When energy experts periodically promote combined heat and power (CHP) (sometimes referred to as "cogeneration" or "district heating," generally speaking, it 'don't get no respect.' This oversight needs to change, as CHP's potential to cost-effectively increase energy efficiency is very high, and the technology offers returns for investors and municipal taxpayers.

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The slowing of construction in the USA has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity for driving significant, positive environmental change. Although I hesitate to even use the word because it has so little currency in the USA, an opening exists for a nation-wide consideration of sustainable development.

The construction slow-down reduces pressure on endangered species and prime farmland surrounding urban areas.

About 14 percent of CDM projects worldwide are wind energy projects.

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Climate change is happening, and we now need innovative solutions for how to deal with its increasingly disastrous effects. One example of a way to help spur creative answers to climate change comes to us from California. The Bay Conservation and Development Commission, a state agency, is preparing to launch a $125,000 competition calling for proposals from architects, planners and engineers to "climate-proof" the San Francisco Bay Area.