Energy

Mayland Seaside Hotel, a five-star hotel project along the Zhujiang River, is being designed as the world's first carbon-neutral hotel. Read More

A new report from MIT finds that new, high-tech manufacturing systems use anywhere from one thousand to one million times as much energy as older methods. Read More

Think about the aerodynamics of jet plane, a sailboat and a minivan. When we build things to fly through the air or propel us through the water, we design efficient vehicles. Not so with cars. Aptera, an auto company startup, aims to change that. Read More

U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation to establish a Green Bank as a tax-exempt wholly owned corporation of the United States that would provide a range of financing support to clean energy and energy efficiency projects in the country. Read More

The Accenture Intelligent City Network will help cities and utilities share information and experiences for developing and implementing smart grid technologies. Read More

Historically, owners of lodging establishments throughout the United States and Canada have ignored the sun as a source of potential energy to heat water. Whether because of concerns about cost or misperceptions about how solar thermal technology works, solar hot water heating systems have been rare. But now that's all beginning to change. Read More

Diversified technology and manufacturing firm Honeywell and Kansas City Power & Light are extending their arrangement for Honeywell to manage the utility's Energy Optimizer Program for another three years with a goal of bringing total participation to almost 80,000 homes, apartment and small businesses. Read More

As the U.S. carbon and clean energy markets continue evolving, it’s important for everyone -- from policy makers to your average offset purchaser -- to understand why there's much more to it than building windmills. Read More

Buckingham Palace, the main residence of British sovereigns for almost 175 years, leaks so much energy it could be a sieve. That's the upshot of news reports from London detailing results of an energy survey of 170 buildings. Read More

Restaurant giant Yum Brands Inc. has opened an eco-friendly KFC-Taco Bell in Northampton, Mass., marking the 11-year-old company's first attempt to seek green building certification for one of its eateries. Read More