The website ecofabulous.com is about style… and changing the world. The company’s manifesto says ecofabulous means “celebrating high style with low impact, being savvy and open for a bit of discovery,” and, “inspiring change.” As a journalist, having worked at [See the full post…]

Intel IT Best Practices: At Intel IT, we think “green” everyday under a formal IT Sustainability Program. In 2010, we implemented projects that reduced our consumption of IT associated emissions by ~60,000 metric tons of co2 and saved Intel’s business [See the full post…]

Green IT: To support Intel’s first planned certified green building, Intel IT has designed a system that saves energy by recovering data center heat and using it to heat the rest of the building. For more on Green IT visit [See the full post…]

Green IT: Intel IT is engaged in developing a broad, ongoing IT sustainability strategy to help Intel consume fewer resources and emit less waste. In analyzing the business case for IT sustainability, we identified the bottom-line benefits and defined the [See the full post…]

Information and Communication Technology accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions. Intel’s Eco-Technology efforts are now focused on opportunities for technology to impact the other 98%. In this Chip Chat episode, Allyson Klein interviews Lorie Wigle.

The EPA’s ENERGY STAR* is developing new ICT metrics, researching the energy consumption of 200+ data centers. In July 2007 it updated its requirements for computers to include idle mode. In this episode, Allyson Klein interviews Katharine Kaplan.

San Francisco-based blueEnergy provides sustainable energy services to isolated communities in Nicaragua. Mathias Craig, executive director and chairman of the board of the nonprofit corporation, was on-hand last year to receive the prestigious Accenture Economic Development Award at the Tech [See the full post…]

Prior to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), one news story getting a lot of traction was the conversion of a Saturn Hybrid into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) capable of 150 miles per gallon. So I was [See the full post…]

During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS), I spoke with Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac about the Provoq, the luxury SUV concept based on the Volt E-flex platform, unveiled at CES.

Another exciting discovery at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) was Ford’s EcoBoost platform and the unveiling of their Explorer America concept. Dan Kapp, Ford‘s Director of Powertrain Research, introduces me to this next-gen SUV and it’s performance enhancing [See the full post…]

In an hour sit down with online journalists during the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GM’s Chairman Rick Wagner answered questions on several topics from the joint partnership announcement the day before with Coskata, to Tata Motor’s Nano, recently [See the full post…]

During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS) one of the most important announcements I heard was made by GM Chairman Rick Wagoner, who announced a partnership with Coskata, a Warrensville, IL, biology-based ethanol producer. The company uses proprietary microorganisms [See the full post…]

During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS) GM‘s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz joined a roundtable discussion with a group of online journalists including (but not limited to) Brian Dooley at HummerGuy.net, Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com, Joe LaMuraglia-Gaywheels.com, Vincent Nguyen [See the full post…]

During CES, GM‘s Chairman Rick Wagoner spoke with a group of bloggers and journalists.

During the keynote address at CES, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner unveiled the company’s newest fuel-cell concept vehicle on the E-Flex platform and the first vehicle introduction ever at CES, the Cadillac Provoq. Featuring GM’s fifth generation fuel cell technology, the [See the full post…]

During the first annual Renewable LA, a day long “consumption-lite” eco fest celebrating renewable energy and transportation, Joe Gershen, Board Member, Green Depot sustainable energy organization, gave a presentation on the many benefits of Biodiesel.

Ron Likis heads up Centron Energy Corporation, a Wisconsin alternative energy company that has created a fuel additive that after 300 million of miles of testing, has been CARB approved and EPA recognized to decrease emissions and increase mileage in [See the full post…]

One of the interesting folks I met at EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Anaheim, Calif., was Kathleen Larson, former math teacher and owner of the Fuel Cell Store. Concerned about reducing their carbon footprint, she and her husband [See the full post…]

Another company making news during EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium, was Vectrix Corporation. Durng the show, Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Morrill introduced me to the V3, an all electric three-wheeler featuring twin front wheels that grasp the road during [See the full post…]

I met EJ Wessel, owner of Big Kid Toys in Napa, Calif., at the LA Auto Show, but sadly, I wasn’t able to go for a ride in his T-Rex then. So when we met at EVS 23, the Electric [See the full post…]

Durng EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium, I spoke with Pitt Moos, Product Manager for the smart ev, a prototype and research electric vehicle being developed by http://www.daimler.com/ Daimler. Currently 100 of them are being built and delivered to consumers [See the full post…]

During iHollywood Forum’s Hollywood Goes Green conference, Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car joined Greg “Gadget” Abbott, founder of Electric Motors, Dave Barthmuss, GM‘s Group Manager for Western Region Environment & Energy Communications and Dale Wiley, CEO [See the full post…]

During EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Anaheim, CA, I met Brian Wismann, director of design for Brammo Motorsports of Ashland, OR., a manufacturer of ultra-efficient, lightweight vehicles. During the event they unveiled the Enertia, an electric motorcycle perfect [See the full post…]

During EVS 23, Jm Harris, SVP for ExxonMobil Chemical Co., gave a presentation about the company’s new battery separator film that can reduce heat issues with lithium-ion batteries. I had a few questions for Jim after his presentation, during the [See the full post…]

I’ve never been this close to the Chevy Volt, so during EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Anaheim, CA, I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition to speak with Chelsea Sexton of Who Killed the Electric Car and Plug-In [See the full post…]