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Much of the landscape must be returned to its natural state, combined with distributed renewable energy and water.

“We ended the Dust Bowl by returning much of the landscape back to its native state and changing how we treated the land we continue to occupy. And we will end disasters like Hurricane Sandy the same way: taking as much of our coastline as possible back to its pre-settlement state as the least expensive way of protecting ourselves from a future of super storms, and rebuilding the rest in as resilient — as temporary or as indestructible — a way possible, with those living in harms way having to pay much more for public services as a result of that choice. It may not sound like a “Marshall Plan,” but it may be the only plan that, in the end, works. “

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The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in Europe, some scientists and engineers say.

Is such a sea barrier capable of withstanding Hurricane sea surges on the US East Coast?

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EDF’s Energy Innovation Series will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing, and progressive utilities…

“REGEN’s Swarm Energy Management technology employs a node at each electrical load in a building. For example, a large corporate campus might install a REGEN node on each HVAC unit. Using REGEN’s patented algorithms (which the company calls “swarm logic”), the nodes communicate with each other wirelessly and are able to balance the attached loads to smooth out the overall demand of a building.”

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Energy Management Guidance

FEMP provides guidance on Federal laws and regulations to assist energy managers in complying with energy management requirements and goals.

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Companies today are recognising the need for a more comprehensive and interactive approach to managing energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. For many, the historical approach that was driven by cheap energy prices no longer applies.

“Companies at the forefront recognise that energy and emissions management is not a “one-off” exercise, but needs to be integrated with core business improvement activities. They also recognise the need for continued vigilance to ensure the gains are sustainable, as well as the importance of embedding behavioural changes within their workforce. …”

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Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) research projects were awarded grants by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance energy technologies.

ARPA-E seeks out transformational, breakthrough technologies that show fundamental technical promise but are too early for private-sector investment. These projects have the potential to produce game-changing breakthroughs in energy technology, form the foundation for entirely new industries, and could have large commercial impacts.
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Data Center is first in New York to Receive Energy Efficiency
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As part of the Energy Star certification, MetLife’s Global Technology & Operations and its Corporate Real Estate team worked closely with business partner, Cushman & Wakefield to perform several upgrades to enhance the facility. Among the projects were: installing boiler system controls to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions; upgrading lighting control panels to save energy; installing LED lighting in the parking lot, using waterless technology; and implementing virtualization technology, which allows the facility to share resources and save costs in energy, hardware, software licensing and IT infrastructure maintenance.

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To ensure your equipment’s longevity and reduce costs, improving your ROI, a power management strategy is important to your digital signage plan. Learn about solutions that can help you save money.

For Rider’s O/O power is a big issue in migrating to digital. “A typical QSR (quick service restaurant) not only faces challenges of grease, oil, steam and heat, but must contend with the special power requirements of a new digital menu board upgrade,” she said.

The new digital menu board build-out could include up to five digital panels (mounted in landscape mode) that requires two dedicated circuits to power up to thirteen separate devices including the LCD panels and media players. And for the O/O looking at the upgrade that can mean having to provide dedicated wiring to the install location with city or county permits, electrical contractors and municipal inspectors, to name a few.

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Financial support from the U.S. government seems more critical than before now that many venture capital firms are shying away from investing in green tech. But be forewarned: those public money investments could take a long time to bear fruit.

“1. Better magnets: Electron Energy in Pennsylvania is due to receive $2.9 million to come up with better magnets that don’t require rare earth materials and perform better than what are being used to make the motors in wind turbines and electric cars today. Rare earth mining isn’t environmentally friendly and is concentrated in China, which has restricted rare earth export in the past. ARPA-E has previously funded projects for developing rare earth-free magnets and motors.”

“4. Power plant efficiency: The University of North Dakota will use $472,580 from ARPA-E to develop an air-cooling equipment to help power plants run efficiently. Fossil fuel power plants require a lot of water to operate. The research will use an “air-cooled adsorbent liquid” that releases moistures to keep the power plant cool and minimize water losses.”

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Capital Dynamics, …and EDF Renewable Energy are pleased to announce that the Capital Dynamics US Solar Energy Fund has acquired a 12.8 megawatt peak (MWp) portfolio of solar energy projects ….

“The seven sites make up one of the largest solar PV portfolios currently installed in New York State and consist of carport structures situated on county-owned land in Suffolk County, Long Island. Each project in the portfolio benefits from a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the AA-rated municipal utility, Long Island Power Authority. “

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