2011 finalist archives - planet forward - 克罗地亚vs加拿大让球 //www.getitdoneaz.com/tag/2011-finalist/ inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 tue, 28 feb 2023 18:46:39 +0000 en-us hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 lightworks: cyanobacteria //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/lightworks-cyanobacteria/ fri, 11 feb 2011 17:40:06 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/lightworks-cyanobacteria/ arizona state university is a cutting edge research institution. lightworks is a ground breaking initiative focusing on harnessing the sun and transforming it into energy.

]]> sapphire is leading the new industrial category of green crude production, profoundly altering the petrochemical landscape for the better. //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/sapphire-is-leading-the-new-industrial-category-of-green-crude-production-profoundly-altering/ fri, 11 feb 2011 10:28:25 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/sapphire-is-leading-the-new-industrial-category-of-green-crude-production-profoundly-altering-the-petrochemical-landscape-for-the-better/ sapphire energy believes the time is now to create new energy solutions that are environmental, scalable, and renewable. sapphire is leading the new industrial category of green crude production with the potential to profoundly change america’s energy and petrochemical landscape for the better. with only sunlight and co2, sapphire energy is turning algae into green crude that can be refined into the three most important liquid fuels we use today: gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. there is no need to make changes to our vehicles, pipelines, or distribution systems—as green crude offers a complete drop-in replacement solution.

]]> invest in algae and butanol energy research //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/invest-in-algae-and-butanol-energy-research/ wed, 02 feb 2011 15:35:41 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/invest-in-algae-and-butanol-energy-research/ biofuels have been considered as one of the great alternatives to solving the energy problem for transportation fuels. corn used for ethanol unfortunately competes with a staple foodstuff, and requires significant amounts of land area. ethanol must also be blended with gasoline before it can be used for a transportation fuel.

our idea seeks to change this by using algae, which grow at a very high rate and can be beneficial removing carbon dioxide from the air and unwanted nutrients from polluted waters, and converting it into butanol. butanol has a higher energy content per gallon than ethanol, and can be used directly in gasoline engines, making it a better choice.

through the process we are designing we hope to create a more sensible path toward green transportation fuels in the future.

]]> empire state of energy //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/empire-state-of-energy/ wed, 15 dec 2010 12:55:44 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/empire-state-of-energy/ the empire state building retrofitted all 6,514 windows completing the first phase of its sustainability initiative, which will reduce the buildings consumption of energy by 38%!

talk to kevin surace, ceo of serious materials, and find out how his company improved the quality of every single empire state building window by 400%!

by devin & kristina
special thanks to kevin surace and scott bittle

also thank you to daniel hernandez and melanie maasch.

]]> leasing solar panels //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/leasing-solar-panels/ mon, 01 nov 2010 15:11:03 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/leasing-solar-panels/ watch and learn more>>]]> solar leasing allows customers to go solar without having to pay for their system upfront. firms like sungevity partner with financial institutions to spread the cost of going solar into a zero-money down monthly lease. for many customers, the combined cost of their monthly lease payment and the cost of their new electricity bill is less than the cost of their old electricity bill, meaning they save money from the moment the system is installed.

]]> the electric vehicle movement needs you //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/the-electric-vehicle-movement-needs-you/ fri, 22 oct 2010 01:21:20 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/the-electric-vehicle-movement-needs-you/ live chat today at 12pm est! we talk to organizers of project get ready and examine - what will this idea cost? how many stations do we need? weigh in during planet forward's live chat with zachary heir at 12 noon est. chat]]> automakers around the globe have announced their intentions to release all-electric vehicles  in the coming years.

the arrival of thousands of new all-electric vehicles is an exciting development, which will hopefully mark the beginning of a transition to alternative fuels in the transportation sector. yet the first wave of full‐electric vehicles faces a major obstruction to entering the mainstream market: there is simply no infrastructure to support electric vehicle (ev) technology in the us. project get ready is an initiative that helps cities across the continent make the shift away from fossil fuels in the transportation sector by implementing a network of plug‐in charging stations. and on january 20th, 2010 at the northeast auto show, the rocky mountain institute, the state of rhode island, the city of providence and national grid announced project get ready rhode island (pgr ri), the first statewide effort to bringing in plug-in electric vehicles. this move towards alternative fuel is an enormous development: currently, 40% of rhode island’s greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions are from transportation and 99% of these emissions are due to petroleum. pgr ri hopes to help prepare for and welcome 10,000 plug-in evs  to the state by 2015 in order to reduce rhode island’s carbon emissions, lessen its dependency on oil and alleviate the range anxiety of driving an ev.

rhode island policymakers, environmental advocates, transportation experts, business leaders and the state’s major electric utility provider are working together to form pragmatic strategies that will promote the adoption of evs. these include: encouraging the installation of charging stations at both commercial and public locations; assisting fleet managers in evaluating the potential cost savings of evs; bundling consumer incentives at the point of purchase; and expediting permitting for charging stations.

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