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The Biggest Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits

August 12, 2015

What are key pain points for CFOs and building facility managers? Direct Energy's director of biz dev discusses his experiences delivering energy solutions for commercial buildings....

Executive Commentary: Emerging Solutions For Pathogen-Related Food Recalls

July 31, 2015

Dennis Calvert, president and CEO of BioLargo, discusses his firm’s electro-chemical filter reactor and the benefits it can bring to food processing and other industries.

Former ARPA-E Head Cheryl Martin’s Outlook on the Industry

July 8, 2015

Former ARPA-E director Cheryl Martin talks to us about cleantech funding, her new focus on the “middle of the pipe,” New York’s REV, and about making the impossible become inevitable....

Go Big or Go Home! Defining Beneficial Scale

July 7, 2015

Ben Bingham, CEO of 3Sisters Sustainable Management, discusses how to invest in both positive social impact ventures and in “scale.”

Ehrenpreis on DBL’s New $400M Impact Venture Fund, the Biggest Ever

June 30, 2015

Ira Ehrenpreis, managing director of DBL Partners, discusses the fund's investment themes, impact investing, and fundraising trends. "This is a renaissance time for investing in energy...

FirstFuel Software Offers Wealth of Energy Data that Utility Companies Badly Need

June 29, 2015

Having gained market adoption for its proprietary energy data analytics software, designed to enhance the energy efficiency of buildings, FirstFuel plans to continue its expansion...

Things to Consider When Reinvesting Out of Fossil Fuels

May 31, 2015

As the divestiture movement gains steam, institutional funds should follow a 4-step formula to reinvesting capital in "clean solutions," says Ben Bingham of impact investor 3 Sisters...

Portland Taps Its Own Water Pipes for Power

March 3, 2015

20-year deal to generate ~$2 million in renewable energy from drinking water infrastructure launches using the LucidPipe Power System.

First Biofuel Made from Whisky Waste

March 3, 2015

Celtic Renewables, which raised $2M in Series B funding, plans to build a manufacturing facility to create a $154 million-a-year industry producing bio-butanol made from byproducts...

How is DBL Investors Targeting Their New $350M Cleantech VC Fund?

January 31, 2015

DBL’s Cynthia Ringo reveals her top 2014 disappointments, biggest successes, the cleantech sectors gaining market traction, corporate partnerships, and niche sectors she will be...