March 31, 2013 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – March 2012 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: arpa-e, berkeley, blots, blotting, cornell, curbside recycling, detroit, federal building, fema, green roofs, interactive map, jargon, MRF, recycling, resilience, resilient communities, san francisco, san francisco federal building, solar, solar decathlon, solar pv, solar pv performance, usgbc, water, water conservation, water conservation calculators, wri earthtrends March 2012 Solar Decathlon Time Lapse FEMA & USGBC on Resilient Communities Blots, or Blotting Interactive Map of ARPA-E Projects March 2011 MRF (Rhymes with Smurf) The San Francisco Federal Building…at 2 AM Water Conservation Calculators Finding Data – WRI EarthTrends Delivered Berkeley Might End Curbside Recycling Program Do Green Roofs Improve Solar PV Performance? Like this:Like Loading...
February 28, 2013 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – February 2012 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: california, clean energy, clean energy future, climate change, electricity, glossary, green building advisor, microgrids, parking, parking rate, Peter Calthorpe, peter morris, portland, tiny house, urban planning, urbanism, waste February 2012 The GBA Glossary Snippets – Waste Not Want Not Snippets – Trade-Offs Tour a Tiny House in Portland Microgrids – The Future of Electricity Worldwide Parking Rate Survey February 2011 California’s Clean Energy Future, Part 1 California’s Clean Energy Future, Part 2 California’s Clean Energy Future, Part 3 Peter Calthorpe – Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change A Quote (Peter Morris) Like this:Like Loading...
January 31, 2013 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – January 2012 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: Alameda County, california, Caltrain, cameroon, energy efficiency, green building, light bulb, livable building award, location, plastic, plastic bags, transportation energy, UCSB, water, zero net energy January 2012 Alameda County Bans Use of Some Plastic Bags A Travel Photo (Cameroon) January 2011 Location Location Location Caltrain is in Serious Trouble 2010 Livable Building Award Winners U.C.S.B. Students Take on Zero Net Energy Goals New Year, New Light Bulb Standards in CA Like this:Like Loading...
December 31, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – December 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: california, cancun climate summit, desalination, geothermal map, golden gate park, greentrip, greentrip certification, recycling center, united states December 2011 Geothermal Map of the United States A Year of Sky December 2010 Cancun Climate Summit, Part 2 GreenTRIP Certification How Crucial is Desalination to California? Recycling Center In Golden Gate Park To Close Cancun Climate Summit, Part 1 Like this:Like Loading...
November 30, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – November 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: affordable water, american cities, ASHRAE, bay area, bike sharing, blue roofs, building officials, cities, earth, energy, environment, home energy improvements, infrared images, prop 26, recovery act, running out of water, space, spite house, spite houses, thermographic images, tiny house, tiny houses, water, water scarcity, zeta communities November 2011 Earth from Space Energy-Related Recovery Act Money Thermographic Infrared Maps Tiny “Spite” Houses ZETA Communities on NPR November 2010 Blue Roofs Photo – The Elevator More Tiny Houses! Home Energy Improvements For The Truly Nerdy – An ASHRAE Download PCL’s 8 Affordable Water Strategies Historic Vote by US Building Officials 10 American Cities Running Out Of Water? Prop. 26 and the Environment Regional Bike Sharing in the Bay Area Like this:Like Loading...
October 31, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – October 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: alex wilson, art rosenfeld, audit, BERC, berc energy symposium, california, chris field, cool pavements, cool planet, cool roof, cool roofs, department of global ecology, electric cars, electric grid, electric vehicle, future of energy, grid, los angeles, mass transit, melvin pomerantz, renewable energy, renewables, retrofit, ronnen levinson, sewer, sewer upgrade, stanford, water, water upgrade, weatherization October 2011 The Rundown: 2011 BERC Energy Symposium The Future of Energy October 2010 Is the Grid Ready for Electric Cars? $274 Million for Water & Sewer Upgrades Substandard Workmanship in Weatherization Cool Planet – Art Rosenfeld L.A.’s Electric Vehicle/ Mass Transit Experiment Cool Pavements – Melvin Pomerantz Cool Roofs – Ronnen Levinson Cool Roofs – Melvin Pomerantz 33% of California Energy Renewable by 2020 Berkeley Gets Shiny New Recycling Bins Chris Field – Director of Dept. of Global Ecology Don’t Call It A Retrofit… Or An Audit Gigaton Throwdown Alex Wilson, Founder of EBN – Part 2 Alex Wilson, Founder of EBN – Part 3 Like this:Like Loading...
