Living Building Challenge sets 7 trends for the future

For 2015, look to these performance categories that define how green buildings can help restore the natural environment. Read More

Energy insiders spark debate over future of electricity

"Innovative thinking is not normal." RMI’s inaugural e Lab Ignite event sparks honest dialogue on the future of energy at a grand scale. Read More

Former Marlboro factory lights up for energy storage

The lithium-ion battery storage startup Alevo has raised more than $1 billion to begin production at a former Philip Morris factory in North Carolina. Read More

Hidden inside this SF hotel, the past meets the future of energy

From the birth of the age of electricity to the onset of the age of the microgrid, This hotel has played a key role. This week it's home to VERGE SF. Read More

The Solutions Project's green superheroes use science and stardom

Josh Fox, Marko Krapels, Mark Jacobson and Mark Ruffalo join forces to boost renewables. Backed by science and full of popular appeal, it's a smash. Read More

12 disruptive innovators in the energy business

From Comverge to Vestas, these innovators have the capacity for creative destruction in the energy sector. Read More

6 trailblazers banking on clean energy finance

These innovative companies are capitalizing on creative financing trends, from solar asset-backed securities to yield cos. Read More

How Tesla and GE envision the future of energy

Elon Musk and Jeff Immelt recently presented two sides of the same innovation coin at Tesla’s factory. Read More

11 innovative companies giving energy storage a jolt

Tackling problems from every angle, these diverse and forward-thinking companies are planning a future with plentiful energy. Read More

From mines to megawatts: The promise of 'conflict-free Big Solar'

Millions of acres of degraded terrain could hold 100 times the current U.S. solar capacity — and avert the environmental tradeoffs of blockbuster solar projects. Read More