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9 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Home Energy Use Green Building Tech, Silicon Valley Style [VIDEO] California Has Solar Job Lessons For Other States Frito-Lay Electric Trucks Quieter Than A Doritos Crunch World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens In UK EarthTechling has a new look - come check out our new website!!     Here's what's been on our radar this week... Solar Tower, All 540 Feet, Rises In Nevada Desert The gray cylinder rising 540 feet skyward in the Nevada desert looks like a giant smokestack. But it’s actually something quite different—a new kind of tower for a new kind of power plant. The literal centerpiece of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant near Tonopah, Nev., the tower was completed this month. By the end of 2013 the tower will receive the reflected, concentrated solar heat from thousands of giant heliostats. The Swiss Space Center recently announced the launch of CleanSpace One, a project to develop satellites specially designed to clean up space debris.  Janitor Satellite Will Sweep Up Space Junk Few know that there’s a floating junk yard forming in space, thousands of miles above our heads. Every time we go on a space mission, elements are jettisoned before the craft reaches its final destination. This space “junk” is left behind when the rocket or satellite eventually returns to Earth. As a result, there is a large amount of debris orbiting the Earth     US Army Hybrid A Dune Buggy On Steroids The ongoing Chicago Auto show features the latest concept vehicles, hybrids and electric vehicles. It also features something a little less likely—the U.S. Army’s brand new Quantum Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle. However, this is not your father’s Quantum Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle—this is a hybrid.   The CERV is a lightweight, all-wheel drive diesel-electric hybrid that with a top speed of 80 mph. LivingHomes offers nine different LEED-certified, pre-fabricated designs to home builders and individuals across the nation Affordable And Green Targets Of LivingHome C6 Home LivingHomes is looking to debunk the popular myth that buying a LEED-certified, sustainable home is only for those with money.  The home developer recently debuted its C6 home design, a prefabricated, zero-energy, zero-carbon, green-certified home. And, it’s available in most states for around just $179,000.   Join the live dialogue on Facebook and Twitter.  If you have suggestions, email us at news@earthtechling.com

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