The iPod’s Inventor: a far better Thermostat?!

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The iPod’s Inventor Strikes Out On His Own, And Invents…A Thermostat?! | Co. Design: Oh, you are gonna like this. Programmable thermostats should, theoretically, save you a ton on your utilities. But you will love this. Only about 6% of programmable thermostates are actually — you guessed it — are actually programmed.:-( So maybe, just possibly, the answer is better training for the users. Nope. That will never do. How about something more intuitive and…

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Making Mad Money on Sustainability Mega trends

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Check out the episode of Mad Money on September 29 (Thursday) when Cramer talks about three mega trends where you can make money. Even in the current insane marketplace. One it energy efficiency: Look for HON, JCI and more. All favorites of this blog. looking at big EE savings (vs EE&E planning… 🙂 World food shorage: stocks to buy include Deer (DE) and Potash. Healthy food trends include: Chipoltle, Haines & Panera. He’s looking for decade-long trends,…

Most Chief Sustainability Officers Close to the Top, Report Finds · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Most Chief Sustainability Officers Close to the Top, Report Finds · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader With 35% reporting directly to the CEO and another 55% are no more than 2 degrees removed (C-Level) from the CEO. This is a small sample, but interesting how high in the organizations sustainability lands. Note that only DuPont (in 2004) had a CSO prior to 2007. From the http://www.environmentalleader.com

Samsung defends against iPad: “Open the Pod Door”

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Samsung defends against Apple iPad lawsuit by claiming 2001: A Space Odyssey as prior art | TiPb: “Samsung defends against Apple iPad lawsuit by claiming 2001: A Space Odyssey as prior art Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 by Rene Ritchie ‘via Blog this’ So, as the Patent Wars start to heat up, like nothing that has ever gone before… The weird and wacky step out into space to duke it out. It’s gonna definitely get ugly…

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EIA – Press Room – 3.9% increase in CO2 in US for 2010

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EIA – Press Room – Press Releases Ouch. This is an ugly increase of about 4% in energy-related CO2 from the USA in 2010. We had a 12% reduction during the heat of the recession in 2009, but we’re coming back with a vengeance. And, of course, China is out doing us now and growing by leaps and bounds. Double ouch! Count India into that, Triple ouch!:-(

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Work Shifting – Office in the Cloud… or not?

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Work Shifting – Welcome to Your New Office in the Cloud Ok, let me get this straight: only 29% of small business owners had ever heard of Cloud Computing!:-( And of those, only 26% could describe what Cloud is? If my math is good (29% x 26%) that means that only 7.5% of small business owners know what Cloud is! One of the greatest equalizers of our time, and small business owners don’t know what…