Little positive in OECD’s 2050 Environmental Outlook
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Richard Crume Our most prolific blogger, Richard Crume, highlights that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest gloomy outlook on the world’s environmental condition in 2050 could be ...
Lessons in renewable energy at America’s greenest hotel
Monday, 26 March 2012 Richard Crume Richard Crume uses one hotel in the US as an example for his renewable energy students to study. The hotel has achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy costs compared with other hotels of the same si...
Report from Japan
A year later, the cleanup is just beginning
Sunday, 11 March 2012 Richard Crume Wanting to remember the victims - both living and dead - of the Great East Japan Earthquake, our blogger Richard Crume, looks at what the country is doing to get back on its feet a year on from the di...
Is climate change really happening? Just ask your insurance agent!
Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Richard Crume Richard Crume looks at what impact climate change is having on insurance firms, and ultimately consumers. As he points out, “this industry, for one, knows that ignoring the scientific facts is never...
If you want a really green living space, don’t build it!
Monday, 16 January 2012 Richard Crume Our most prolific blogger, Richard Crume, finds out why less is more as far as green building is concerned. He covers the Tiny House Project at Northwestern University in Evanston near Chicago, which ...
Protect the environment? There’s an app for that!
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Richard Crume Regular Renewable Energy Magazine blogger, Richard Crume, is “appy” about his latest piece, which looks at a novel competition to promote the use of computer applications to protect human health a...
Monster increase in carbon dioxide emissions – But is anyone paying attention?
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 Richard CrumeAfter focusing his attention on energy saving in schools in the US, Richard Crume decides to explore a much wider-reaching issue: global carbon emissions.
Unsure how to get your energy message across? Just Post-it!
Thursday, 20 October 2011 Richard CrumeRichard Crume looks at novel ways schools across New York and New Jersey are saving energy, including using Post-it notes to remind energy users to think about how they may be wasting energy.
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US Solar Decathlon – The Real Story
Thursday, 13 October 2011 Richard Crume Every two years college and university students gather in Washington, DC, to compete in a contest to design, build, and operate solar-power houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attrac...
Report from Japan
Achieving a nuclear power-free society comes with risks
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Richard Crume In the last of his Reports from Japan, Richard Crume raises concerns about how the country will quench its thirst for energy amid calls to shut down its nuclear power industry. Many thanks to Richard ...