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College of Illinois Scientists Present Us Little Known Ways to Make More...
Writer – Shannon Combs While silicon is actually the market standard semiconductor in most electronic devices, including the photovoltaic cells that solar panels employ to convert sunlight into...
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2010 “Green” Legislation Briefing Presentation
Tomorrow, I’ll be presenting the 2010 “Green” Legislation Briefing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (New Orleans Branch) on St. Charles Ave. The event is being put on by the Greater New Orleans,...
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Louisiana Green Legislation from the 2010 Session
The 2010 Legislative Session closed earlier this summer, and most of the passed laws are now in effect. It was a very active legislative session, and a very interesting one for the “green” interests....
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Movers & Shakers in New Orleans Solar Market
As Portland is in love with its green roof program, so too is New Orleans in love with Solar energy. And why not? We have lots of sun in the South, a very impressive tax rebate program (for now), and...
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Must You Fight For Your Right To Build Green?
I was alerted to an article in the Orlando Sentential about a Florida couple fighting their homeowner’s association for the right to convert their roof to an energy-efficient white roof. It presents...
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Think Green Building Is Irrelevant? Think Again
Green, green, green, green, green, green. The word gets used so much (see: Greenwashing). Geesh, even companies are changing their logos to green to cash in on the popularity. Still, despite the PR,...
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What is PACE Financing and Is It Doomed?
Started in the green revolution’s holy land, Berkley, California, PACE financing is shorthand for Property-Assessed Clean Energy Financing (Wikipedia entry). The concept is simple: cities loan money...
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Examples of Things That Can Go Wrong on a Green Building Project
Green Building is all the rage in the United States. Whether it be a LEED project, or just a promise to the property owner to build or make a building more efficient and sustainable, as 2010 passes...
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Things To Keep In Mind When Entering a Green Building Contract
Last week, we published an article identifying some Things That Can Go Wrong On A Green Building Project. To prepare for these potential problems (and others), here is a list of things you should keep...
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Bad Gas? New Report Shale Natural Gas May be Worse Than Coal
Here in Louisiana, many citizens have made lots of money on oil and natural gas. Our state lies above two very profitable and prolific natural gas shales – Haynesville and Tuscaloosa. Haynesville is...
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