Solution Stories
St. Vincent de Paul
The Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC) has been an integral part of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County’s (SVDP) housing and business developments in the last five years.
Aging Seattle buildings now environmentally sound
Jonathan Rose, New York developer and one of the sponsors of the upcoming Climate Solutions Annual Breakfast, vowed to make the Joseph Vance and Sterling buildings the greenest old office buildings in Seattle when he bought the downtown properties in 2006. The Vance building is home to Climate Solutions' Seattle office.
Working high in the sky
Every day Kelly’s job is different and that’s just what she was looking for. One day Kelly can be climbing up the 300 foot tower to inspect wind turbine blades and the next day she can be helping to rewire the gear box. It all depends upon what needs to be done.
Zero Energy Idea House
The Zero Energy Idea House on W. Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue, WA, is designed to show that smart choices can result in a home that minimizes energy use while maximizing comfort and style.
Fighting skyrocketing farm energy costs
From energy-saving light bulbs to solar panels to fuel grown and processed on the farm, farmers are making their operations more profitable, efficient and cleaner.
Major Oregon utilities ahead of green energy goals
Major Oregon utilities are far ahead of a 2011 deadline to meet the state’s mandated renewable energy goals. In 2007, state legislators passed a renewable energy mandate that 25 percent of Oregon’s energy had to come from wind, solar, geothermal, wave and other renewable sources by 2025. The three largest utilities — Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp and Eugene Water and Electric Board — must meet a 5 percent goal by 2011. They are already there.
Blue Marble Energy: “Green Dow Chemical” Dreams, Dow Jones Potential.
Blue Marble Energy realizes that we won’t realistically kick our petro habit until we develop sustainable replacement chemicals for society to build with. In response, they have developed a carbon-neutral process that converts biomass into renewable biochemicals and clean-burning natural gas. Their innovative AGATE technology leverages strains of bacteria to convert feedstock into esters, amides, anhydrous ammonia, and biogas.
Oregon Iron Works going greener - and hiring
Amid a general decline of manufacturing and the wreckage of the economic downturn, the company, once a traditional welding and fabrication shop, is beating the odds and emerging as a national leader in green technologies.
