November, 2018

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Will Solar Panels Work During a Power Outage?

Sunrun

Power Outages are Increasing at an Alarming Rate Power outages and blackouts were unfortunately common last year, affecting millions of people1 in the path of severe storms and wildfires. On the East coast, 60 mph winds cut power to more than 1 million customers - toppling 4,000 power lines - and on the West coast a raging fire in California forced utility companies to shut off electricity to hundreds of thousands.2 The bad news is that these are only two examples of disasters and blackouts in 2

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Bringing Climate Change Solutions Home

Mosaic

The Earth’s climate is changing. 97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. CO2 is a powerful greenhouse gas that blocks heat from escaping into the atmosphere, and the dramatic increase in our use of carbonaceous fossil fuels like coal and oil since the 19th century has increased atmospheric concentrations of CO2 from 2

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Review of Climate Policy Options

Low Carbon Prosperity

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. Abstract: There is a growing recognition among businesses, policymakers, and the general public regarding the economic and societal risks of climate change. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Andrew Winston

(Hi all. In the last couple of months the scientific and policy worlds have issued some dire reports. The IPCC released its assessment on whether, and how, the world could hold warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (and the dire consequences of not doing so). And over Thanksgiving, the US National Climate Assessment came out. I wrote this last month about what businesses should be doing in the wake of the IPCC report.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Floods, Water Quality in Central Texas/NC/FL and Crowdfunding A Solution.

Varuna

In the last few months flood related water quality issues have ravaged Austin (more below), North Carolina , Florida , and many other states/countries outside the US. Turbidity has been an issue due to flood carrying debris and taking the impurities in the water to levels higher than the water cleaning and filtration systems in these cities/regions can handle.

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4 ways to cultivate strong relationships with your solar leads

Sighten

In the previous post in our solar sales series, we discussed how to use the techniques of storytelling and social proof to improve your solar pitch. By leveraging the way your customers relate to other people - and by using your solar proposal to layer in case studies and different examples of social proof - you can help prospects make buying decisions with confidence.

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Your Zero-Carbon Gift Guide For Green Holidays 2018

Forbes Green Tech

You won't find any compromises in this gift guide. To make the cut, these gifts must be carbon negative—they mustremove more carbon pollution than they contribute to the atmosphere.

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Maria Saltz: December Member of the Month

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

WCS Member of the Month highlights the fantastic stories of female leaders in the industry. This month, we spotlight Maria Saltz, Sr. Manager, Marketing and Customer Insights at Adobe. WCS : What excites you most about the work you are doing? Maria: I have spent my career working in various functions at tech giants of Silicon Valley such as Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), Yahoo, Seagate, and Adobe.

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TUTORIAL MENCARI PERMAINAN YANG BENAR DI PKV GAMES

Green Technology

TUTORIAL MENCARI PERMAINAN YANG BENAR DI PKV GAMES. Cara menabalkan permainan yang jelas di pkv games! Dalam permainan pkv games, kita mampu mengetahui bahwa sedianya ada banyak sungguh jenis permainan yang tersedia dan mampu kita mainkan. Malahan banyak di renggangan pemain khususnya pembimbing mereka yang tetap bingung dalam mengukuhkan pilihan permainan manakah yang harus mereka main.

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AutoGrid Demand Response Series Econ BYOT™

AutoGrid

A two-part series exploring the structure and economics of BYOT programs. Part 1: Introduction to BYOT. By Sadia Raveendran. Bring Your Own Things (BYOT ), also known as Bring Your Own Device, is an increasingly important strategy for utilities seeking to manage energy demand from within their customer base. BYOT programs historically have focused on thermostats.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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5 tips to get great customer reviews & referrals

Sighten

Everyone wants great reviews, testimonials, and referrals. But there’s a big difference between wanting these things and actually building them into your company’s process to ensure you get them. Referrals and positive reviews are tied to hugely positive outcomes for your business. Both significantly reduce customer acquisition cost (CAC), which results in faster and more profitable growth.

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How Does Solar Energy Help the Environment?

Sunrun

The Ugly Facts of Climate Change It’s hard to speak about climate change without using frightening statistics. The science is conclusive. Just this month the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)1 stated that our planet’s temperature is rising at an alarming rate, and faster than we initially thought. By the year 2030 - unless we act now - there will be even more extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people due to the rise in

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THE LATEST: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC BOLD IDEAS CHALLENGE

Greentown Labs

It’s Greentown Launch season here at Greentown Labs, and this fall we’re BOLDLY going where no program has gone before. The participants of the Schneider Electric Bold Ideas Challenge are four startups working in the energy storage and distribution space. Our goal of the program? To bring all parties together to support the growth of each venture while exploring potential collaborations.

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Maria Saltz: December Member of the Month

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

WCS Member of the Month highlights the fantastic stories of female leaders in the industry. This month, we spotlight Maria Saltz, Sr. Manager, Marketing and Customer Insights at Adobe. WCS : What excites you most about the work you are doing? Maria: I have spent my career working in various functions at tech giants of Silicon Valley such as Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), Yahoo, Seagate, and Adobe.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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WEB BANDARQ ONLINE TERPOPULER DAN AGEN PERTARUHAN DOMINOQQ

Green Technology

WEB BANDARQ ONLINE TERPOPULER DAN AGEN PERTARUHAN DOMINOQQ. Situs bandarq online tepercaya serta agen judi dominoqq! Bandarq adalah satu diantara jenis permainan kartu judi online dominoqq. Jika permainan bola tangkas atau domino99 masing-masing pemain memiliki kedudukan yang sama. Maka bandarq tidak kolektif, permainan bandarq punya satu orang yang bertindak sebagai pemilik uang judi.

