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On The VERGE Of A Green Breakthrough

June 17, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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Next week brings a global conversation around a big idea being called  VERGE. The notion is that  energy, information, building, and vehicle technologies are converging, in ways that will make the planet radically more sustainable. The coinage comes from my friend and colleague Joel Makower, the chairman and executive... [read more]

How to innovate…sustainably

October 2, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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So I have a confession to make: I’m kind of bored by eco-efficiency. Yes, I know that this week’s announcement of new government standards for refrigerators and the super-insulated double-hung windows in the Empire State building and Yahoo’s new ‘chicken coop’ data center in upstate New York are all important ways to conserve energy,... [read more]

Jagan Nemani: What a waste!

February 26, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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This week’s guest post comes from Jagan Nemani, a MBA from Chicago’s Booth School of Business, a former Deloitte consultant and now the leader of a startup called SpeakEnergy.com that is  focused on improving the energy efficiency of individuals by involving them in online communities. Jagan got my attention at a recent GreenBiz... [read more]

Why green business is like teen sex

February 4, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. My friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report. The wide-ranging report was... [read more]

San Jose to Add 75K Homes to Smart Grid

September 25, 2009 by Jack Mason
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San Jose to Add 75K Homes to Smart Grid, New IBM Software to Facilitate Growth | GreenBiz.com In addition to San Jose’s plan, IBM today released its Solution Architecture for Energy and Utilities Framework (SAFE), a software platform aimed at helping utilities like PG&E more easily implement smart grid projects, from generation to... [read more]

Blogging for fun and profit

March 4, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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This blog began as an experiment on August 10, 2006. Soon it grew into a habit. Now – some 341 postings and too many words to count later — it has become a (small) business, I’m pleased to say. I liked blogging from the get-go. I felt liberated from the constraints of space (always a problem, even when writing magazine-length stories... [read more]