September 30, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – September 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: 2030 district, AB 32, AC Transit, acre feet, alex wilson, clean-energy czar, commercial buildings, dan kammen, death rays, hazardous waste, hot water, house of the future, koch brothers, light bulbs, lighting, lights, oaklavia, parking day, peter darbee, peter gleick, pg&e, seattle, solar, target, tiny house, tiny houses, water clunkers, water footprint calculator, water resources, zeta, zeta communities September 2011 Oaklavia Today is Park(ing) Day! Seattle’s 2030 District Tiny Houses on TV! ZETA Factory and Installation September 2010 Alex Wilson, Founder of EBN – Part 1 Death Rays Local Target Stores & Hazardous Waste Cut Energy Use 50% in Commercial Buildings Lighting, Light Bulbs, and Lingering Habits Tracking Water Resources in Real Time Update on AC Transit Cuts The Koch Brothers and AB 32 Hot Water, Lights, and Solar as a Service? Peter Gleick on Cash for Water Clunkers Luxury or Necessity? Water Footprint Calculator Dan Kammen, Clean-Energy Czar The House of the Future? The Next Million Acre Feet of Water Peter Darbee, CEO of PG&E – Part 1 Peter Darbee, CEO of PG&E – Part 2 Peter Darbee, CEO of PG&E – Part 3 Like this:Like Loading...
August 31, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – August 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: aia 2030 commitment, air basins, beach water quality, berkeley, bike station, bus rapid transit, california, cap and trade, CEC, city rankings, cpuc, DOE, El Cerrito, electric grid, end use, energy, energy savings, green stormwater infrastructure, grid, landfill, lighting retrofit, parking, phantom loads, philadelphia, prefab, recycling center, san francisco, showerheads, transit, uc san deigo, vampire loads, walkability, water quality, water supply August 2011 UC San Diego Lighting Retrofit Implementing the AIA 2030 Commitment August 2010 San Francisco Finds Parking…on the Web Philadelphia’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure The Hidden Cost of California’s Water Supply Why is DOE Regulating Showerheads? Cap and Trade City Rankings – Energy, Walkability, and Transit New Recycling Center for El Cerrito Residents Are People Clueless about Energy Savings? The Difference Between the CEC and CPUC California’s “Air Basins” End Use Patch-Working the Grid San Francisco Finds a New Landfill? Bus Rapid Transit Major Appliance Efficiency Agreement Houses – Small, Reused, and Prefab Berkeley’s New Bike Station Vampire and Phantom Loads California – 20th in Beach Water Quality Like this:Like Loading...
July 31, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – July 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: AC Transit, advanced framing, bioplastics, california, california incentives, california rebates, climate bill, climate change, denser, density, designing ZNE buildings, energy efficiency, global warming, greenwashing, liter of light, local stimulus projects, nrdc, PACE, PACE programs, pecha kucha, pg&e, resilience, san jose, scott shell, six americas, smart grid, stimulus money, sustainability, transit cuts, us power grid, water and risk, water meters, water system, zne, zne buildings July 2011 Pecha Kucha Rundown: Denser, Part 2 Pecha Kucha Rundown: Denser, Part 3 PG&E Smart Grid Plan Scott Shell on Designing ZNE Buildings Video – Liter of Light July 2010 Problems for PACE Programs? Stimulus Money for Energy Efficiency Global Warming’s Six Americas Advanced Framing AC Transit Cuts, Part 3 Finding California Incentives and Rebates PACE Programs Here, and Gone Finding Local Stimulus Projects Bioplastics, Part 2 San Jose Might Sell Its Water System Greenwashing Visualizing the US Power Grid They Don’t Have Water Meters?! Resilience vs. Sustainability NRDC Report on Climate Change, Water and Risk As Climate Bill Falters, California is Crucial Reactions to the Stalled US Climate Bill Like this:Like Loading...
June 30, 2012 A Year Ago on Zero Resource – June 2011 by Anna LaRue looking back • Tags: AC Transit, BART, BART seat lab, bioplastic, Brazil, Curitiba, denser, density, egypt, electricity consumption, energy-water nexus, epa, EPR, extended producer responsibility, garbage collection, gdp, green exchange, greendex, how much space is enough?, Key System, murkowski resolution, pecha kucha, san francisco, smart water meters, space, story of water, transit cuts, virtual water, water meters, world energy consumption, zabaleen June 2011 BART Seat Lab Pecha Kucha Rundown: Denser, Part 1 June 2010 How Much Space is Enough? The Key System AC Transit Cuts, Part 2 Curitiba Brazil’s Green Exchange GDP and Electricity Consumption Virtual Water Informal Garbage Collection – Egypt’s Zabaleen The Murkowski Resolution and the EPA Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) The Energy-Water Nexus The Greendex Video - The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water World Energy Consumption Up 49% by 2035? San Francisco’s Smart Water Meters Bioplastic, Part 1 Like this:Like Loading...