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Green Building

  • CleanBoard Turns Sun's Heat to Drywall

    The startup plans a Southern California factory that will use its own solar thermal plant – not to make electricity, but to generate heat to bake traditional gypsum-based drywall without burning fossil fuels.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John January 12, 2009
  • Webcor and iCrete Team on Green Building

    Webcor, California's largest contractor, will work on major construction projects with iCrete, which says it can reduce the amount of cement going into concrete by as much as 40 percent.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John January 8, 2009
  • HP Ups Ante in E-Waste With Cash Rebates to Consumers

    Got some old PCs or printers sitting around? HP will give you cash for them. It's the latest step in the growing market for e-waste.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos January 6, 2009
  • Quercus Trust Continues to Grow: 47 Found in Portfolio

    David Gelbaum, the head of the Quercus Trust, is one busy guy. With 47 investments, he's got more than almost anyone in green.

    Grid

    Michael Kanellos January 5, 2009
  • Building a Cool World, With New Roofs

    Your roof is an island of heat. Cooling it could reduce billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions. But how do you make these roofs attractive?

    Enterprise

    Ucilia Wang December 31, 2008
  • The Year in Green Building

    Green building has never received the same attention as solar, but the gains that can be made are real and it's not as expensive as some might think. President-elect Obama is a big fan too.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos December 29, 2008
  • Buildings Without Air Conditioners: The Latest in Energy Efficiency

    Air conditioners consume an inordinate amount of power in the U.S. and they aren't very efficiently used. To save energy, some say leave them out.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos December 22, 2008
  • New $100M Green Building Fund Launches

    Shangri-La Industries and Thompson National Properties want to spend $100 million on making commercial and industrial buildings – probably existing ones – more energy efficient and sustainable.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John December 10, 2008
  • Verdiem Gets New CEO, Makes Plans to Move Into Energy Management

    The company can flip your PC off or on remotely. Now it wants to do the same with your lights – and it has a new CEO.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos December 3, 2008
  • A Current in Every Ceiling

    The EMerge Alliance says low-voltage direct current built into interior spaces can power LED lights, sensors and other devices more efficiently that the AC wiring in use today.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John November 30, 2008
  • Project Frog: Cutting Energy With Pre-Fab Construction

    The San Francisco-based company, which just raised $8 million, wants to use modular construction techniques for commercial buildings.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos November 26, 2008
  • Tapping America's Secret Power Source

    It's been tough to capture lots of waste heat economically, but better machines and solid state electronics could accomplish the task.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos November 24, 2008
  • Tendril Expands Its Reach in Smart Homes

    The company, which develops hardware and software for controlling energy consumption in the home, is moving into your living room with a raft of new deals.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos November 21, 2008
  • Green Building: Cheaper Than You Thought

    Energy efficient building only costs about 2 percent more than traditional building methods and can save a third on energy costs, according to a study funded by investment firm Good Energies.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John November 21, 2008
  • Software Billionaire Assembling $20M Green Building Contest

    Siebel Systems founder Tom Siebel who made his money in the '90s software boom is trying to go green.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos November 20, 2008
  • Peddling Green Cement and Concrete Abroad

    The credit crunch has pummeled the U.S. construction industry. Should green-building startups look more actively for sales outside of the country?

    Enterprise

    Ucilia Wang November 12, 2008
  • Space Age Septic Tank Will Water Your Lawn

    Bikube is preparing to bring its efficient septic system, the BioKube Venus, to California.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos October 28, 2008
  • Ice Energy Picks Up Cool $33M for Hybrid AC

    Energy Capital Partners also commits up to $150 million more to help the company develop energy-storage projects for utilities.

    Enterprise

    Ucilia Wang October 27, 2008
  • Here Comes the Green Brick

    CalStar Cement will soon begin to ship a green brick that takes almost no energy to produce.

    Enterprise

    Michael Kanellos October 21, 2008
  • BIPV Offers Reasons to be Cheerful

    Senior Analyst Eric Wesoff reports on Building Integrated Photovoltaics from the floor of Solar Power International where the mood is cautiously optimistic.

    Solar

    Eric Wesoff October 16, 2008
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