Dutch startup Qurrent is taking the notion of consumer-generated power a step further with technology to enable neighbourhood-wide energy networks. Continued at Springwise…
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Zerofootprint Gets Calculated About Climate Change
“It’s hard to tell, at first glance, whether Zerofootprint is a serious business or a feel-good environmental action group. The answer, easily discovered before long, is that it is likely both…the company as two separate entities: A non-profit umbrella group, the Zerofootprint Foundation, and separate for-profit arms that handle building out the calculator for cities […]
SolarSailor – Innovation Inspired by Insects
Solar Sailor is an Australian company innovating in the marine industry. Recent CNN coverage is gratifying – it’s not easy to turn old industries around. See recent video on CNN. (Disclosure: I’m an investor in this company and served on the board for a couple of years.)
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data
Wired reports that “Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and previewed to the scientific community at […]
New Eco-Patent Commons Aims to Open Source Cleantech
A new initiative spearheaded by IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes and Sony will give companies a way to “donate†patents relating to cleantech or environmental science for use by entrepreneurs, governments and researchers, starting with a seed fund of some 30 patents shared by the four companies…. http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/14/new-eco-patent-commons-aims-to-open-source-cleantech/ http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2016
Clorox Aims to Show that ‘Green Works’
Joel Makower asks: “Can a major consumer packaged goods company with a name indelibly associated with household bleach become a leading light in the green marketplace?” That’s the hope of Clorox, the Oakland-based company, which this week is launching its first new brand in twenty years: Green Works, a line of cleaning products. more . […]
Bill McDonough at AlwaysOn Green
 In case you missed Bill speaking at AlwaysOn’s GoingGreen conference last year (and at $3k per seat, you probably did!), here are some excerpts from his “strategy of hope†for sustainable design keynote. http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/2282 http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/22932
Delphi Introduces Innovative Electronics Cooling Systems at CES
 “The patented technology behind these fans was developed through a license agreement with PaxIT, utilizing technology developed by PAX Scientific, Inc. This industrial design firm specializes in identifying, evaluating and replicating the flow efficiencies of nature into streamlined design geometries, a concept known as biomimicry. In the case of Delphi’s fan technology, the use […]
Going Green a Boon to Business
“Businesses, governments and NGOs are laying the foundations for the world’s first sustainable global economy, the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute says in an uncommonly upbeat State of the World report for 2008.” More… Briefing by WWI: Jan 30th: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5563
Tipping Point? Two Evening Events Start The Year Green
 While they typically talk bits and bytes, hardware and software, these Silicon Valley institutions have decided to start the year out with green themes: Commonwealth Club in conjunction with Computer History Museum start out the year with: IT’S EASY BEING GREEN | WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23 http://www.commonwealthclub.org/sv/ (sorry…no direct event link…) and Tuesday, January 29th […]