By Jim Downing
jdowning@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee
Published: Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 – 12:26 pm
Kelly Cunningham, outreach director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis, sits in a room illuminated by low-energy light emitting diode bulbs. With state and federally mandated energy-saving standards expected to eliminate the sale of 100-watt general service bulbs as soon as next January, the center is working on alternatives.
When it comes to the nation’s efforts to curb global warming, few places are more important than Sacramento; it is here that California’s groundbreaking laws and regulations are written.
That, local business leaders say, gives the region a major boost in its effort to become a hub of the developing green economy. They are looking to green tech–also known as clean tech–as a way to strengthen and diversify Sacramento’s job base.
“The hope is that in clean tech, companies will want to be located in Sacramento to be closer to the regulatory process,” said Steven Currall, dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/01/18/2469433/road-to-recovery-sacramento-area.html#mi_rss=Environment#ixzz0lMuqcPcF
If you buy from any links on the blog,
I get a little commission that helps me keep this blog running.