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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Good News for Colorado: Hickenlooper Signs Bill to Increase Rural Renewable Energy

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Today is a good day for the people of Colorado. It was a little over two months ago that the Colorado legislature passed SB-252 to increase ...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

Xcel Asking for 550 Megawatts of Wind Power in Colorado

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I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. Xcel Energy is asking the Photo courtesy of NREL Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) f...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Call to Action: Increase Renewables in Colorado

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Image courtesy of UCAR It's been awhile since my last post and I apologize. Much of my free time has been dabbling in worlds of  Tw...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Overcoming the Seven Sustainability Blunders

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As sustainability practitioners we are used to banging our heads against the wall. We wonder why our bosses and colleagues don't "g...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

100 Green Small Business Tips

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About six months ago we resurrected a dormant green team at the company I work for to expand the focus to the triple-bottom line - people, p...
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Cost of Installed Solar Power is Sinking Like a Stone

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This should be music to all of our ears. According to the Tracking the Sun report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab the cost of reside...
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Sunday, November 4, 2012

A Chat with the Building Science Wizard (aka the Comfort Cowboy)

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The Comfort Cowboy is one unique individual and we're lucky to have his presence here in Colorado. Frankly, we need more folks like ...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

State Energy Efficiency Scorecard Released – Colorado Ranked 14th

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Source: ACEEE The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released their report ranking states by energy efficiency (vi...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

CU-Boulder Says Graywater System Could Save 800,000 Gallons a Year

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Better late than never. It's good to see graywater systems gaining some traction on the Front Range in Colorado. We experience low humi...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

REA Dedicates Northern Colorado's First Solar Farm

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Delicious . The first solar garden in Windsor, Colorado has popped up to feed the community with clean renewable power. Solar gardens are ga...
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Justin A. Rickard
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The mission of Denver Sun Sponge is to provide accessible information to the general public on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability. Moving the discourse on clean energy technologies and sustainability practices out of the shadows and into the sunlight is going to take a community effort. Your feedback is necessary and expected!
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