In: Featured, Featured Thought Leader, Green Building, Thought Leaders

In the sustainability field, knowledge is everything, something that Sara Neff, Head of Sustainability for Lendlease in the Americas, knows all too well. As I logged in for the call where I would observe a conversation between her and Green World Alliance’s Director/Editor in Chief Jeff Grossberg, they were discussing her impressive feat of going to nearly every Greenbuild conference since 2009.Read More →

In: Featured, Innovation

On Thursday, June 3rd, 2021, as Microgrid Knowledge’s annual conference came to an end, the renewable energy news site held their final session of the month-long event. The seminar “How Microgrids Will Change the Way We Make, Deliver, and Use Energy ” was led by Steve Pullins, Chief Technology officer at Alphastruxure. He used the opportunity to prompt expert panelists on what the future of microgrid technology and system configuration will look like. Read More →

In: Energy, Featured, Innovation, Microgrid

On Thursday, June 3rd, 2021, as Microgrid Knowledge’s annual conference came to an end, the renewable energy news site held their final session of the month-long event. The seminar “How Microgrids Will Change the Way We Make, Deliver, and Use Energy ” was led by Steve Pullins, Chief Technology officer at Alphastruxure. He used the opportunity to prompt expert panelists on what the future of microgrid technology and system configuration will look like. Read More →

In: About Energy, Featured

On May 13th Microgrid Knowledge hosted “How to Get More out of Microgrids: Overcoming the Challenges” as part of their month-long Microgrid Conference. The session featured industry experts Scott Kessler, Head of Microgrid Strategy at Siemens, Scott Manson, Technology Director at SEL, Keith Thomson, Co-Founder and Facilitator at AVL Critical Services Microgrid Group, and Karim El Alami, Managing Director at Elum Energy. Led by Samantha Reifer, Director at Scale Microgrid Solutions, panelists were prompted to explain their perspectives on major challenges preventing communities from fully relying on microgrids, and how to navigate and manage these issues.Read More →

In: Climate Change, Featured

For a brief window in 2020 the world economy slowed. Roads and sidewalks emptied as citizens retreated indoors to protect their health and slow viral spread. Dwindling tourism and closed borders forced the carbon-intensive airline industry to ground planes and schedule half-empty flights, creating extreme financial distress across the global aviation sector.Read More →

Portable wind turbine innovation. KiteX

In: Early Manufacturing, Eco-Friendly, Featured, Recycled, Reused, Repurposed, Wind

The Wind Catcher, by the copenhagen-based company KiteX, is a new innovation that can be used for camping or emergency backup in combination with solar panels for sunless days, or solo. It can connect to a classic generator for extra power as well. 2 models are available, 200W and 600WRead More →