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Remember Kerry-Boxer?

Senate energy bill back in negotiation. by Harry Fuller

Tags: U.S. Senate, Energy, Negotiation, Free Trade, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Will there be a new energy and air pollution law?

Senate commitee battle over energy and emissions bill. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Pollution, Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Hearings on climate, cap'n'trade, energy

Senate committee hearings on energy and climate legislation. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-28

The really inconvenient truth: real price of our energy

I've blogged before about the need for a new energy calculus. Not just market and whosesale costs to the user of the energy. Economics and business have a notoriously short-sighted, narrow-minded set of considerations. Haven't we just re-learned that ancient lesson from the hedge funder corruption and...

Tags: Coal, Inconvenient Truth, Energy, Food & Beverage, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-17

Energy measurement to go: Onset intros portable energy logging system

Onset, a company in Massachusetts that has sold more than 1 million data loggers since its start-up in 1981, has introduced a portable version of its technology called HOBO Measurement & Vertification System. The product comes in a rugged carrying case with magnetic feet for mounting, and...

Tags: Energy, Construction, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Environmental Impact Report Shows Significant MPS Contribution to Reduced Energy and Emissions

The Doc knows that the fewer printers you have in your organization and the busier you keep them, the less overall energy you'll use. Just makes common sense. But no one listens to me, so I'm bringing you some highlights from a study undertaken by the Photizo Group, leaders in...

Tags: Energy, Doc, Printers, Leadership, Hardware, Peripherals, Management

Sponsored content 2009-09-30

Burger King cooking up renewable energy

Drive up to Burger King, stop your car, generate electricity. That's the plan being tested right now at the Burger King in Hillside, New Jersey. The tech being used is called MotionPowerâ„¢ Kinetic Energy Harvesting System. It is made by New Energy Technologies, Inc. They used...

Tags: Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Energy, Burger King Corp., MotionPower, New Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Gute Nacht, Herr Edison

The European Union is phasing out the incandescent bulb. As of today the 100 watter can no longer be imported or made within the members of the E.U. By 2012 all incandescent bulbs will be illegal although those on stores shelves can be sold, and hoarded according to...

Tags: Energy, European Union, Retail, Engineering, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-01

LEED, Energy Star and rah, rah, rah...

Here's a look at the confusing, perhaps almost meaningless, array of labels and tax credit inducement that now go into American buildings. Now somebody has the effrontery to suggest that actual energy use be monitored? And the water use? You can conserve water and not energy or...

Tags: Tax Credit, Energy, Personal Finance, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Photos: Turning food waste into energy

With grants from the EPA, innovative techniques are turning food waste into energy to power this San Francisco Bay Area wastewater treatment facility. by CNET News.com

Tags: Food, Photograph, Energy, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-31

Time to bone up on energy-aware Internet routing

Telecommunications companies have made call-routing as inexpensive as possible. So why shouldn't businesses finetune the most cost-efficient -- and energy-efficient -- path for data to travel their data centers and networks. There are several worth-reading blogs and articles floating around the blogosphere this week focused on the...

Tags: Energy, Internet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Remodelled house generates more energy than it uses

There's an Aspen, Colordao, home with 16-inch thick walls. The house uses plenty of passive solar energy as well photovoltaic cells. It is a "smart house" with constant monitoring of energy use, light, solar input. The owner plans to put real-time data from the sensors onto the...

Tags: Photovoltaics, Energy, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Tidal mystery

The East Coast of the U.S. is living through an unsolved mystery. Why are the tides running higher than normal? Scientists are puzzled and trying to sort through data and theories. They find no relationship to climate change. So wassup? Tidal energy converted to electricity...

Tags: Mystery, Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-25

Hidden in the Forest 1.0 (Windows)

Test your search skills when you visit the forest and have to gather different berries, mushrooms and the other things. Once the day time is over, the night comes in and you have to use your flashlight to continue your search. However, your flashlight's battery is running low on energy...

Tags: Battery, Microsoft Windows, Energy, Hidden Object Games, Engineering

Software downloads 2009-07-25

PC Power Saver 2.0 (Windows)

A small and handy utility that wil help you save energy. Do you often forget to power off your computer? Do not worry now, with PC Power Saver you will be able to power off your computer automatically after you leave, saving energy for you.

Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows, Energy, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-14

"Organic" Marketing melarky, not scientific term

Think you know what "organic" means? Like "security" or "god," it means many different things to many different people, some of them slick marketers. Like the additives in organic baby formula. And there are different categories of "organic" even for products that are honestly labelled under the...

Tags: Marketing, Energy, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Photos: Mars rover Spirit down but not out

Spirit has gained energy from increased solar collection, but it's still stuck in soft Martian soils at a location called Troy. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Energy, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-03

Subconscious Mind Power 1.0 (Windows)

Unleashing your subconscious mind power is an absolute necessity to any notable personal achievement or any great individual success. Your mental energies are the forces with which you can win any battles in this world today. Are you prepared to use these mental forces with masterful control and strategic skill?...

Tags: Force, Energy, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-17

iWeb Computer Energy Saver 1.3 (Windows)

With rising energy prices and the threat of global warming, everyone should conserve energy. Unfortunately, because of scheduled anti-virus, backup, and similar programs, many businesses and home users leave their computers on full time, paying for energy they don't really need. Now you can save on electricity and reduce greenhouse...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple iWeb, Energy, Computer, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-06-12

Energy Secretary Chu on saving our future

Here's a video interview with Dr. Steven Chu, U.S. Energy Secretary. He speaks optimistically about Americans' ability to save energy through weatherization and public transit. He sees real-time power pricing as a way to make solar economically feasible. And he promotes further investment in developing...

Tags: Secretary, Energy, Pricing, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-16