Federal Greener Building Initiative Lands 3 Big Companies

Johnson Controls, one of the three new Better Buildings Challenge partners, will reduce its energy use by 25 percent in 71 of its U.S. manufacturing plants by 2019.( image via Johnson Controls).

3 big companies join the Better Buildings Challenge, a national program launched to make America’s commercial and industrial buildings at least 20 percent more efficient by 2020. Read more →

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Wrigley Now Chews Solar Power In Addition To Gum

Wrigley Manufacturing Company is using solar energy to help run its Altoids manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (image via Chris Davis, Tennessee Solar Institute/DOE)

Wrigley recently expanded its commitment to sustainability and is collecting solar power to help run its Altoids manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Read more →

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EnergySage Aims To Be The Kayak Of Solar

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EnergySage launches its online solar-shopping portal, promising easy access to quotes for installation and financing. Read more →

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Oregon Wind Farm One Of World’s Most Impressive

The Deputy Secretary tours Oregon’s Caithness Shepherds Flat wind farm, which is able to create up to 845 megawatts of emission-free wind power (enough electricity to power nearly 260,000 homes). (image via DOE)

Oregon’s Caithness Shepherds Flat wind farm is able to create up to 845 megawatts of emission-free wind power (enough electricity to power nearly 260,000 homes). Read more →

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Wind Power Serving Milwaukee Well

The Port of Milwaukee's wind turbine not only generates power for the Port Administration building, it also serves as a tool to educate the community about wind power. (image via Port of Milwaukee)

The U.S. Department of Energy talks about how a 154-foot wind turbine symbolizes Milwaukee’s strategic plan of moving forward with clean, renewable energy. Read more →

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Home Solar From The Perspective Of One Homeowner

Milwaukee solar installers putting in a rooftop solar energy system on Dr. Paula Papanek's home. (image via Dr. Paula Papanek/DOE)

The U.S. Department of Energy takes a look at the experiences of one Milwaukee homeowner who installed solar energy in her home. Read more →

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Tri-Generation Facility Fuels Next Gen Of Vehicle Tech

Professor Jack Brouwer, Associate Director and Chief Technology Officer of the National Fuel Cell Research Center, points out the tri-generation facility that uses biogas from Orange County Sanitation District’s wastewater treatment plant to produce hydrogen, heat and power. (image via DOE)

The U.S. Department of Energy talks about a plant that uses a high-temperature fuel cell and biogas produced from the anaerobic digestion of waste to efficiently produce hydrogen, electricity and heat. Read more →

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Interview: Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman

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The No. 2 man at the U.S. Department of Energy visits the giant Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon and calls it a loan guarantee program success story. Read more →

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American Wind Industry Soars To New Heights

Oregon wind farm under construction in 2009 image via Wikimedia Commons

The U.S. Department of Energy talks about new finds which show domestic wind power had its best year ever in 2012. Read more →

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Super Bowl Superdome Aims For Eco Touchdown

New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome features more than 26,000 LED lights on the building's exterior. The system uses only 10 kilowatts of electricity, equivalent to powering a small home. (image via SMG)

The U.S. Department of Energy talks about how Super Bowl host city New Orleans is aiming to make today's game one of the greenest to date. Read more →

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