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Sustainability’s Next Frontier | MIT Sloan Management Review

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 23, 2013 by stlaneDecember 23, 2013

In this 2013 report, new research by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group looks at companies that “walk the talk” in addressing significant sustainability concerns. So-called “Walkers” focus heavily on five fronts: sustainability strategy, business case, measurement, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Job Creation, New Tech, Polls & Opinions, Renewable Energy, Retrofits, Surveys, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Sustainability Professionals ‘Needed Across All Industries’ · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 20, 2013 by stlaneDecember 24, 2013

More companies are hiring sustainability professionals, with the green goods and services field increasing 5 percent from 2010 to 2011 to reach 3.4 million workers, but there’s still considerable room to grow, according to a report published by the McGraw … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, New Tech, Polls & Opinions, Renewable Energy, Retrofits, Surveys, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Market Forces Mainstream Sustainability – Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 20, 2013 by stlaneDecember 23, 2013

The face of sustainability is changing, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group and MIT Sloan Management Review. In a worldwide survey of more than 1,000 executives and managers, BCG and Sloan took the pulse of sustainability efforts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Renewable Energy, Retrofits, Surveys, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Thanks to Tomatoes, Purifying Water May Have Just Gotten Easier | Care2 Causes

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 18, 2013 by stlaneDecember 18, 2013

What if there was a way to purify contaminated water in developing countries with a cost-effective method that’s both resourceful and effective? What if there was a way to provide clean drinking water to every thirsty mouth on the planet? … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Doing Something, Fertilizers, Food, Food Pharmacy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, New Tech, Pollution, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

The End of Environment-Destroying Fertilizers Could Be Near | Care2 Causes

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 18, 2013 by stlaneDecember 18, 2013

Research breakthroughs have been pretty great for Mother Earth lately: We’re on the cusp of treating polluted water with little more than apple and tomato peels, and now Professor Edward Cocking from the University of Nottingham has created a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, Cool Tech, Economic Development, Fertilizers, Food, Food Pharmacy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Planting Guides, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Debunking the Renewables “Disinformation Campaign”

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 17, 2013 by stlaneDecember 17, 2013

According to Fox Business reporter Shibani Joshi, renewables are successful in Germany and not in the U.S. because Germany has “got a lot more sun than we do.” Sure, California might get sun now and then, Joshi conceded during her … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

A New Proposal From Arizona’s Ratepayer Advocate Seeks to Fix Net Metering : Greentech Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 9, 2013 by stlaneDecember 9, 2013

A new proposal from Arizona’s ratepayer advocate seeks to resolve the hostility between utilities and solar advocates over net energy metering. Regulators “will look to us because their main function is to make sure residential ratepayers get fair treatment, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

How Retrofits Can Reduce the Cost of Healthcare

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 9, 2013 by stlaneDecember 9, 2013

With all of the media attention paid of late to the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), it’d be easy to miss a related, if seemingly mundane, development: the recent release of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced … Continue reading →

Posted in Building, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Job Creation, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

H-E-B’s Street Closure Request: Is The Plan not a Plan? | The Rivard Report

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 4, 2013 by stlaneMarch 10, 2014

I’ve sat through a number of City of San Antonio master planning meetings and workshops, including some of the many, well-attended brainstorming events for the Mayor’s SA2020 initiative. These sessions are long, often tedious “labors of love” for me and … Continue reading →

Posted in Building, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Polls & Opinions, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Enlightened economic interest – the argument for energy efficiency and renewables. Focus on outcomes not motives. Energy wisdom over Climate problems. Bidirectional value tariff

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 21, 2013 by stlaneNovember 21, 2013

What's in store for the future of energy? VERGE SF 2013 concluded with this 27 minute freewheeling discussion among sustainability heavyweights. The New York Times reporter Andy Revkin caught up with Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, New Tech, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

This Tiny Pod Car Runs On Air | GizmoCrazed

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 9, 2013 by stlaneNovember 9, 2013

Top speed 50 mph, Range 125 miles, runs on compressed-air at a cost of 1 cent per mile and costs $10,000. In September 2013 it was announced that the car would be manufactured in Sardinia, Italy, for sale in summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, New Tech, Pollution, Sustainability, Uncategorized | 1 Reply

San Antonio: Ground Zero for Renewable Energy in an ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Market – Yahoo Finance

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 5, 2013 by stlaneNovember 5, 2013

In Texas' 21st century energy economy, San Antonio has it all. It enjoys abundant renewable resources, enabling CPS Energy to include solar-generated electricity in its generating portfolio. San Antonio also is the largest city in South Texas, home of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Events, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Why to Think Twice About Green LabelsSmall Business Trends

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

Getting your business or product “green certified” may seem like a smart way to show your customers and prospective customers that you adhere to environmentally friendly practices. But be careful. You could end up spending hundreds or even thousands of … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenwashing, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

MIT Now Knows How to Get Clean Water out of a Gas Well | The Daily Fusion

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

The transition from coal to natural gas is expected to significantly decrease carbon emissions. However, gas production poses its own environmental concerns. One of those is the problem of so-called “produced water”—large volumes of underground water with a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Tech, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Putting America Back to Work with Clean Energy | Center for American Progress

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

We know from experience that the twin objectives of jobs growth and a clean energy future go hand in hand. Research from CAP and the University of Massachusetts shows how investments in clean energy could revitalize our economy and create … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Job Creation, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Renewable Energy and Economic Growth Go Hand in Hand for Massachusetts | EcoWatch

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

As the American economy begins to recover, some might argue that renewable energy has played a role. In Massachusetts, the clean energy industry has caused significant growth. Jobs in the state’s clean energy sector have increased by 24 percent since … Continue reading →

Posted in Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Job Creation, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Sargent « Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

A new technique developed by University of Toronto Engineering Professor Ted Sargent and his research group could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells. In a paper published in the journal Nano Letters, the group describes a new technique to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Cool Tech, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage – SustainX

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

SustainX's isothermal compressed air energy storage (ICAES™) technology enables a site-anywhere, zero-emissions storage solution. Through superior thermodynamics, SustainX technology frees compressed air storage from the risks of caverns and the emissions of natural gas. Isothermal compression allows air to reach … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Tech, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Utilities | Leave a reply

New ‘High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal’ System Will Collect 80% of Solar Energy | The Daily Fusion

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 1, 2013 by stlaneNovember 1, 2013

Scientists have announced yesterday that a collaboration consisting of ETH Zurich, IBM Research, the Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs and Airlight Energy is to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000 times and converting 80 … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Cool Tech, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability | Leave a reply

When Will We Hit Peak Garbage? | Surprising Science

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 31, 2013 by stlaneOctober 31, 2013

In 2013, if you’re someone who cares about the environment, your first and foremost concern is probably climate change. After that, you might worry about things like radioactive contamination, collapsing honeybee colonies and endangered ecosystems, among other contemporary environmental perils … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

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