Slashing Energy Use, Maintaining Comfort A Winning Combo

Green Building December 18, 2013

Slashing Energy Use, Maintaining Comfort A Winning Combo

The Wichita U.S. Courthouse wins the 2013 Better Buildings Federal Award by cutting energy intensity 20 percent through no-cost and low-cost measures.

Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy April 12, 2013

Kansas Bill Hopes To Outlaw Sustainable Development

A recently proposed a bill would outlaw the use of Kansas taxpayer dollars for anything that could be construed as sustainable development.

Renewable Energy March 22, 2013

Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standard Withstands Attacks

Upon a second review, the Kansas House Energy and Environment Committee voted 10-9 to table a bill which would have repealed the 20 percent target of the RPS.

Renewable Energy March 4, 2013

Renewable Energy Standards Challenged In Midwest Region

The Buckeye State is among a few Midwestern battlegrounds where lawmakers associated with a conservative policy group are working to freeze, repeal, or otherwise weaken renewable energy policies.

Biofuels, Renewable Energy December 11, 2012

Sorghum Biofuel Gets ‘Advanced’ Ticket To Your Gas Tank

The U.S. needs more advanced biofuels under its renewable fuel standard, and the EPA says grain sorghum, under certain circumstances, can fill the bill as a feedstock.

Featured, Green Home May 30, 2012

Zombie-Proof Condos In Kansas Sold Out

Want to ride out the apocalypse in a former missile silo equipped with off-grid power, fresh food and air, and even a Jacuzzi? You’ll have to get in line.

Renewable Energy, Wind Power January 4, 2012

Kansas Wind Farm Unleashes The Turbines

The 200-megawatt Caney River Wind Farm in Elk County, Kansas, will power 70,000 homes, and provide funding to protect the state’s tallgrass prairie habitat.

Renewable Energy, Wind Power November 15, 2011

Can Wind Power, Wildlife Get Along?

A peer-reviewed study by the Nature Conservancy’s Kansas chapter says that with thoughtful siting and some mitigation, wind power and wildlife can coexist.