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In a sun-drenched place like Albuquerque, it’s easy to see why homes and businesses would be smart to employ solar powered technology. Sandia Resort and Casino is one company that’s made the switch, and it couldn’t have done so without LED lighting. In 2010 the company initiated a retrofit of its parking garage lighting system, Learn More

A top 10 list of women leaders in biofuel just came out and of those, four are based in the SF Bay Area.  Energy has been a predominantly male dominated industry, however when it comes to eco-friendly technology, women are carving out their own piece of the biofuel pie. Below are the women leading the Learn More

I knew it was only a matter of time. In a few different blogs over the past year, I’ve covered incredible advances in smart LED bulb technology (the Google smart bulb, and LED light bulbs encoded with WIFI signals, for instance). And now, Net LED Technology Corp, a Japanese LED lighting company, has released the Learn More

The Super Bowl is looming (February 5th, 2012), and no matter which team you’re rooting for (or even if you’re not rooting at all), you may want to keep an eye out for an Audi advertisement that will air during the game’s first quarter. The 60-second spot will unveil the 2013 Audi S7, but more Learn More

Every 4th Tuesday in San Francisco a group of green-minded business leaders meet to discuss sustainability in San Francisco, their role in promoting the green economy and how they can work together to promote Bay Area green values. This phenomenon is called Eco Tuesdays and is spreading to sustainable cities across the nation. It is Learn More

Beef: it’s what’s for dinner…or so the adage goes. And while it’s true that many Americans consume beef on a daily or weekly basis, it’s also true that most shoppers turn their noses up to beef that looks brown in its packaging. Kyle Steele, a recent master’s graduate in animal sciences and industry at Kansas Learn More

All you eco friendly, sustainably minded, environmentally conscious San Franciscans now have a place to congregate for an entire week and bask in your own glory as you watch every single film in the 2nd annual San Francisco Green Film Festival.  It looks like a great event this year. You can see all the trailers Learn More

CE Pro, a leading audio/visual trade publication for the lighting and performance industry, recently named LED lighting as a top trend for 2012. I can’t say I’m surprised, as it seems that LED fixtures—from color-changing LED installations to puck lights and LED wall lights—have become essential business and artistic tools for nearly every industry. CE Learn More

Yep, you read it correctly. Scientists from UC San Diego have figured out how to make bacteria glow. The Los Angeles Times is calling it a “living LED screen” made up of “biopixels,” AKA fluorescent, flashing E. coli bacteria. It began in 2008 when lead researcher biology and bioengineering professor Jeff Hasty published a paper Learn More

Although the Bay Area promotes green and sustainable living,  there are communities, specifically those next to the Port of Oakland and I-880 that are afflicted by poor air quality.  Because of the large industry in this area, in 2008 West Oakland was deemed a priority for sustainable urban development in order to reduce the amount Learn More