Electricity

How sustainable is your office building?

Eric Carbon Neutral, Electricity, Energy Usage, Sustainability December 17, 2019July 29, 2020CarbonNeutral certification, Cliff House Restaurant, EPA, Le Botaniste, LEED certification, Natural Capital Partners, US Green Building Council

Sustainable building depicted by silhouette filled with leaves

Human reliance on fossil fuel energy continues to steadily grow. The impacts of this are found in nearly every aspect of our existence, from transportation to construction and even food production. A large portion of our energy

What’s your city’s Clean Energy ranking?

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Usage November 5, 2019November 5, 2019ACEEE, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Carbon Neutral, Clean Energy Scorecard, GHG emissions, Share bikes

Most of us like to get a good report card. Many of us have a competitive streak. And lots of us are looking for ways to be more energy efficient in an effort to live our most

Source Series: Give me a Wave

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, The Source Series, Water March 12, 2019July 18, 2019Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, Water

We talked briefly about the immense amazingness of the ocean in our article Source Series: The Tides of Change. So we don’t need to remind you all of the incredible ecosystem which surrounds us (let me

Source Series: The Tides of Change

Chrystal Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Renewable Energy, The Source Series, Water March 5, 2019July 18, 2019Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, The Source Series, Water

The ocean is a wondrous and awe-inspiring ecosystem. It covers most of our planet (71% of it…and let’s not forget that number is increasing)! The average depth of the ocean is nearly 2.5 miles, but the lowest

Source Series: Wind Power. Are you a fan?

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, The Source Series March 1, 2019July 18, 2019Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, Electricity, Energy Consumption, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine, Windmill

Wind power is a renewable energy source which has been around forever (well, a very very long time). Wind powered machines have been grinding grains for more than 2 millennia. Windmills pumping water in the Netherlands prevented

Source Series: Dam it!

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, The Source Series February 19, 2019July 18, 2019Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, Hydroelectricity

Water into wine. Impressive. Water into electricity…Planet Saving! Did you know that hydropower is actually the oldest form of renewable energy? We’ve been harnessing the power of water through water wheels and turbines for centuries. The Ancient

Top 10: Ways to Save Energy this Winter!

Stanley Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Food December 3, 2018July 18, 2019

Winter is the season of more: more food, more layers, more time spent with friends and family, more-just plain more. It can be argued that this penchant for plenty is something deeply ingrained within the very biology

The 2018 Climate Report

Stanley Climate Change, Current Events, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Health December 2, 2018July 18, 2019

It’s official: the country with the strongest economy and military in the world has recognized that climate change does exist, and that it is having an impact that can be felt in the here and now. Last

Source Series: Nuclear Energy

Stanley Electricity, Energy Consumption, Nuclear Energy, Waste Solutions, Water October 8, 2018August 21, 2021

It’s a precious few that haven’t heard of Albert Einstein’s landmark equation: E=MC2. The value of this elegant equation is that it has revealed that matter and energy are intimately related. It has been responsible for enormous

It’s Time for a Conversion

Stanley Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Health, Personal Care, Transportation September 10, 2018July 18, 2019

Repeating something over and again is a sure way to make it into the history books. Take, for example, one of the greatest tormentors known to mankind: the dreaded calorie. The term “calorie” was introduced into the