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March 24, 2011
Making Buildings Better: Indie Energy & the Geothermal Breakthrough

Read about Indie Energy -- one of several clean energy small businesses involved in the "Entrepreneurial Mentor Corps."

March 17, 2011
Manhattan Beer Distributors' first diesel-electric hybrid delivery vehicle | Photo Courtesy of Manhattan Beer Distributors
Green Beer: Not Just for St. Patrick’s Day

How the Clean Cities program has helped small business fleets like Manhattan Beer Distributors adopt fuel efficient vehicle technology -- reducing costs and pollution in the process.

March 16, 2011
Ener-G-Rotors' 5kW prototype system | courtesy of Ener-G-Rotors
Turning Waste Heat into Power: Ener-G-Rotors and the Entrepreneurial Mentorship Program

If you’ve ever driven by an industrial plant, you’ve probably noticed big white plumes rising from the tops of the facilities. While it might look like smoke or pollution at first glance, most of the time those white plumes are comprised of steam and heat, or what Ener-G-Rotors CEO Michael Newell calls waste heat. Mike and the researchers of Ener-G-Rotors are finding ways to use this escaped steam and turn it into energy.

March 16, 2011
A Former "Most Wanted" Building Gets a Reprieve

City Hall reforms itself from the most in-efficient building in West Texas with the help of grant funds.

March 8, 2011
New Choctaw Nation Recycling Center Posts Quick Results

“If you build it, they will come" ...to recycle. That line from the 1989 film Field of Dreams is as good a way as any to describe how the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s new regional recycling center is being received.

March 2, 2011
E. coli for Energy: Ginkgo BioWorks and the Entrepreneurial Mentorship Program

Ginkgo BioWorks, a small business founded by five PhDs from MIT, who are working to re-engineer organisms like E. coli into something else. In this case, they want to use the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into a liquid transportation fuel.

February 22, 2011
Demolishing Decay at the Hanford Site

Check out this epic demolition video from the Hanford Site in Washington state. But its more than just great footage -- this represents important progress in the cleanup of the environmental legacy of one of America's most famous scientific undertakings -- the Manhattan Project.

February 10, 2011
Before and after shots | Courtesy of the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs
Historic School Building Taking On New Energy-Efficient Role

The imposing brick structure that generations of city residents knew as the Baton Rouge Junior High School is being given an “extreme makeover” and a new purpose for the 21st Century, thanks in part to funding from the Recovery Act.

February 9, 2011
Turning Waste Into Fuel: How the INEOS Biorefinery Is Changing the Clean Energy Game

The Indian River Bioenergy Center is turning waste into fuel -- and adding hundreds of jobs along the way.

February 8, 2011
Before and after shots of a new boiler system | courtesy of the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs
San Francisco Turns Up The Heat In Push To Eliminate Old Boilers

San Francisco’s extensive stock of multifamily properties is getting some critical assistance in replacing old and inefficient boilers with new, high-efficiency heating systems using Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds.