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Category Archives: Innovation, Technology & Design
Designing Cities with People in Mind
Cities are not laid out with people in mind. They are designed for the car. Walking across 8 lanes of traffic to cross the street in 15 seconds may not be too challenging for able bodied individuals, but when I’m out walking, I see plenty of people who walk with devices to assist their mobility.
Why the Cloud is Green
Businesses these days are flocking to green options and to cloud services. Fortunately, the two are interconnected and, in many cases, complement one another perfectly.
Tagged Cloud, Computing, Green IT
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How the West can Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Cleantech in 2012
For the past decade Western countries have led the way in cleantech, but the reduction of government support for the sector is advancing China’s position as an international cleantech leader. Due to the eurozone crisis, China can expect to see very little demand from European countries.
Tagged cleantech, Global Trade, innovation
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What is Innovation? And Why The Question Matters
What types of “innovation” should markets and society value? What types of products, services, and businesses can justifiably be labeled as “innovation”?
Connecting Components of Renewable Energy
In rural Africa, over 90 percent of people do not have access to electricity. To address this problem, Solar Nexus International (SNI) has designed a contained system of solar power generation that can be installed relatively quickly and easily.
Tagged electricity, innovation, solar
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As Goes LanzaTech, so Goes Cleantech
If you are in the cleantech sector and had not previously heard about Lanzatech, you likely have now. The company raised a big, $55.8M round last week that has been widely applauded and covered.
Tagged asia, Bio-energy, cleantech, Greg Neichin, technology, Waste
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Out with the New in with the Old
A few months back I had the opportunity to tour three LEED certified projects on three consecutive days. All three projects achieved LEED gold and were located in the greater Denver area. The following op-ed is a bit of a reflection on these visits and what it means to build green.
Tagged Denver, Design, epa, Eric Wilson, LEED, Waste
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Feeling Blue About Green? Reasons for Cleantech Optimism…
There are so many easy reasons to be a pessimist today: the world financial crisis, the discord and dysfunction in Washington, and the almost certain doom that many scientists claim we are facing from global warming. With the first high profile cleantech company failures, the euphoria of the cleantech bubble has burst creating pessimism about the future of cleantech as a whole.
Tagged cleantech, David Gold, technology
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