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Science and Technology- DURHAM BUSINESS TIMES: How Blogging Can Build Your Business : Every minute, 122 new blogs burst into life; every second, 18 new posts are entered. Will blogging gain importance over the next five years? – 89% of businesses say yes.
- DURHAM PARENT: CSI -- UOIT: A murder has been committed: a splatter of blood, a partial fingerprint and a tire track are the only clues the murderer has left behind. Is this the plot from the latest episode of CSI: Miami? No, it’s CSI: UOIT.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: A fledgling university fulfills its promise : MIT of the north: That was Gary Polonsky’s vision when he pitched University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Ontario’s first university in 40 years, to then-Premiere Mike Harris. But what has University of Ontario Institute of Technology done to fulfill that promise since receiving its charter in 2002? First in a three-part series.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Driving the Dream: Gone are the days when the backyard mechanic could crack open the hood of his car and tinker. Today’s increasingly complicated vehicles pack more onboard computer systems than the first space mission. The car of tomorrow is a dream away and the dreamers are the scientists, engineers, and researchers at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada’s newest university. Here, in the heart of GM country, technology is taking shape that will revolutionize the automotive industry.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Manufacturing the Future: Automobiles, antacids and armchairs. What do they have in common? They share more than just the same first letter. They are all manufactured goods, like many of the everyday essentials that we eat, wear, drive and work with.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Missionary Man: The story of how Gary Polonsky brought the idea of a Durham university to life with a lot of determination, plenty of patience and a little bit of luck.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: New Grid on the Block: A new frog has jumped into the energy pond. Its name is Bullfrog Power and it’s making a big splash.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: No Sacrifice -- Revving up the Green Factor: Now that the price at the pumps is settling uncomfortably above a dollar a litre, filling up the family minivan sacrifices close to $100. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s March announcement giving drivers a break on fuel-efficient vehicles couldn’t have come at a better time. Many drivers have decided to cry uncle and explore fuel-efficient options.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Seaton -- Genesis of a green community: Imagine living in a community where your energy-efficient home converts solar energy into hot water and heat; where your car, if you own one, remains in the garage, because it’s easier to walk, bike or take a bus to your destination.
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: The Changing Faces of the Trades
: As more and more tradespeople retire, those who are replacing them are not who you'd expect...
- DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Virtual Businesses: Home, sweet home—you can’t imagine working anywhere else. Except on days like this. You’ve been waiting all morning for an important phone call and a FedEx delivery. Car keys in hand, foot tapping, you need to leave for your 1:00 business meeting at the neighbourhood Tim Horton’s. It’s 12:45; you’re convinced that the moment you leave the house, the phone will ring and the FedEx van will chug around the corner. Ruefully you admit it may be time to move out of your home office.
- TORONTO SUN: A roof with a view: If you buy a condominium in Markham today, one feature you’ll find on your list of amenities or energy-saving features is a green roof. In some buildings, green roofs will open up a private outdoor living space, complete with treed and landscaped terraces. In others, their vegetated surfaces will augment a pretty view.
- TORONTO SUN: Getting yourself in hot water: An incredible $40 billion of hot showers, bath water and dishwater flows into the sewers of North America every year. You can stop sending your money down the drain – and take the shiver out of your shower -- by installing a drainwater heat recovery system.
- TORONTO SUN: Going Solar: The province pays for energy you generate
- TORONTO SUN: I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Light up for Less with LEDs
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- EcoEnergy Retrofit: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, ecoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- EnerGuide for New Houses: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- Energy Star: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, Energy Star for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- EQuilibrium: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- LEED: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: Shades of Green -- R-2000: Green is the new buzzword. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the housing industry. LEED, EnergyStar for New Homes, EnerGuide for New Houses, EQuilibrium, R-2000, EcoEnergy Retrofit -- all green brands pouring into the marketplace. The average homebuyer can be excused for feeling confused. It’s all green but what does it mean?
- TORONTO SUN: The Power to Make a Difference: What do authors Kenneth Oppel, Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie, chef Jamie Kennedy, horticulturalist Mark Cullen, politician Bob Rae and former Toronto Mayor David Crombie all have in common? They’ve all been “bullfrogpowered”.
- TORONTO SUN: What's Hiding Inside an Energy Star Home?: Two new homes sit side-by-side. One wears a bright blue logo and bears an Energy Star label; the other doesn’t. The two homes may look identical, but the Energy Star home will save its owners thousands of dollars.
So what’s so special about that little blue star?
- TORONTO SUN:The colour of savings -- Going green at Mattamy's Hawthorne Village: The goal is to build an ecologically-conscious community of Green Initiative Homes, a community where man’s footprint falls less heavily on the earth.
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