Green Building

Advanced Equities, Investor in Bloom, Fisker, and Serious Energy, in Trouble With SEC

Advanced Equities, Investor in Bloom, Fisker, and Serious Energy, in Trouble With SEC

Eric Wesoff: March 15, 2012

Greentech startups and investors need cash, lots of it, and can’t always be too picky about where it comes from.

Efficiency Retrofits Could Save US $1T in Energy

Efficiency Retrofits Could Save US $1T in Energy

Jeff St. John: March 14, 2012

What’s the value of $1 trillion in energy that is not wasted? Plus, getting there with no-money-down deals.

SCIEnergy Buys Transcend Equity: Watch Out, Serious Energy

SCIEnergy Buys Transcend Equity: Watch Out, Serious Energy

Jeff St. John: March 13, 2012

The combo of building efficiency technology and financing puts SCIEnergy in more direct competition with rival Serious Energy.

Clean Edge: $246B Market for Solar, Wind, Biofuels in 2011

Clean Edge: $246B Market for Solar, Wind, Biofuels in 2011

Jeff St. John: March 13, 2012

Market for green energy grows despite failures like Solyndra—or perhaps because of them.

Utility Mega-Mergers: Exelon-Constellation, Duke-Progress, and the Impact on Smart Grid

Utility Mega-Mergers: Exelon-Constellation, Duke-Progress, and the Impact on Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: March 12, 2012

The nuclear power giant swallows the retail power and demand response giant. Will smart grid synergies follow?

India’s Smart Grid Comes Alive

India’s Smart Grid Comes Alive

Jeff St. John: March 9, 2012

Siemens picks up $25 million contract for Mumbai region, while projects contend for $100 million in government smart grid grants.

Going Net Zero for Less Than 10 Percent Added Cost

Going Net Zero for Less Than 10 Percent Added Cost

Katherine Tweed: March 8, 2012

Sixty low- or no-energy buildings offer a (high-performance, glazed) window into the future.

Green Server Wars Heat Up: Intel, AMD/SeaMIcro, and ARM

Green Server Wars Heat Up: Intel, AMD/SeaMIcro, and ARM

Jeff St. John: March 7, 2012

Intel launches its latest power-smart servers, and challenger AMD buys low-power server startup SeaMicro.

The Price of Doing Nothing for the Smart Grid

The Price of Doing Nothing for the Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: March 7, 2012

Not building a smart grid will cost $400 billion; building it will deliver $1 trillion to $2 trillion in value. What’s the holdup?

IBM, Air Force Take Sustainability Software Global

IBM, Air Force Take Sustainability Software Global

Jeff St. John: March 5, 2012

IBM applies its Tririga software to greening the U.S. Air Force’s global infrastructure.

Chicago Launches First City Infrastructure Trust in the US

Chicago Launches First City Infrastructure Trust in the US

Katherine Tweed: March 1, 2012

More than $200M made available for retrofits

The Networked Grid: Smart Grid, Meet Smart Buildings

The Networked Grid: Smart Grid, Meet Smart Buildings

Jeff St. John: March 1, 2012

How will intelligent building technologies interface with the smart grid? Here are some examples.

Bridgelux Goes Big In LED Streetlights

Bridgelux Goes Big In LED Streetlights

Jeff St. John: March 1, 2012

Bridgelux builds new LED streetlight modules and partners with Chevron Energy Solutions to deploy them in cities.

SolarCity Lands $81M in First Investment for Silver Lake Kraftwerk

SolarCity Lands $81M in First Investment for Silver Lake Kraftwerk

Jeff St. John: February 29, 2012

The green VC supergroup makes its first investment in SolarCity, which is rumored to be planning an IPO.

Smart Grid Roundup: GE, Telvent Pump Up Automated Grid Offerings

Smart Grid Roundup: GE, Telvent Pump Up Automated Grid Offerings

Jeff St. John: February 29, 2012

GE also launches a grid-wide communications platform, using WiMAX to link SCADA, AMI and other systems.