SURVEY: Who are the Top 10 US Cities for Cleantech? Need Your Input

June 30, 2010

Here’s a question I’ve been getting asked a lot about lately and have been personally wondering myself: What is the best city for the cleantech industry in the United States? If you work in the cleantech industry, I need your help for a couple moments! We’re going to crowd source the compilation of the information [...]

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Why LEED is for Followers – But at Least We’re Going Slower in the Wrong Direction

June 28, 2010

This post was written by our of our industry insiders, Sarah Jazmine Fugate who has just moved to New York from Boston and will be writing about her experiences in the green building industry for GLD NYC. Recently, Frank Gehry–one of the most recognizable names in architecture—launched an attack on LEED certification of buildings, calling [...]

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A Slight Miscalculation…No Solar in Abu Dhabi? Learnings from Being First Movers in Cleantech

June 25, 2010

This post comes from Jesse Gossett, partner at Emergent Energy Group. Connect with him @emergentenergy A funny thing was recently discovered in the middle east. The folks planning Masdar, the zero-carbon, zer0-waste and (supposedly) 100% renewable energy (proposed) city just outside Abu Dhabi did a little calculation on the solar resource they could expect in [...]

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What is Content Curation and How Can it Help Shape Green Business

June 23, 2010

This post comes from Joanna Hamblin. Connect with her @GoodNatureGirl Content curation refers to the work of aggregating and editing digital content (news, blogs, social media, events, etc) as part of an online strategy to nurture leads and build an online community. Just as a museum curator is in charge of collecting, displaying, editing and [...]

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Namaste Solar Puts Their Money Where Thier Mouth Is – 2000% Growth in 3 Years [Audio Interview]

June 21, 2010

Here’s a little snippet to kick off the the launch of The Green Light Distrikt – Boulder, an interview I did with Lauren Coyne from Namaste Solar about six months ago. We’ve been kickin’ around Boston for the past couple months and now I’m curious how things are going in other US cities. We’ll do [...]

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The Unseen Torture of PV Integration in Mass: Waiting for Rebates, Permitting, & Inspections.

June 18, 2010

This post comes from one of our new industry insiders, Miles Ryan. He is a solar titan on the paperwork side of the business. A very important note, Miles is an awesome drummer. If Kimbo Slice signs a contract with an installer/integrator for a 5kW PV system on his house in MA on Monday, and [...]

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EVENT: Energy Effiency – Why is the Low Hanging Fruit so High?

June 18, 2010

Everyone who has ever read a book on renewable energy knows that the best investment, and what should be done first is energy efficiency. Business owners know it, property owners knows it, and the state governments know it. Massachusetts is putting more then $600 million into energy efficiency in the short terms, that more then [...]

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Save the World or Beat China? How to Sell Cleantech Investment to America

June 14, 2010

Many of the issues we face with renewable energy and clean tech in general are technological problems, but I would argue many more of them have to do with framing the issues and convincing people to change. Technology won’t do it by itself, the adoption and change of behavior will be the hard part. We [...]

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What do These Labels Even Mean?!?!?! Thoughts on Greenwashing

June 10, 2010

This post comes from our industry insiders, Jessica Manganello. Find her @mangojess So, I was surfing the web yesterday and I came across the most fantastic invention to date: bacon stuffed hot dogs. Oh. My. God. Yumm! I know, I know. As a total, annoying, scold your friends for being wasteful, Greenie, my love of [...]

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Cleantech Development vs Deployment

June 8, 2010

This comes from our industry insider Matt Marino, founder of Clean Pursuits and Switchback Life. In Boston, Technology and Innovation are personified like Greek gods, but its mere mortals that bring these forces to life. Readers of The Green Light Distrikt are likely also technology and innovation enthusiasts.  We have to be – many of [...]

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