Submit Abstracts Now, Buildings Summer Study Call for Papers Open!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

ACEEE is now accepting abstracts for the 2016 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, “From Components to Systems, From Buildings to Communities.”    Go to: http://aceee.org/conferences/2016/ssb#program and click on the PDF of the Call for Papers to get full instructions for submitting a 250 word abstract online.    2016 Summer Study Panels: Panel 1: Residential Buildings: …

NewEnergyNews – August 29

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewEnergyNews:            Daily Headlines www.NewEnergyNews.net/     WEEKEND VIDEOS, August 29-30: * Pictures Of Sea Level Rise * Change And Be Changed * Postcards From Hawaii’s New Energy Struggle     FRIDAY WORLD, August 28: * PROOF OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE FROM NASA * ISRAEL TURNS TO THE SUN * INDIA FIXES WIND * EU BACKS WIRELESS …

Democratic Energy Initiative

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

  Last week, I continued to push back against faulty utility assertions by showing that distributed solar is cost-competitive with utility-scale when transmission and distribution costs are taken into account.  So the next time your electric company tells you that bigger solar is better, ask them this: for whom? Keep your …

Ben Goldsmith launches Menhaden green investment trust

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Ben Goldsmith, brother of Conservative MP and environmental campaigner Zac Goldsmith, is floating an investment fund backed by high-profile business figures to invest in green businesses. Menhaden Capital will target business opportunities that specialise in saving resources such as energy and water or cutting waste. The investment trust will raise …