In my blog last week (Transformation is About to be Transformed in the Northwest- Part One), I discussed the highlights from the Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation conference held at the Seattle Center on September 7, 2012. Graham & Dunn held a private lunch reception for industry/government stakeholders in honor of Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Events RSS FeedTransportation is About to be Transformed in the Northwest – Part One
Posted in Clean Energy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Conservation, Entrepreneurs, Events, Fuel Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology, UncategorizedOn September 7, 2012, Steve Marshall, executive director of CATES (Center of Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions), Next 50, and Washington Clean Cities hosted the Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation in Century 21 conference at the Seattle Center. Amory Lovins, chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, and Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of GM (North… Continue Reading
Don’t Miss It: Only 10 More Days Left—Register Now for the Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation Conference on September 7, 2012!
Posted in Electric Vehicles, Energy Conservation, Entrepreneurs, Events, Fuel Efficiency, Renewable Energy, TechnologyA Conference About Transforming Transportation in Century 21 This full day conference and summit on September 7, 2012 is part of Seattle’s Next Fifty celebration that will look to the future of transportation with a conference focusing on the market and technological transformations that will move us beyond oil. Speakers and exhibits will discuss how… Continue Reading
Welcome Adam Belzberg!
Posted in EventsWe are pleased to introduce new GreenTech blogger Adam Belzberg. Adam is a partner at Graham & Dunn in the employment and labor group. For more information about Adam and his practice, please see his Web bio.
On Disappointment
Posted in Capital and Funding, Clean Energy, Events, Smart Grid, TechnologyVery early in the morning on November 17, 2011, long before the sun came up, the president of smart grid company GridMobility and I drove from San Jose to SFO for a first flight back to Seattle. The prior two days, the CleanTech Open had held its national business competition. The vehicle was thick with… Continue Reading
GridMobility Is Swinging for the Fences
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Events, Sustainable BusinessIn a prior post, Washington Start-ups Should “Swing for the Fences” in the Efficient Energy Sector, I sought to highlight the opportunities (including financing and acquisitions) in the efficient energy sector. For example, according to one sustainable industry analysis, cleantech M&A activity in Q2 2011 rotated away from the capital-intensive biomaterials/biofuels and solar sectors and… Continue Reading
And the Winner is…..
Posted in Events, TechnologySeattle Business Magazine hosted its Green Washington 2011 awards dinner on September 21, 2011 and announced its “Green 50″ list. We are pleased to report that client Transformative Wave Technologies of Kent, WA not only made the list but won the Technology award (small company) for its patent pending CATALYST HVAC energy efficiency solution. Congratulations… Continue Reading
Green Happenings at Bumbershoot this Weekend [September 3-5, 2011]
Posted in Clean Energy, EventsIf you are going to Bumbershoot Festival [the annual Seattle music and arts festival over the Labor Day Weekend at Seattle Center] this weekend, check out the Toyota Prius Playground and its gigantic energy generating human hamster wheel, where a human produces its own energy. It’s a fun way to think creatively about energy production… Continue Reading
Table Scraps as Renewable Energy – EPA Presentation Coming Up August 17th
Posted in Events, Renewable EnergyFood waste is one of the most important materials to divert from landfills. For one thing, food waste can readily be converted to other useful materials, such as compost for flower beds, so it’s a shame to send it to the landfill. (See http://www.cedar-grove.com/recycling.asp.) And even more importantly, as food waste decomposes it creates methane… Continue Reading
The 12th Annual Clean Air Excellence Awards Program – A Chance to Honor the Builders of a Clean Future!
