green technology

How Technology Is Fueling The Push Toward Solar

Solar energy in the United States has seen immense momentum throughout the years. When the Solar Energy Industries Association released its annual report in 2008, it concluded that U.S. solar photovol

iRemoTap: Power Strip with Built-In Wi-Fi (Video)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iremotetap.png" /> Japan-based <a href="http://www.ubiquitous.co.jp/En/">Ubiquitous</a> has <a href="http://www.ubiquitous.co.jp/news/?p

GE introduces their own home energy management system

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/GE_Nucleus_plug.jpg" />While home energy management options have been around for a while, this is the first time someone like GE has come

New LED lightbulb will last 17 years

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/GE-LED.jpg" />CFL bulbs are great, but the mercury they use can be harmful. LEDs don't use mercury, but the technology is still pretty ro

"Green Tap": NEC develops energy-saving power strip

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/green_tap_nec.png" /> NEC subsidiary <a href="http://www.necst.co.jp/english/index.htm">NEC System Technologies</a> has developed <a hre

Honda presents new ecological drive assist system

Honda has developed an ecological drive assist system [JP], which will be used in a new Insight hybrid model that is scheduled for release next spring in Japan. The system is based on three different

Q and A on the subject of clean tech legislation

Here’s a panel I attended at the recent Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, Colorado. There were two experts on the panel: Steven Kalland, Director of the North Carolina Solar Center