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Green Project Marketing Represents The Original Rainwater Pillow

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:31:56 +0000

Green Project Marketing represents The Original Rainwater Pillow^®

A rainwater harvesting system ideal for irrigation, toilet flushing, storm water management, and fire suppression.

Your Original Rainwater Pillow comes as a complete rainwater harvesting kit that includes the pillow, filter, pump, remote control and all fittings fully automated and easy to use. Potable and Non-Potable systems.
Harvest from 1,000 to 200,000 gallons of rainwater. Store in wasted horizontal space such as a crawlspace, greenhouse, under deck area or under your porch. Custom size pillows can be manufactured to fit your available space. Commercial and Residential applications.
Pillows are made from durable, heavy duty, industrial strength fabric commonly used by the military. A woven polyester scrim that is coated on both sides with a polymer alloy is the foundation to the material's strength, stability, and durability. Historical use and lab testing shows UV resistance of 20 + years.
Collect, filter and store rainwater for use in your garden hoses, standard sprinklers, drip irrigation systems, flush your toilets, etc. You can even use it to wash your car! Potable water systems available.
Our systems are designed to meet site-specific requirements and goals with economical solutions

Platek Moon Lighting

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:15:16 +0000

LED Platek Moon. Designed specifically as a bollard for lighting public spaces, the elegant fixture comes in four different heights and can be based in the ground or mounted onto a wall, and the aluminum body is corrosion-resistant. Also, the LEDs are smartly housed within the body to reduce vandalism.

http://platek.eu/eng/prodotti.php

AIA MEASURES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:50:48 +0000

The AIA Committee on the Environment’s "MEASURES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN”

COTE definition of sustainability and sustainable design:

Sustainability envisions the enduring prosperity of all living things. Sustainable design seeks to create communities, buildings, and products that contribute to this vision.

VCs Find Gold in Energy Management Software Investments

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:50:33 +0000

Ashley Halligan, an analyst at Texas-based Software Advice and a contributor to Green Project Marketing, published an article on VentureBeat in December outlining the growing trend in VC-funded digital cleantech–shifting from typical hardware-based investing.

3 Energy Management Apps Any Organization Can Afford

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:11:57 +0000

In a market where consumers--both residential and commercial--are giving recognition to their carbon footprint and taking control of their consumption, energy suppliers, technology companies, and even the government is getting involved--making consumption data more accessible, creating initiatives that make these partnerships more feasible, and creating systems and technology to simplify and gauge behaviors and performance.

As a result, a slew of new technologies are being released into the market, allowing consumers real access to their consumption patterns, helping to identify deficiencies in operations and even suggesting upgrades where deficiencies may be occurring. Encouraging enough, these applications don't have to be a costly investment. In fact, some are quite affordable--or even better--free. Here are three applications that are trending in the energy management market that any organization can afford.

ARPA-E Awards $130 Million for 66 Transformational Energy Technology Projects

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:16:45 +0000

November 28, 2012

WASHINGTON – Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 66 cutting-edge research projects selected by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program. 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 have large commercial impacts. The selected projects encompass 11 technology areas in 24 states, and support the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above approach to solving our nation’s most pressing energy challenges.

Green Project Marketing at GreenBuild Expo 2012

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:40:32 +0000

Michel Stevens, President of Green Project Marketing at GreenBuild Expo 2012. We look forward to meeting up with clients, green manufacturers and distributors and green builders and architects at the show.

www.greenprojectmarketing.com

D'MAND CIRC at GreenBuild Expo

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:28:01 +0000

D'MAND CIRC booth at GreenBuild Expo. The team for ACT and Enovative Group is looking forward to a successful show this year. www.gothotwater.com www.enovativegroup.com

GreenBuild 2012 - David Gottfried - Regenerative Ventures

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:20:31 +0000

Michel Stevens bumped into David Gottfried, Founder of USGBC, Founder of World Green Building Council and CEO of Regenerative Ventures at GreenBuild Expo 2012 in San Francisco. www.regenv.com

GreenBuild Expo 2012 - is almost here

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:03:39 +0000

In 2012, GreenBuild Expo will showcase the latest in innovative green building products and services. Join us in San Francisco to learn, network, do business and participate in one of the greenest and most sustainable conferences in the world.