Look at Your Utility Bill Most utility bills are split into two parts: Electricity Natural gas For homeowners, natural gas typically is a smaller charge as gas goes towards cooking and sometimes heating (typically a small area). But this often not the same for businesses. Commercial building owners and the industrial sector consume a majority [...]

Environmental Social Movement – For Solar Yes – the solar movement is going viral! The team at Greenzu came across this great solar social movement campaign. The Campaign’s Purpose? To urge business owners and landlords to go solar. Here is a snippit from the Change.org campaign. Sign here and share with your friends!  According to [...]

Increase in US Clean Energy Investments On Monday, President Obama sent a request to Congress to increase investments in clean energy in the the 2013 budget. Investments include a clean energy standard, bringing back tax credits for solar and other renewables that have lapsed, greater funding for energy efficiency and advanced research to make innovative [...]

The Link Between Energy and Daily Life – Solar Serpent Project A Swedish architect explores the application of large scale solar installations along the Los Angeles freeway. Freeways have an abundance of space and Los Angeles has a large demand for energy. This project was spurred by recent debate over the Mayor’s allocation of central [...]

Solar PPA Financing, Squashed In Virginia? Virgina based solar developer, Secure Futures, and Dominion Power are debating the interpretation of the state’s exclusive power supply rights of utilities. The solar array in question is Washington and Lee University’s 450 kW solar system that offsets 3% of the school’s power. Utilities have exclusive power rights in [...]

Private Financing To Create Carbon Offset Program A new program to bring in private financing to restore Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands could be the impetus for America’s first ever carbon offset market for wetland restoration. Voluntary carbon markets oversee investment in hundreds of conservation projects around the world, but the projects have thus far focused largely [...]

New Technology Combining Solar and Water Purification Floating water purification solar “UFO”s have been created by NTT Facilities. The disc-shaped machines weigh about 3.4 tons each and measure 1.6 meters (5 ft) tall and 5 meters (16 ft) across. During the day, an array of solar panels power the machine’s filtration system, which pumps fresh [...]

Solar Energy For Developing Countries? There is a large focus on spreading solar to the developed world. However, there is a growing effort to provide the world’s poorest people with clean, renewable energy. This piece claims the cell-phone revolution is a positive force in the deployment of renewable energy. Cell-phone towers around the world are [...]

This is what the Team at GigaOM is thankful for in GreenTech. Do you agree? What are you thankful for? Cheap solar panels Spotlight on data center energy LED prices coming down Home energy breakthroughs The new US fuel standard Government in developing countries Private investment in solar financing Smart meter installations The Internet is [...]

Greenzu (www.greenzu.net) today announced the launch of Greenzu.net, an online sales collaboration tool that connects solar installers and commercial solar customers through the sales process. With this free platform – Greenzu.net offers installers an online platform to share documents and solar proposals securely with each of their customers in one location. As the customer navigates [...]