Tagged Articles ‘breakthrough’

Windmeters for the masses – Mariah Power iPhone App

affiliate program Consumer windpower products still have to prove their Return On Investment. However, after being bombarded with commercials about (local) windpower successes. You can’t blaim many consumers wondering what the potential of their backyard is.  Thanks to a new iPhone app, they know now. One of the newest iPhone apps turns the phone  into an anemometer to clock wind speeds for those considering installing a backyard turbine. Mariah Power is introducing a program that will let you measure the wind speed around your house by pointing your iPhone toward the sky. The application uses the phone’s microphone to capture wind noise. It filters out ambient sound and an algorithm converts [...]  Meer...

The solarpur business model

affiliate program Sustainable technology often needs a sustainable businessmodel to realize a braod market breakthrough. Learn from this Solarpur case. Comfort Inn From the outside, the Comfort Inn La Estancia near San Diego looks like your garden variety mainstream hotel, complete with free parking for truckers and RV’s.  But soon it will share something sustainable that many boutique “green” hotels boast, 100% solar power for its electricity usage. The greening of Comfort Inn is thanks to a partnership with Pursol Solar Systems, which will install an 83 kilowatt photovoltaic system under its Solarize financing program, basically guaranteeing the hotel a 20% savings on its electricity bill without [...]  Meer...