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In future, the road heats you - solar energy stored in asphalt

Some people have said that the U.S. highway system is "the silliest thing that any people ever did to themselves." Well, if we replaced at least some of the endless roads in this country with the solar-heat-storing asphalt developed by Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV, I think that would go a long way to making the highways a lot less silly. The AP had a story a few days ago on Ooms Avenhorn, a Dutch company that has found a way to use some of the heat that road naturally suck up to heat office buildings. The system (first imagined ten years ago) ... Read more →

What does your employer do for your commute? US government ranks top 20 workplaces for commuters Derrick Y. Noh

For the last three years, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transporation have ranked 20 companies that they feel offer the best benefits for commuters and for three years ...

In future, the road heats you - solar energy stored in asphalt 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Some people have said that the U.S. highway system is "the silliest thing that any people ever did to themselves." Well, if we replaced at least some of the endless roads in this country with the solar-heat-storing asphalt developed by Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV, I think that would go a long way to ...

What does your employer do for your commute? US government ranks top 20 workplaces for commuters 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the last three years, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transporation have ranked 20 companies that they feel offer the best benefits for commuters and for three years Intel has come out on top. Why shouldn't they? They offer their employees vanpools, subsidies for ...


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