Posted in Clean Energy, Events, Sustainable BusinessBy Denny Wong and Jonathan Smith* The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting applications for the 12th Annual Clean Air Excellence Awards Program. The program was established at the recommendation of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) and helps recognize some of the most innovative and successful programs, projects, technologies, and individuals that… Continue Reading
EVs and the “Electriconomy”
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Events, Renewable Energy, TechnologyYesterday I attended the Washington Clean Tech Alliance presentation on electric vehicles (EVs). One of the presenters was James Billmaier, author of JOLT! The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car, as well as entrepreneur, businessman, lecturer, and EV enthusiast. While there were all sorts of interesting parts of his presentation, I want to focus on… Continue Reading
The Evolution of the Smart Grid
Posted in Events, Renewable EnergyLast Wednesday morning I attended the Washington Clean Tech Alliance breakfast panel on the smart grid. This well attended event was hosted By UBS and The Arbor Group. The panelists were experts in their respective areas from a large smart grid player, a smart grid start up, a venture capitalist active in the smart grid… Continue Reading
ZINO Society’s 2011 Green Investment Forum
Posted in EventsIn previous posts, we discussed the apparent lack of support for emerging energy and clean technology sectors in the Washington community Feb 2011 Washington State-How Green Are We? Here to prove that perception wrong is the 5th annual ZINO Green Investment Forum to be held on April 26, 2011, at the Mountaineers Club in Seattle…. Continue Reading
Northwest Company Clarian Power Receives Competitive GE Ecomagination Award
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Events, TechnologyBy Rebecca Anderson As discussed in an earlier post, four months ago General Electric called on anyone in the world with a good idea to improve the grid to compete for $200 million in investment capital and potential partnership opportunities with GE through its Ecomagination Challenge. As of last week, the winners have been announced… Continue Reading
Long Cycle vs. Short Cycle—A Dilemma How to Make the Smart Grid Work
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Events, Renewable EnergyWe reported earlier about the MIT Enterprise Forum on the Smart Grid that Graham & Dunn sponsored on November 10th. A panel of Smart Grid/Energy “who’s who” discussed the opportunities and challenges in the Smart Grid Revolution. The esteemed panel consisted of David Kaplan, Founder of V2Green; Michael Davis, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy & Environment… Continue Reading
The Storage Solution(s)
Posted in Events, Intellectual Property, Renewable Energy, TechnologyEveryone talks about the inability to store “clean energy” generated by wind turbines or solar panels. It’s characterized as a “use it or lose it” situation. Available wind may not be blowing at times when demand is the high. Conversely, wind may be blowing hard when demand is not at its highest. Similarly, solar panels… Continue Reading
The VC Model: Square Peg for Round Hole When It Comes to Cleantech?
Posted in Capital and Funding, Entrepreneurs, Events, Sustainable BusinessBy Rebecca Anderson Although all things green seem to have a lot of hype in the business world, we must ask, is all this hype because there is a real opportunity for high rates of return on investments in cleantech or is it just hype? In an interesting article, a Harvard student discusses the case… Continue Reading
WUTC Plugs Into Electric Cars
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Events, Renewable EnergyEveryone wants to get into the act these days when it comes to finding ways to promote energy efficiency and ways to reduce our dependence upon foreign oil by promoting electric car usage. Regulators want to participate in that effort. On Thursday October 28, 2010, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., the Washington Utilities and Transportation… Continue Reading
Reconnecting to Seattle’s Central Waterfront
Posted in EventsBy Cynthia Kennedy Tomorrow evening the Seattle Parks Foundation will sponsor a public forum on the City’s Central Waterfront Project. This is an opportunity for the public to hear different ideas and approaches from the firms that have been short-listed to develop designs for Seattle’s Central Waterfront. The presentations will take place September 15, 2010,… Continue Reading
Can there be a Smart Grid without full broadband adoption?
Posted in Events, TechnologyOn Tuesday, I and my fellow partner/GreenTech blog colleague Judy Endejan attended the first WA Broadband Summit held at the Microsoft Conference Center. Most of the discussion focused on the role of Federal and State agencies/policies to better implement broadband adoption through out Washington. Some of it was pretty technical (for example what is and… Continue Reading
Seattle Green Festival – June 5th and 6th
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Events, Sustainable BusinessBy Jane Kaufman An event not be missed for Seattle’s green business community and Seattle’s urbanites alike–it’s the Seattle Green Festival. The Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America and will be at the Washington Convention and Trade Center on June 5th and 6th. Similar festivals are planned or have happened… Continue Reading
Happy Earth Day, Seattle!
Posted in EventsBy Jane Kaufman Seattle has a lot to celebrate this Earth Day. First and most importantly, the first nationwide Earth Day was founded 40 years ago by Senator Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes who both have strong ties to Seattle. In fact, it was at a conference in Seattle in 1969 that Sen. Gaylord Nelson… Continue Reading
Two Reasons to Celebrate!
Posted in EventsBy Zach Hiatt The first reason to celebrate, of course, is St. Paddy’s Day. Slainte! The second reason, which is less obvious and certainly less well-known, is that today marks our 100th post here on http://www.wagreentech.com/, the blog of Graham & Dunn’s Green Tech Practice Team! Like good produce this blog has grown organically, and… Continue Reading
Lead, Follow, or Get Smacked by the Rubber Band
Posted in Events, Renewable Energy, Sustainable BusinessAt the MIT Enterprise Forum cleantech event two weeks ago, there was a lot of discussion and even frustration about why more hasn’t been done to speed up our economy’s conversion to cleaner, greener technologies. Granted, this was a room full of people on the leading edge of the cleantech curve (which should come as… Continue Reading