Clean Energy

U.S. Green Building Council and Indie Energy Partner for Energy Efficient Buildings

Indie Energy announces their new technology collaboration U.S. Green Building Council which will allow for the integration of the LEED certification process. This partnership will allow for an open source technology platform that combines LEED's process with real-time data, along with third-party applications.

Submitted by DRT on Sun, 2011-10-09 03:28

Elegant Solution to Climate Change - By Margaret Barton, M-CAM Intern

 

Climate change is a problem in a world that is rapidly urbanizing. The magnitude of the problem is overwhelming.  By 2050, about 8 billion people are expected to live within one day’s travel of cities. We need to do more than we already are.

Submitted by DLH on Tue, 2011-08-30 00:51

Integral Urban Ecovillage Challenge

Country or Countries Where Challenge Takes Place: 
United States

The challenge is to create a network of Integral Urban Ecovillages in the St. Louis Missouri region, as a model for emergency preparedness, distributed renewable power, food and water production, that is grid positive, more as an exporter of goods and services, including capturing and treating precipitation that falls on the site and treating greywater, vegetative waste and sewage for nutrient energy and water recapture and reuse.

Commodity: 
Water, rivers, caves, trails, people, parks, gardens, mineral springs, water, food, old buildings
Custom & Culture: 
Pride in neighborhood, importance of family, symphony, students earning service hours, schools, universities, art galleries
Knowledge: 
Future residents, universities, schools, engineering professors, climate scientists, school of nutrition, Capstone projects, storytellers, gardeners, Botanical Garden
Money: 
Contract with Commerce Bank for tax credits, sub-local currency, equity, unit reservations
Technology: 
Tools, equipment and materials for SCIPs manufacturing and gardening, Integral Urban Ecovillage, You and I technology, cohousing and ecovillage methodology, cost savings synergies among businesses healing arts, transformational training
Well-Being: 
Community focus, health care facilities, alternative health practitioners, dance, gardens, relationships
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2011-05-21 17:00

Renovate NYC's Pier 40 and the Village Community Boathouse as an Abundant Community Facility

Pier 40 and the Village Community Boathouse have been serving New York City for X amount of years.

The rise in price of rents, creeping private real estate developers, and a crumbling national infrastructure have contributed to the cacophony of bureaucratic questions surrounding the facility and a planned solar panel renovation.

Pier 40 and VCB is a public mixed use facility.

Public Rowing, Non-profits and other local businesses

Commodity: 
Landfills full of raw materials. Skilled, willing, and resilient human resources with strong interpersonal skills, who are focused on efficiency AND preservation of self, to avoid bodily harm. Communitas
Custom & Culture: 
Many humans adhering to spiritual virtues, major and minor, within their own perceived limitations against the city and irresponsible wealth.
Knowledge: 
GIC
Money: 
An integral part of the this challenge, money can be accumulated by increasing design efficiency and decreasing materials cost. Labor cost can remain consistent with the existing NYC ethic for commensurate work.
Technology: 
GIC
Well-being: 
Cardiovascular Health, Knowledge Exchange, Community Service, Communitas, Freedom of Expression
Links: 
Pier 40 on Yelp!
Village Community Boathouse
Submitted by DmitryAGurvits on Wed, 2011-05-18 13:17

Israel Attempts to Power Their Country with Renewable Energy

 

Recently in WIRED, Michael Kanellos reported that Israel had predicted that they could get 90 percent of its power from renewable energy.

The National Solar Energy Center in Israel has stated that they could get the energy using things like vanadium-redox flow batteries and pumped hyrdo storage. By studying the baseline power of the country’s electricity consumption on an hour-by-hour basis, the group found that while a large solar facility may not be the best option, but concentrating photovoltaic might be the best option.

Submitted by MLD on Sat, 2011-04-09 07:20

Wacky Technology Wednesday: Renewable Energy Project in Susya

In the cave dweller communities of the South Hebron Hills, in Palestine, the poor farmers and shepherds who suffer from systematic discrimination are not connected to the power grid or water supply system. In 2009, the Villages Group initiated a Renewable Energy Initiative. Twenty families in Susya were equipped with small solar systems and two wind turbines to provide basic home needs of illumination, small radio or TV, and mobile phone charging. A course on wind turbine construction was held to teach the people how to create even more sources of renewable energy.

Submitted by MLD on Sun, 2011-02-20 03:33

Nelson County Life Magazine Features Mongolian Greenhouse GIC Challenge

Last week the Nelson County Life Magazine featured the Mongolian Greenhouse GIC Challenge. Local glass engineer Bill Hess and M-CAM's Ken Dabkowski were interviewed. Please read more here: http://issuu.com/nclmag/docs/nelson_county_life_magazine_69/25 on Pages 25-27.

Submitted by KAD on Mon, 2010-12-06 13:28

"Frugal Engineering" with a Commons Twist

Last month, Wired Magazine, featured an article discussing successful ways to help developing countries at a cost effective price. David Wolman, the author of "Want to Help Developing Countries? Sell Them Good Stuff- Cheap", brought to light many companies which are starting a new business model. 

Submitted by MLD on Tue, 2010-10-19 15:28
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