In both function and design, solar panel products have made great strides in innovation. Following up on our post, Boulder Innovation and the Solar Carport, local solar company, LUMOS, continues to stretch limits in functional design. From power tainers, awnings, and carport improvements - check out some images of their […]
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The Tour of Solar and Green Homes takes place this weekend. This year 14 innovative solar and green homes will be featured. The tour and workshops will showcase a variety of resource conservation technologies. The tour begins at 10 am on Sunday, October 5th. Homes will be open from 10am-4pm.
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If you could suggest a unique idea that would help as many people as possible, what would it be?
For those that are visionaries at heart, but don’t know what to do with your idea or how to start - and are willing to give it to Google, they have recently launched Project 10^100 (that’s “ten […]
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Filling the niche between a car and a motorcycle, the Solartaxi is coming to Boulder on August 10th and 11th. Take part in history, as this is the first time ever, that a car is driving around the world with the power of the sun. Solartaxi is a Swiss solar powered vehicle literally […]
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A group of local inventors are building an electric motorcycle. Called “The Spark”, the ride is clean, fast, ridiculously fun and completely silent. We had a chance to catch up with the Spark and its creator, Blair Keller, near the power plant on the north end of town and grab some photos. What did […]
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A large component of green design is about building today, in preparation for the future. I recently took a tour of 429 Spruce Street, a house that truly exhibits unique features and technologies that was built to withstand the test of time. This LEED Certified Platinum house encompasses energy efficient features and […]
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You can ask this to the engineers at TerraLUX, a Boulder-based company that invents, design, develops, patents and manufactures OEM LED lighting solutions based on its proprietary TerraLUX LED Light Engines. Holding multiple patents in a variety of situations where LEDs are used to replace incandescent lighting for both DC and AC applications, TerraLUX […]
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Regulatory and societal pressures are instigating higher performance and greater energy efficient buildings throughout the world. We are learning to build greener through LEED Certification, HERS Rating Systems, E-star, using more environmentally safe and sustainable products and through energy-saving technologies. As many of our users are aware, modern building design can be a […]
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