http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/ Wed, 30 May 2012 02:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24488 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:29:43 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24488 [...] Chu: For Green Building Design, We Need to Go Open Source: Chu — the nerd’s rockstar — talks about open source of green building design. Gotta love it. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24487 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:03:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24487 [...] Chu: For Green Building Design, We Need to Go Open Source: Chu — the nerd’s rockstar — talks about open source of green building design. Gotta love it. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24486 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:43 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24486 [...] first launched in April 2008 and downloaded by 700 users per month, could go much further. It relies on integration with an energy modeling program from NREL called EnergyPlus, which simulates building heating, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24485 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:21:02 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24485 [...] Image from The University of Rochester Via Earth2Tech [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24484 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:06:51 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24484 [...] if they’re working on the same tools (for example, Chu has said he wants the DOE to provide advanced green building design tools through an open platform), but they don’t exactly yank IP from private companies’ hands. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24483 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:06:47 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24483 [...] – will soon become public. With a nod to Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s recent argument that green building design platforms need to be open sourced in order to be widely effective, we believe that public access to the USGBC’s data would be a [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24482 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:43:19 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24482 [...] Link via earth2tech.com The Department of Energy just opened up $346 million in stimulus funds for boosting the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings — but ultimately the agency’s chief, Steven Chu, wants energy efficiency, and other elements of green building, to be incorporated into structure designs from the get-go by way of an open-source software platform. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24481 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:32:00 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24481 [...] Energy Secretary Stephen Chu (right) has seen our energy future and says it’s open source. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24480 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:57:43 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24480 [...] Click here to read article [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/chu-for-green-building-design-we-need-to-go-open-source/#comment-24479 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:07:18 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=35831#comment-24479 [...] stimulus but Energy Secretary Stephen Chu (right) says he’s relying on American ingenuity and a little open source to get the job [...]

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