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Nest Labs Unstealths: Can Apple and Google Alums Make Thermostats Sexy?

Nest Labs Unstealths: Can Apple and Google Alums Make Thermostats Sexy?

Eric Wesoff: October 25, 2011

Will these brave industrial designers remake the home thermostat experience?

Updated: When Will Solid State Lighting Vanquish the Light Bulb?

Updated: When Will Solid State Lighting Vanquish the Light Bulb?

Eric Wesoff: October 23, 2011

Friday was the 132nd birthday of the light bulb—the technology’s last birthday before phase-out.

How Energy Efficient Is Your State?

How Energy Efficient Is Your State?

Katherine Tweed: October 20, 2011

Guess which state is now in first place.

SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy: Contrasting Strategies for Energy-Smart Building Software

SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy: Contrasting Strategies for Energy-Smart Building Software

Jeff St. John: October 19, 2011

Does building energy efficiency software stand a better chance licensing to the big boys or building direct business? SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy take different approaches.

Weather Analytics: Weather Data for the 21st Century

Weather Analytics: Weather Data for the 21st Century

Katherine Tweed: October 18, 2011

Weather Analytics is looking to take sophisticated weather data into building management and around the world.

Opower, Facebook, NRDC Team Up on Energy Efficiency App

Opower, Facebook, NRDC Team Up on Energy Efficiency App

Katherine Tweed: October 17, 2011

Opower extends its reach to 800 million Facebook users.

61% of Americans Unaware of Energy Efficiency Incentives

61% of Americans Unaware of Energy Efficiency Incentives

Katherine Tweed: October 13, 2011

You’d never know it’s energy awareness month by these figures.

Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear

Green Jobs: People on the Move in Solar, Energy Storage, Smart Grid, New Nuclear

Eric Wesoff: October 10, 2011

Abound Solar gets a new CEO; Clean Power Finance’s new hires and personnel shifts; iControl scores a bigtime CEO; and Ener1 boots its CEO.

“Near Net Zero” at Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande Facility in Arizona

“Near Net Zero” at Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande Facility in Arizona

Simona Drevensek: October 7, 2011

How innovative technology helps business and the environment

Hans Rosling and the Future of the World

Hans Rosling and the Future of the World

Michael Kanellos: October 7, 2011

The world’s most important invention—the breakthrough that has changed family life for the better nearly everywhere—isn’t particularly extravagant. In fact, you probably own one.

Green VC Up, IPOs Hurting in Q3: Cleantech Group

Green VC Up, IPOs Hurting in Q3: Cleantech Group

Jeff St. John: October 5, 2011

Venture investment in greentech startups staying firm, but IPOs doing poorly

Retroficiency: 25M Square Feet of Hands-Free Commercial Building Efficiency

Retroficiency: 25M Square Feet of Hands-Free Commercial Building Efficiency

Jeff St. John: October 5, 2011

25 million square feet down, 80 billion to go.

Bridging the Small Commercial Efficiency Gap: SCL Elements Raises $2.15M

Bridging the Small Commercial Efficiency Gap: SCL Elements Raises $2.15M

Jeff St. John: October 4, 2011

Energy efficiency for the rest of us.

The Automated Energy-Saving Grocery Store Goes Live

The Automated Energy-Saving Grocery Store Goes Live

Jeff St. John: October 3, 2011

Verisae is looking to lead in what will soon be a $558 million software market.