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Dryvit – As Green As It Gets! Energy Efficient Construction.

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:10:38 +0000

Dryvit Systems Wall Cladding – Tiny Footprint, Hugh Benefit! Summarizes Dryvit’s green life cycle analysis in terms of the construction, operating and environmental benefits associated with building today. Independent research is cited throughout, which confirms that Dryvit is truly ‘As Green As It Gets.’

Duration : 0:8:54

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What happens when you get snow on your Solar PV Panels? – Enphase micro inverters NJ

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:16:04 +0000

Visit NJ RenewableEnergy.com

Ever wonder what happens when solar panels are covered in snow?

Duration : 0:4:49

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The Future of Wind Power

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:11:10 +0000

(April 16, 2008) Christina Archer, consulting assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, discusses the importance of win power in a clean and renewable future. The Energy Seminar meets weekly during the academic year. For a list of upcoming talks, visit the events page at the Woods Institute for the Environment website.

Stanford University

http://www.stanford.edu/

Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford:

http://woods.stanford.edu/

Christina Archer

http://www.stanford.edu//~lozej/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Duration : 0:56:25

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Eric Halvorson’s Blog: Lugar Renewable Energy Forumn

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:13:02 +0000

Kären Haley, Director of the Indianapolis Office of Sustainability talks about the city’s effort to promote a greener Indianapolis.

Read More: http://blogs.wishtv.com/category/eric-halvorsons-blog/

Duration : 0:0:55

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Star Power on Earth: A Limitless Clean Energy Future

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:20 +0000

Ed Moses, Director of the National Ignition Facility describes the path to a limitless supply of clean, safe energy. He explains how the worlds biggest, most energetic laser works and its goals. Nearing completion, the NIF will focus its giant laser beams on a tiny target filled with hydrogen. The goal is to replicate the conditions inside our sun and create, at a small size, its life-giving energy. Creating this sun process in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is fundamental to the vision of developing limitless, clean, carbon-free, safe and environmentally friendly energy to meet the world’s increased energy. Series: Science on Saturday [2/2010] [Science] [Show ID: 17642]

Duration : 0:49:40

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Energy War (IJsbrand van Veelen, VPRO 2006)

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:32:05 +0000

Forget the axis of evil, its the axis of oil

The Cold War and the War on Terror were about ideology and globalization. The 21st century will be dominated by the struggle for energy: It will be every man for himself and it’s going to get dirty.

In the two-part documentary Energy War, VPRO’s Backlight investigates the major developments with regards to energy sources. Featuring NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

The film describes the geopolitical consequences of the dependency on fossil fuels. In the struggle for the last sources of fossil fuels, countries all over the world are forced to take new political and moral decisions and have to enter into awkward alliances: rogue regimes must be tolerated and befriended. With a special focus on the gas conflict between Georgia and Russia and the position of Saudi Arabia.
Featuring a.o. Thomas Friedman, author of international bestseller The World is Flat. Friedman sheds his light on the inverse connection between rising oil prices and the establishment of free democracies.
The film then moves on to take a look at the international markets for alternative energy. If oil and gas are scarce and expensive in the future, where will countries turn to keep their economy going and their population warm and happy? Could solar energy or bio fuels become the main energy sources of the post-fossil fuel era? Will governments, multinationals or small producers be the motor of the green race?

Duration : 1:18:29

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University of Michigan – A new renewable energy concept

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:08:08 +0000

A device called VIVACE developed at the University of Michigan draws power out of slow water currents to produce clean electricity. It imitates the swim strategy of a school of fish.

Duration : 0:4:2

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Green Careers: Clean Energy – Biofuels (clip)

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:07:06 +0000

We visit a state-of the-art ethanol plant in Macon, Missouri where a maintenance electrician, production operator, quality control director, and plant administrator oversee the conversion of corn into fuel. We also examine new technology in advanced biodiesel, produced from animal fats and from algae and waste materials. This new technology is expanding opportunities for lab techs, engineers and researchers and creating green jobs for an energy independent future from home grown renewable resources.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Biodiesel Plant Manager, Quality Control Director, Plant Administrator, Ethanol Plant Maintenance, Electrician, Biofuel Researcher.

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

21 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=354255bf-fcef-45f6-9daf-041a2d6f1d19&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:27

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Green Careers: Clean Energy – Geothermal Power (clip)

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:04:02 +0000

We visit the largest geothermal operation in the world to see how heat from the earths core is transformed into electricity. We meet a chemist, geologist, plant operator, environmental manager and engineer as they show us how they manage steam production wells and electric generators. This growing field relies not just on professionals with advanced degrees but entry- level workers who drill the wells and maintain the power plants in this vanguard of clean energy.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Geologist, Project Manager, Chemist, Environmental Manager, Plant Operator

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

22 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=be1f20f7-873a-46ea-aeb1-48ea14e5aa8c&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:37

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Green Energy Ohio Promotional Video

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:22:35 +0000

Copyright 2009 Media Magic Productions, LLC. This is a Pro Bono promotional video project for Green Energy Ohio, based in Columbus. It was spearheaded by our 2009 summer interns, Rebecca Moisio (scriptwriter/producer) and Cory Sage (videographer/editor). The project was planned and coordinated by Rebecca and Cory- Cheryl Dickson-Walker supervised as Executive Director and David Walker served as Director of Photography. The voiceover work was donated by David Bucci. After the completion of their internship, Dave and Cheryl completed the finishing work on the video, creating the graphics and animation, and polishing the audio and video editing.

Duration : 0:2:57

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