Topic – Efficiency

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  German town produces 321% more energy than it uses

  Sells excess ~ $5.7m annually

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Dec 06, 11.

  A German town, Wildpoldsried, is now generating 321% more energy than it uses and selling the excess, following 14 years of efficiencies and renewables.

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  Kaid Benfield

  Europe transpo greener than US

  Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, NRDC; co-founder, LEED-ND rating system, Nov 01, 11.

  European transportation habits are much greener than those in US cities

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  US BRT lagging behind China, Columbia

  Comprehensive systems deployed

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jul 06, 11.

  US BRT is lagging behind China & Columbia to meet urban transit needs & budgets, according to the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy report.

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  America Fast Forward could speed Houston rail system

  Proposed federal loan program

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jun 14, 11.

  The America Fast Forward proposal for a type of national infrastructure bank could help Houston complete its innovative light rail system sooner.

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  Physicist finds that cities may be key to sustainability

  Size means efficiency & wealth

  Alex Wukman, Dec 22, 10.

  Densely populated places require less heat in winter and need fewer miles of asphalt, among other efficiencies.

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  XYZ lab researching better solar cell

  Semiconductor nanocrystals

  Jon Boyd, Aug 08, 10.

  A lab led by UT researcher is researching methods for boosting the efficiency of solar cells.

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