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How Hot Is Clean Technology?
Clean Tech is now the #1 recipient of venture capital funding, surpassing biotech and information technology last year. This innovation environment is a hotbed of green business opportunity.
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New Smart Strip from BITS Limited is a Foolproof Energy Saver
by Scott Cooney
At our office here at GreenBusinessowner.com, we have been testing the BITS, Ltd Smart Strip, as a way to save energy. Power strips are good ways to decrease "Vampire Power", but the Smart Strip goes further. It is extremely innovative for complex electronic setups including some appliances that must stay on, and others that can be switched off when employees go home. And best for me, it's foolproof! . . .
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Recovery Fund Contracts, Jobs, and Grants
by GreenBusinessOwner.com
The United States Government has launched a greatly improved online resource for recovery funds, jobs, grants, and contracts. Now it is much easier to see how you fit into the picture and to track where the money is headed . . .
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Become A Home Energy Rater
Dave Arthur
As home heating and cooling costs rise with the price of energy, many homeowners are seeking ways to increase the energy efficiency of their houses. Most people do not have the knowledge, tools, or experience to determine what should be done to a home to make it more efficient. Here is a green business with good profit potential and there are new electronic tools that make completing a thorough home energy rating faster and easier. This updated article provides more information on certification and valuable resources . . .
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Is China Poised to Overtake the US In Cleaner Tech?
Dave Arthur
China has shown an ability to adopt US technology and manufacturing aplomb at a remarkable pace. While Chinese ecological issues are still a serious problem, there is evidence that they are seeking and finding solutions to their problems. Could China become the world leaders in clean technology while western industry continues to drag its feet and lobby against environmental controls . . .
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The $2,000 Home Wind Turbine In A Box
A US-based consortium of a university and two technology development companies have announced the release of an inexpensive, highly efficient small wind turbine. The small unit will be sold in home centers and big box stores and could allow nearly anyone to generate a portion of her or his home electrical energy . . .
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Modular Buildings, The New Green Home
GreenBusinessOwner
For years the term "modular home" was a thinly disguised marketing euphemism for a double-wide trailer with the wheels pried off. Now modular homes are being built by forward-thinking developers, construction companies, and architects that are more appropriate for high-end architecture magazines than trailer parks. Is there room in this exciting and growing area of the housing market for you . . .
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Create Digital Content For the Amazon Kindle and Publish Without Paper
The ebook was supposed to revolutionize the publishing industry--no more agents, editors, marketing departments, or lowest common denominator literature. No more forests churned into wood pulp for the next horror novel. Most agree the ebook failed. But what about the massive and growing market for e-reader content? Amazon has opened up the path to publishing for their popular Kindle digital reader. For budding authors, self-publishers, and small publishing houses, this could be an eco-friendly path to a huge waiting audience . . .
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