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AutoGrid Demand Response Series Econ BYOT™

AutoGrid

A two-part series exploring the structure and economics of BYOT programs. Part 1: Introduction to BYOT. By Sadia Raveendran. Bring Your Own Things (BYOT ), also known as Bring Your Own Device, is an increasingly important strategy for utilities seeking to manage energy demand from within their customer base. BYOT programs historically have focused on thermostats.

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How the IoT Can Reduce Waste

Living Green Technology

The hype that comes with the Internet of Things means that more people are seeing its diverse uses, and these include ecological applications. In particular, the Pew Research Center Internet Project indicates that the IoT will improve the efficiency of waste reduction. With environmental concerns becoming more apparent today, many are looking to the tech as a timely response to said issue.

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What Is the Life Expectancy of a Solar Battery?

Sunrun

Learn the Factors That Impact the Life of a Home Battery Unit According to recent data, seven out of 10 solar shoppers express interest in adding a battery to their solar installations1 — and it makes perfect sense! Energy storage lets you keep the excess electricity your solar panels produce during the day and use it when you need it most, such as in a power outage, at nights, or when utility rates are higher to maximize your savings.2 But since a solar battery storage system is a significant,

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Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Treehugger - Technology

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.

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Save the Date: Cleantech Investing & Markets 1/14/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Cleantech Investing & Markets. Save the Date: 1/14/21. The post Save the Date: Cleantech Investing & Markets 1/14/21 appeared first on Women in Cleantech & Sustainability.

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Melakukan Taruhan Dengan Target Kelebihan Bandarqq

Green Technology

Melakukan Taruhan Dengan Target Kelebihan Bandarqq. Tidak sekedar hanya mengerti jumlahnya kartunya saja akan tetapi pahami serta mengenakan taktik dan trick tersendiri saat bermain permainan bandarqq tersebut. Ialah satu taktik yang disebut terik gampang begitupun sekalipun. Skema pandangan produk bandarqq ini pada prinsipnya sama sebagaimana dengan permainan domino qiu qiu.

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Visualizing cost-managed approaches to reducing WA emissions

Low Carbon Prosperity

Overview. Economics are a primary concern in a well-designed strategy to reduce carbon. The potential ways to reduce carbon emissions vary dramatically on an economic basis. Some are so beneficial that they return more money to the economy than they cost, like LED lighting which is now commonplace in homes and businesses. At the other extreme are very costly solutions, although some achieve sufficient justification based on co-benefits.

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Reduce Energy Waste in the Bedroom with These 4 Tips

Living Green Technology

The bedroom, the room in which most people spend nearly one-third of their life, can be streamlined for energy use just as other living spaces. Everything from technology use to bedroom design can cut energy use and increase overall home efficiency. Most energy conservation in the bedroom requires preparation but little effort once the changes are made. 1.

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2018 Mid-Term Elections: What Could They Mean for Clean Energy and Innovation?

38 North Solutions

As the final ballots are tallied from the mid-term elections, the 38 North Solutions team is taking stock of how changes in the make-up of both House and Senate could impact clean energy and innovation public policy. On the House side, the decisions on Speaker and key Chairmanships will likely take place the week after Thanksgiving. It is expected that Rep.

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Is hydrogen back in the energy picture? Or is it all just shilling for oil companies?

Treehugger - Technology

The only people who benefit from the hydrogen economy are the oil and petrochemical companies that make the stuff.

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Save the Date: Women of EVs Virtual Happy Hour • 2/18/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Women of EVs Virtual Happy Hour. Save the Date: 2/18/21. The post Save the Date: Women of EVs Virtual Happy Hour • 2/18/21 appeared first on Women in Cleantech & Sustainability.

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WCS Talks 2018 Pitch Competition Winner

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. Artveoli Inc.’s breathable art takes home the prize at 5th Annual Women in Cleantech & Sustainability’s WCS Talks for its ability to filter indoor air. ?. Sunnyvale, CA – November 13, 2018 – California-based non-profit Women in Cleantech and Sustainability (WCS) announced Silicon Valley-based Artveoli as the winner of the first cleantech and sustainabilit

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WCS Talks 2018 Pitch Competition Winner

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. Artveoli Inc.’s breathable art takes home the prize at 5th Annual Women in Cleantech & Sustainability’s WCS Talks for its ability to filter indoor air. ?. Sunnyvale, CA – November 13, 2018 – California-based non-profit Women in Cleantech and Sustainability (WCS) announced Silicon Valley-based Artveoli as the winner of the first cleantech and sustainabilit

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Save the Date: Women on Corporate Boards • 2/25/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Women on Corporate Boards. Save the Date: 2/25/21. The post Save the Date: Women on Corporate Boards • 2/25/21 appeared first on Women in Cleantech & Sustainability.

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Does this new rocket engine threaten to fill the atmosphere with mercury?

Treehugger - Technology

That's the worry about this Apollo Constellation engine.