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Grow a Green Multifamily Development

Written by Renewable Energy on August 1st, 2011.

Green Multifamily Developments – attract tenants, boost building life, and upgrade your building’s sustainable practices – without going broke along the way.
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Geothermal Energy Dangers

Written by Renewable Energy on July 14th, 2011.

Geothermal energy is one of the leading technologies in the field of renewable energy – but does this green solution come with potential dangers?  Building owners and facility managers should always be on the lookout for cost-effective green…

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Wind Turbine Disasters

Written by Renewable Energy on July 11th, 2011.

Wind turbines have been hailed as one of the greatest advancements in the age of renewable energy, but often the potential negative impacts and occasionally downright deadly disasters involving these green energy darlings are ignored.

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Harvard Secures Free Hot Water

Written by Renewable Energy on July 1st, 2011.

Solar thermal slashes Harvard’s heating bill and secures free hot water options.
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Biofuel Nanoparticle Enhancement

Written by Renewable Energy on April 11th, 2011.

A new study published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy shows that the addition of alumina nanoparticles can improve the performance and combustion of biofuel.  These nano-enhanced biofuels also come with the added benefit of prod…

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Global Clean Energy Investment: $243 Billion in 2010

Written by Renewable Energy on March 29th, 2011.

Global clean energy finance and investment grew 30% in 2010 to $243 billion, according to new research by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Green Cars from Pineapples and Bananas?

Written by Renewable Energy on March 28th, 2011.

Scientists in Brazil have developed a way to use fibers from pineapples, bananas, and other plants in a new generation of automotive plastics that are stronger, lighter, and more “green” than plastics now in use.  The technology was described at t…

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Renewable Petroleum a Possibility?

Written by Renewable Energy on March 23rd, 2011.

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a crucial key to unlocking the possibility of renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight, and dioxide.
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Wind and Solar Can Supply 25% of Oahu’s Electricity

Written by Renewable Energy on March 18th, 2011.

The Oahu Wind Integration Study has come up with some exciting numbers regarding wind and solar energy for Hawaii. 
Combined with Oahu wind farms and solar energy, the Interisland Wind project to bring 400 megawatts of wind power from Molokai and…

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China’s Solution: The Solar Greenhouse

Written by Renewable Energy on March 18th, 2011.

Solar greenhouses have played a role in China’s agricultural scene for some time, but new innovations are taking them to the next level in addressing the global energy crisis and climate change.
A recently published report based on 20 years of systemat…

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