A few years ago, MIT's Smart Cities project developed the idea for the City Car. The City Car project was the one that promised a car that folds up into itself when parked, opens from the front, and takes up 1/3 the space of a normal-sized vehicle on the street. Now, it's a reality.
To advance promising utility-scale solar energy technologies, DOE will make up to $10 million available to support the development of more efficient heat transfer fluids to reduce the cost of energy from concentrating solar power systems.
The U.S. Green Building Council recently released its 2011 list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita. The District of Columbia leads the nation, with more than 31 square feet of LEED-certified space per person in 2011.
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GOVgreen 2011 Wrap-Up
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