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A company that uses analytics software to help buildings improve their energy use has added a heavy-hitter in the cleantech sphere to its board of directors. FirstFuel Software’s newest board member is Phil Giudice, who was previously a commissioner with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), as well
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Happy spring, Greenbangers! The pace of smart grid/smart cities developments continues to accelerate, and that’s keeping us busier than ever here at Greenbang. Our latest news is the release of our report comparing the visibility of leading smart-cities firms, “The Greenbang Smart Matrix™ – Smart Cities: How brands compare
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Hello Greenbangers, and happy Friday! There’s no slowdown in developments in the smart grid/smart cities sector, and that’s great news. With the sustainability challenges facing us becoming ever more apparent (just look at the dramatic rises we’re seeing in oil and basic food prices globally), we
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Too busy catching up on Monday’s work to follow the latest developments in cleantech? Here are a few of the latest headlines: * A $350,000 (US) grant from The UPS Foundation will be used to take a Georgia-initiated “no-idling” program to K through 12 schools across the US. “Turning
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So what else is happening in the world of cleantech? Here are some recent headlines you might have missed: * Environment marketing agency EcoAlign today announced the release of a new report, “Increasing Energy Efficiency Through Decentralised Coordination.” The report, which explores how infrastructure technologies can increase awareness of electricity consumption
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Looking to catch up on cleantech developments now that the weekend’s past? Following are some stories you might have missed: * Officials in Westchester County, New York, has begun collecting used cooking oil from the area’s 3,500 restaurants for conversion into fuel for its vehicle fleet, the New
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If you couldn’t wade through all the cleantech news yesterday, not to worry. Following are some highlights from the past 24 hours: * The Electric Power Research Institute has launched a second project aimed at helping utility operators add solar power to their existing, fossil-fuel-based electric plants. Both projects plan
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Need to catch up on your cleantech news after the weekend? After you’ve done with shoveling away the snow on your steps, check out some of the recent headlines you might have missed: * While many of the adverts aired during yesterday’s Super Bowl broadcast less than wowed, GE’
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What was happening in the world of cleantech yesterday? Following are some of the headlines you might have missed: * It’s on again, it’s off again. After initially granting its OK to the project, the German government has ordered a halt to an ocean fertilisation experiment in the Southern
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If you work in tech, it’s time to put on your smug hat. If you work in green tech, it’s time to put on your smug hat, smug jumpsuit and flashing ‘I’m smug’ light-up tie, for Bill Cobourn, global & U.S. technology leader and partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Ken Livingstone will have to go a long way to apologise to the world for his part in a series of adverts promoting cheese back in the heady brace and leg warmer wearing 1980s. Back then, he was pushing red leicester, trading on his Red Ken nickname. Now he’s
