in the sunshine state. The municipal utility still has a far way to go,... [more]

Bad day for energy efficiency the other day. I have a new house (actually a new to me 55 year old house), and was all excited to have an energy auditor come out and energy audit me. After all, I write Cleantech Blog, and did an article not too lo... [more]

By Ali Hart Although a majority of the partnerships discussed at Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships 2010 focused on the environment, alliances prioritizing economic and social impacts were also featured. In an effort to stimulate sustainability in... [more]

Misperceptions about energy complicate efforts to save.by Roger ValdezA recent study Public perceptions of energy consumption and savings conducted by researchers at Columbia University, Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon University found ... [more]

Photo: CreeLet There Be LightAt TreeHugger, we've been writing about ways to make lighting more energy efficient for years. Not because it's the most important things to do to reduce your footprint (more important things including: signing up for Gre... [more]

The August 13 issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), devotes a special section to Scaling Up Alternative Energy . Most of the section, including some nifty comparative infographics, can be ac... [more]