Have a brilliant green tech idea that you're just itching to get to store shelves? Now's the time to file a patent. The U.S. government is cutting the average review time for green technology-related patents from 40 months to 12 ...READ»
This past October, the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) program gave $151 million to so-called "moonshot" green tech companies that are working on projects that might not otherwise have a ...READ»
The design is complex, the island logic simple: Find a cheaper way to cool tropical buildings and you can spend less on imported oil. All that money saved on overhead means--Aloha!--more clam shells for everyone to dump back into ...READ»
The Obama administration has been good to the renewable energy industry, with the Department of Energy announcing in July that it will give up to $30 billion in loan guarantees to renewable energy projects. Now the DOE is going out ...READ»
As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ»
The green-tech rating EPEAT system, found on things like newer PC monitors, has become so successful that its parent body, the Green Electronics Council, is taking it global. It sounds like good news, but is it?
Even if you don't ...READ»
