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The Greenius Gets His Hands Dirty

Creative Greenius

Charles heads up the Old Torrance Neighborhood Association and yesterday I read in my local paper, an item headlined, “Volunteers needed for clean up day.&#. This was the Neighborhood Association’s 10th Clean Up Day, so they knew what to expect. We cleaned on both sides of the tracks for several blocks.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Sun Catalytix Corporation will develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

While the timing of charging can be handled through the use of these smart meters, this does not preclude the need for upgrading the grid, a project that will save massive numbers of kWh that are currently being wasted due to the incredibly old and cobbled together grid we’ve got now. Smart meters have uses far beyond electric vehicles.

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Fitting It All In: Keys to Mastering Work-Life Balance

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The quest not only wastes an inordinate amount of time. If you work from home, take a walk around your neighborhood. Begin your bedtime routine at the same time each night to cue your body that it’s time to wind down. It also detracts from the quality of life.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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All the electricity used to produce the BMW i models at the Leipzig plant is wind-generated. The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.) The SGL carbon fiber plant at Moses Lake, Washington, uses 100% hydropower.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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The electrical grid also supports the efficient distribution of power and makes use of energy generated through renewable means like wind and solar. The intermittent nature of daylight and strong winds, however, is a stubborn problem. For combustion-based heating, fuels like oil and gas are stored and moved to where they can be burned.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. We’re turnkey.

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