Recently added articles from ColoradoBiz:
We need to let solutions flow to save water.(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Flobeck, Jack ... "Tapped out," by Allen Best (October) is a wonderful, beautifully written commentary, long on history and definition of the Western water challenges, but painfully short on answers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Water banking is essential for survival, and alternative crops ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The October cover story "Troubled Water" should have identified Jim Lochhead as an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Lochhead has represented Colorado in river issues for many years, ...
CSU energy lab goes global: nonprofit spinoff develops products for the developing world.(Colorado State University)
Nov 01, 2009; Cote, Mike ... FIRST OF TWO PARTS The Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University has a sign outside that might make you think you're at CSU. But this lab is a couple of miles from the rest of campus--a fitting locale for a research center that develops real-world ...
A simple approach to selling more: questions are the salesperson's strongest weapon.(Viewpoint essay)
Nov 01, 2009; Wiesner, Pat ... We were being good parents, helping one of our children look for a house. (Details have been disguised enough in this story that none of those involved would recognize themselves.) This was not my favorite thing to do, so I resolved to sit in the back seat and quietly amuse myself by ...
What is the best way to measure a country's happiness?
Nov 01, 2009; Adams, Tucker Hart ... There has been lots of talk recently about the shortcomings of Gross Domestic Product, the most widely used measure of a country's output of goods and services. Various pundits have argued that it is an incomplete measure of how well a country is doing, since, for example, it ...
DEMOgala a mix of flinstone and Jetson tech.(ReadyTalk)
Nov 01, 2009; Taylor, Mike ... Denver-based ReadyTalk chose last month's Fifth Annual CSIA DEMOgala to announce its newest product: the ReadyTalk Media Player, which helps businesses make better use of social media by allowing them to easily embed recorded content into websites, blogs and other platforms. ...
Denver event promotes social entrepreneurship.
Nov 01, 2009; Cote, Mike ... The first step in spreading the word about social entrepreneurship--business helping to address global issues--is increasing the number of people who understand what it means and why it's important. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Especially business leaders. ...
Colorado tastes great at the Great American Beer Fest.
Nov 01, 2009; Dedrick, Jay ... We know Colorado makes lots of beer--typically more than any other state in any given year. That's always worth bragging about when bellying up to a bar in, say, California or Texas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Quantity's fine, you say, but how about quality? Well, the ...
Earth Protect is on a video-fueled mission.
Nov 01, 2009; Auran, Carli ... Pictures flash across the screen: the blue whale, the ocelot, the bald eagle. "Extinct is Forever," posted by Plant It Film Productions, is just one of more than 2,700 videos on EarthProtect.com. Colorado-based Earth Protect launched its website worldwide in April, focusing on ...
Latina summit makes debut at Hispanic chamber convention.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; Cote, Mike ... The growth of women-owned Hispanic businesses hasn't escaped the notice of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which included a Latina Summit in September when it met in Denver for its 30th annual convention. Businesses owned by Hispanic women represent more than one third of ...
Cisneros touts his company's Boulder condo project.(REAL ESTATE)
Nov 01, 2009; Cote, Mike ... Former HUD chief Henry Cisneros recently visited Boulder to tout the Peloton, a mixed-use development his company is helping to finance--a $150 million project that increased sales recently by slashing prices. Cisneros, who served as secretary of the Department of Housing and ...
Trick of the light: Colorado real estate still living in time when flat is good.
Nov 01, 2009; Lewis, David ... One of the tricky parts of a recession is that no two downturns are quite the same. The mid-1980s recession was triggered by a nasty slump that already had ended in most of the country. But in those days Colorado was a big part of the oil patch, and when commodities prices capsized in the ...
Kimbal Musk: serial entrepreneur tackles culinary and tech worlds.
Nov 01, 2009; Bronikowski, Lynn ... Kimbal Musk has come a long way since camping out in the offices of Zip2, the Palo Alto, Calif., Internet company he co-founded with his brother, Elon. They'd eat at Jack in the Box and shower at the YMCA while building the content-management giant they sold in 1999 to Compaq for $307 ...
Beyond the call of green: Colorado sustainable awards recognize outstanding design in residential and commercial properties and master-planned.
Nov 01, 2009; Cote, Mike ... It's a fine achievement if you build a structure that meets a set of established guidelines for saving energy and reducing your carbon footprint. The goal of the Colorado Sustainable Design Awards, however, is to shine some solar light on the architects, builders and their clients who ...
[CSDA] civic.(Colorado Sustainable Design Awards)
Nov 01, 2009; ... 1st PLACE Douglas County Elementary School Prototype Architect: RB+B/Hutton Architects LLC SUSTAINABLE FEATURES * The design maximizes the potential for daylight in the classrooms when the building is oriented on an east-west axis, with the ...
[CSDA] commercial.(Colorado Sustainable Design Awards)
Nov 01, 2009; ... 1st PLACE Science and Engineering Building, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus Architect: AR7 Architects SUSTAINABLE FEATURES * Water-conserving flush and flow fixtures--including waterless urinals, dual-flush water closets, ...
[CSDA] residential.(Colorado Sustainable Design Awards)
Nov 01, 2009; ... 1st PLACE Edge House, Boulder Architect: Rodwin Architecture SUSTAINABLE FEATURES * The project introduced Boulder's first legal gray water system, which required lobbying to change the building code, and a ground source heat pump. The design ...
[CSDA] sustainable communities.
Nov 01, 2009; ... 1st PLACE Geos Net-Zero Energy Neighborhood Architect: Michael Tavel Architects and David Kahn Studio SUSTAINABLE FEATURES * The project's solar orientation is designed to reduce energy demands by one-third. Deciduous trees have been selected to ...
Trucking industry needs to get in gear with the times.
Nov 01, 2009; Kawai, Hiroko ... You drink sustainably harvested coffee and eat only local produce. You bicycle to work, and walk to the farmers' market. But even if you consider yourself a very conscientious citizen, your life is still touched by trucking. The trucking industry transports about 70 percent of ...
'Tis the season to be sustainable ...
Nov 01, 2009; Peterson, Eric ... A MARK ON THE WORLD BAGS At the behest of their son-in-law, Phil and Karen Schilling started importing handmade, fair-trade bags from Indonesia nearly a decade ago. The first bags were made of rattan, which the Schillings had replaced with recycled material in 2003. "The fruit ...
