Climate Change: Not Business as Usual U.C. Climate Scientist and Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Dr. Jeff Severinghaus describes “Business as Usual” and “the Prudent Course” climate change scenarios. Dr. Severinghaus envisions a warmer and wilder planet. “Katrina was mild compared to what we’re going to see in the future.” Jessica Crawford describes the programs and mission of the Birch [...]
The High Value of Rooftop Solar Drives California’s Proper Policy Focus on Urban Solar **SPECIAL FOR ENERGBLOG.COM** By Bill Powers, P.E. © 2012 In California, the price paid for renewable energy resources has historically been linked to the cost of energy from new natural-gas-fired base-load plants, ostensibly to protect utility ratepayers from paying too much for renewable energy resources. Numerous [...]
Dr. Jose Torre Bueno Ph.D., CEO of Empowered Energy Solutions, and Ted Torre Bueno, President, share straight talk on contracting. What are the things you need to be aware of before you hire a contractor, and how should the selection be made?
PHOTO : JUAN GUERRA By Ted Torre–Bueno Empowered is my effort to show that the idea that we have to trade off our well-being against the good of our environment is wrong; to prove to people that we can unite our self-interest with the good of our community and ecology, and that we can deploy green not only to heal [...]
By Ted Torre–Bueno It seems that the US government issued loan guarantees worth more than half a billion taxpayer dollars to Solyndra, the now-defunct and probably doomed attempt to catch up to Chinese solar panel manufacturing. Apparently, the fact that we had let the Chinese get a huge head start on us in solar manufacturing meant that when we belatedly [...]
John Reaves, Ecovolve Partners, San Diego attorney and environmental policy expert introduces the Fee and Dividend program for addressing global climate change. John Reaves: “I’ve often heard people say that the first third of your life you’re growing up and getting educated. The second third of your life you’re raising kids and developing your career, and the last third of [...]
Secrets in the Ice explores Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s history as an original source of climate change science through the work of Charles David Keeling and others. The short film explains the relationship between carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere and global warming. Dr. Jeff Severinghaus, Ph.D. and professor states that human beings are now in control of the climate, [...]
By Kiersten Sanvidge A new collaboration has recently been formed in the beautiful city of San Diego between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Empowered Energy Solutions, Inc. As part of its megawatt sponsorship of the Birch Aquarium’s upcoming Boundless Energy Exhibit, opening July ninth, Empowered will be providing its consulting services to the aquarium. The Boundless Energy Exhibit will be [...]
The High Value of Rooftop Solar Drives California’s Proper Policy Focus on Urban Solar **SPECIAL FOR ENERGBLOG.COM** By Bill Powers, P.E. © 2012 In California, the price paid for renewable energy resources has historically been linked to the cost of energy from new natural-gas-fired base-load plants, ostensibly to protect utility ratepayers from paying too much for renewable energy resources. Numerous [...]
Dr. Jose Torre Bueno, Ph.D. takes dry erase marker to whiteboard to illustrate how solar panels work. Ted Torre Bueno moderates this very interesting discussion touching on several aspects of the construction and valuation of solar photovoltaic panels.
Dr. Jose Torre Bueno, Ph.D. takes dry erase marker to whiteboard to illustrate how solar panels work. Ted Torre Bueno moderates this very interesting discussion touching on several aspects of the construction and valuation of solar photovoltaic panels.
Read more ›By Kiersten Sanvidge According to Jeff Severinghaus, a professor of geosciences at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, by managing our energy consumption and where it comes from, we can help to save our planet. People must move away from burning fossil fuels and move toward sustainable, renewable resources, such as the ocean, sun, and wind, to produce our energy. “[The future [...]
Read more ›The Size and Efficiency of Solar Panels Written by Kiersten Sanvidge Meet Dr. Jose Torre-Bueno and Ted Torre-Bueno, a father and a son working together to help the environment. They do this not only through the services they offer at Empowered Energy Solutions but also through their commitment to help inform and educate the public. While Ted is passionate about [...]
Read more ›Life and Times of a Solar Panel.
Read more ›By Nathaniel J. Bruce. nbruce@empoweredenergysolutions.com When talking about sustainability, what are we really talking about? Is this some special design, an individual conscious act, some way of thinking, a way of life? I often laugh when I hear “buzz words” like these loosely thrown around by self-proclaimed “sustainable experts.” I’m convinced that the only sustainable practice by these individuals [...]
Read more ›By Kiersten Sanvidge What makes Empowered Energy Solutions different? Empowered Energy Solutions is built upon a combination of environmental vision, technological innovation, and decades of green contracting. Many people, companies, and technologies work together to create a small business on a mission to help our community and environment at the same time. Alan Schmidt, a contractor with a degree in [...]
Read more ›By Avery Kintner, Empowered Energy Solutions. akintner@empoweredenergysolutions.com. My perspective on the utilities’ challenges (which extend to water and sewer utilities as well as our reliance on carbon fuels) is one based on a simple economic view of these industries. The concept of centralized utility services enabled tremendous growth and suburban sprawl over the past century. As a response to growth [...]
Read more ›Discussions on valuable efficiency practices for businesses and homes.
Read more ›By Nathaniel J. Bruce, Project Manager, Empowered Energy Solutions Inc. Have you ever watched a puppy spring from their cage, legs pumping, eager to do something, anything, everything…”Where’s my ball!?” I have the destinct pleasure getting to watch this fascinating display of energy each morning as Bill, my seven-month old Viszla puppy, springs from his cage bolting for his water bowl. Then, it begins… random toy, [...]
Read more ›Essay: The principles of Cradle to Cradle have harnessed the international mood of environmentally conscious architecture and design; however is this theory just a form of utopian propaganda to sell to today’s society? Preface: An Environmental Dilemma “The earth is undergoing a period of intense techno-scientific transformations. If no remedy is found, the ecological disequilibrium this has generated will ultimately [...]
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