Featured Articles

• My Geothermal Home Sweet Home
  My long and winding path through the selection of the best heating and cooling system began six months ago and culminated with the selection of a geothermal system, which is right for us for so many reasons.
• The Cutting Edge of Sustainable Home Design
  One university’s quest to revolutionize the built environment. The SEED [pod] is one of only 20 finalists selected from around the globe to compete in the Solar Decathlon Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
• Using Smart Technology to create a RealGreenHome
  In 2005 I swapped a perfectly good town house on 198sq m of land for 5400 sqm of land of “valley Grassey Forest” vegetation. This block some 22 km from the centre of Melbourne Australia (Australia’s 2nd largest city) was going to be perfect for my growing family.
• Single Seat Volkswagen
  You can go to Shanghai for a vacation, buy two or more of these cars, one for your wife and one for yourself, and one for each of your kids, have them shipped home and still spend less money than if you bought a car at home.
• Solar-Powered Compactors Put the Squeeze on Trash Collection Costs
  The solar compactors save time, money and fuel by reducing demand for collection trips.
• Superconductor Electricity Pipelines: An Optimal Long-Haul Transmission Solution
  Expansion and modernization of the North American power grid will be required to transmit that power to where it is needed.

Interviews

• AltEnergyMag Interview - Home Control and Energy Savings
  Didier Boivin - Watteco
• AltEnergyMag Interview - AWEA Small and Community Wind Conference & Exposition
  Lori Rugh - AWEA
• AltEnergyMag Interview - Waste-to-Energy
  Jack Ristau - Wheelabrator Technologies
• Integrated Systems that make up Traditional Green Buildings
  Christy Cunningham-Saylo

More Articles

• Solar Cities Proposition
  Through integration, energy management, efficiency techniques and technologies it is now possible to create buildings that are 'greener' and more ecologically synergistic than ever before.
• Biomass Wastes
  Biomass wastes can be transformed into clean energy and/or fuels by a variety of technologies
• Fuel Cells Give New Meaning to “Green Grocer”
  Some major chains have turned to fuel cell technology to help reduce their carbon footprint and their dependence on the electrical grid.
• Coal Ash Safety Issues
  At question is does the U.S. need more traditional coal-fired power plants and what to do with the ash slurry mess?
• It is Time to Cool it With Wind.
  The goals of the stakeholders of the wind industry are often seen as conflicting.
• It’s Time to Bring Renewable Energy Home
  It is reasonable to inquire whether the current utility practice of outsourcing renewable energy production to other states is a good thing for Wisconsin’s economy.
• A Big Wind...
  In truth, not one ounce of coal, programmed to be burned in a coal fired power system has ever been offset by the introduction of wind or solar power into the grid.
• Keep Cool with a Solar Attic Fan
  Most homes have manual roof vents, which allow some nominal air movement, but they can’t keep up with the sun pounding down all day.
• Off-Grid Know How Connects Countryside to The Net
  Off-grid - or "Island" - systems, as they are also called, can be found in many new infrastructure projects.
• Technical Due Diligence of the Fuhrländer 1.5 MW Wind Turbine
  To identify and minimize technical risks in the process of buying 1.5 MW wind turbines manufactured by AAER
• The Many Faces of Green in Architecture
  I believe it is timely to make clear and to discriminate as to just exactly what do we really mean when we refer to a building as being green as well what kind of green are we referring to.