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Solar-Powered Hotel Energy Management Cuts Power Use 35%

8:29 am in conservation, denmark, energy efficiency, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

solar powered demand management photo Image credit: Zenros TreeHugger Jasmin has talked before about the logic of only powering hotel rooms when you are there. It turns out that hotels consume energy at a much higher rate than similarly-sized residential buildings due, in part at least, to the habit that many of us have of leaving lights on, running the AC, and even leaving windows open as we do so. (And there are sadly only a few hotels running on 100% renewabl...Read the full story on TreeHugger

It’s Time to Denmark-ify Our Cities: A Copenhagen Case Study

12:00 pm in Business & Politics, clean energy, denmark, energy efficiency, europe by TreeHugger

denmarkify-cities-copenhagen.jpg Photo: Mik Hartwell via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY If we're going to consider trying to Denmark-ify societies around the world, perhaps the first thing we should do is make sure that people would actually want to live in those societies. So let's take a closer look at Denmark's capital, Copenhagen. Along with being the most populous city in the nation (the greater metropolitan area is home to just under 2 million people), it's t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Denmark to be 42% Wind-Powered by 2020–100% by 2050?

10:11 am in Business & Politics, denmark, europe, wind power by TreeHugger

wind-power-denmark-2050.jpg This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Photo credit: C.G.P. Grey via Flickr/CC BY Denmark is already powered by an impressive amount of wind power -- the nation of five and a half million meets nearly 20% of its energy from wind farms. But in Read the full story on TreeHugger

Life in Denmark’s Super-Low Energy Suburb, Stenlose South

3:19 pm in Business & Politics, denmark, energy efficiency, europe by TreeHugger

This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Denmark's energy efficiency mandates mean that new homes built there use less energy than in most places in the world. But in 2003, a new development outside of Copenhagen doubled down, and decided to slash even that usage in half. As a result, Read the full story on TreeHugger

Could Denmark-ifying the World Stop Climate Change?

2:29 pm in alternative energy, Business & Politics, denmark, global climate change, wind power by TreeHugger

denmarkify-world.jpg Photo credit: C.G.P. Grey via Flickr/CC BY If every country 'round the globe acted like the tiny Scandinavian nation of Denmark, we might stand a fighting chance against climate change. Not only does the country get heaps of press for its groundbreaking push for renewable energy -- it's home to the world's largest wind power company, Vestas, and plans on being fossil fuel-free by 2050 -- but its capital, Copenhagen, routinely gets ranked among the greenest in the world. The nation's economy has grown 80% since the 1980s, yet its emissions output h...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Copenhagen’s Green ‘Glass’ House Hits the Road

9:00 am in artists, copenhagen, denmark, Design & Architecture, recycled building materials by TreeHugger

tom fruin kolonihavehus plexiglass house photo The Kolonihavehus and the "Mobility of Avoidance" performance, Copenhagen 2010. Photo: Søren A. Olse / CoreAct. After adding a splash of vivid color to the dark winter streets of Copenhagen, artist Tom Fruin's "Kolonihavehus" -- a cottage made of patchwork squares of recycled plexiglass -- is hit...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Success! Copenhagenize’s Stolen Bike Found!

12:15 pm in bicycles, bikes, copenhagen, Culture & Celebrity, denmark, News by TreeHugger

mikael copenhagenize stolen bike found photo Photo courtesy of Mikael/Copenhagenize.com I Wish They Had Also Caught the Bike Thief Red-Handed... A couple days ago, I wrote about the theft of Mikael's cargo bike in Copenhagen. I knew that the public plea for help was a long shot, but figured it couldn't hurt... Well, sometimes the coin falls on its side and low odd events do happen; it's my pleasure to report that the red Bullitt bike has been returned to its rightful owner. Read on for the details o...Read the full story on TreeHugger