Business First of Columbus – May 29, 2009 The Ohio Third Frontier program is planning to give technology-related research and development in Central Ohio a $12.5 million infusion. The Ohio Department of Development said four Columbus-area entities are in line to receive funding as part of the state’s 10-year, $1.6 billion Third Frontier initiative to [...]
The News-Messenger – May 30, 2009 “Prospects for Green Energy: Northwest Ohio, 2009″ will be the program topic at 7 p.m. Thursday at Birchard Public Library. Don Scherer, president of Green Energy Ohio and Emeritus Faculty member at BGSU, will discuss how new technologies in solar thermal and biomass and pockets of strong, Northwest Ohio [...]
By Elisabeth Rosenthal & Felicity Barringer, The NY Times – May 29, 2009 To change the bulbs in the 60-foot-high ceiling lights of Buckingham Palace’s grand stairwell, workers had to erect scaffolding and cover precious portraits of royal forebears. So when a lighting designer two years ago proposed installing light emitting diodes or LEDs, an [...]
The Jackson County Times-Journal – May 29, 2009 ATHENS — New standards for renovation and design mark the latest step in a string of initiatives aimed at improving building efficiency at Ohio University. The new policy, which goes into effect immediately, will seek to meet or exceed LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver [...]
Bu Jonathan Riskand, The Columbus Dispatch – May 28, 2009 A $6.7 million project to make the Joseph P. Kinneary Courthouse more energy efficient will put up to 100 people to work during the next two years, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy said. The Columbus Democrat and other federal officials will be at the U.S. courthouse [...]
By John Funk, Plain Dealer – May 28, 2009 NORTH CANTON — Ohio’s two largest utilities, FirstEnergy Corp. of Akron and Columbus-based American Electric Power are seriously considering adopting fuel cell technologies. Speakers from each company addressed the more than 200 attending the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition’s 7th annual symposium on the Stark campus of [...]
Business First of Columbus – May 26, 2009 Nearly $1.4 million is headed to Dublin and Columbus City Schools under a second round of state grants aimed at cutting diesel engine emissions. The Ohio Department of Development on Monday announced recipients of the second and final round of Diesel Emissions Reduction grants, a $19.8 million [...]
Dayton Daily News – May 27, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Highway Patrol cruisers will still have white paint jobs, but the patrol says the cars are going green in the other sense. To conserve fuel and battery life, the fleet of nearly 1,200 Ford Crown Victorias is being equipped with 5-watt solar panels. The [...]
ABC/WYTV – May 26, 2009 As you might expect, the facility that houses the Electrical Trades Institute of Northeast Ohio is one of the greenest, most energy-efficient buildings around, with geo-thermal heating and cooling systems, and lights that turn on or off when people enter or exit a room. Now, thanks to a $50,000 grant [...]
By Harrison Hove, ONN – May 26, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Coated Fabrics facilities were torn down after a series of fires, but bulldozers are now transforming the ground of the notorious landmark. Site developers found some artifacts from the past, while working to solidify a new vision for the property with one [...]