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Developing Residential Solar Installation Monitor

Mariella Moon — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:14:20 +0000

A partnership between two companies will develop a home energy monitoring device for residential solar power installations.

Two startups – Tendril Networks, known for its home energy monitoring technology and Fat Spaniel technologies, a solar panel monitoring company – make up the partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to develop a monitoring device for homes that can gauge the sun’s intensity for any particular time and automatically adjust, or even shut down, home appliances as needed.

Are Green Collar Jobs The Answer to Our Current Economic Dilemma?

Brenda Keener — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:06:23 +0000

As today’s blue collar workers lament the loss of jobs to illegal immigrants or offshoring, a whole new movement is afoot that very well may provide the solution to unemployment woes. As we experience the total revolution of our economy as we know it, an entirely new set of jobs are being created; green collar jobs. In fact, not since the Industrial Age has the global economy experienced the onsite of such a dramatic transformation!

The Urban Habitat blog lists an impressive array of sectors where these new jobs will come from:

Green Labor Shortage Creates Additional Green Careers

Carol McClelland — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:49:43 +0000

Several organizations, including the California Public Utilities Commission, California Clean Energy Fund and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, came together earlier this week to sponsor a one-day summit Advancing the New Energy Economy in San Francisco.

As a collective, the attendees discussed ways to “advance long-term investment, job creation, and financial growth within the green technology industry with a focus on engaging low-income communities.”

One of the critical issues to come out of the summit is the shortage of green laborers who have the skills to retrofit buildings, build new green construction, install solar panels and build wind farms.

This news has a number of implications for green careers of all kinds.