Posts Tagged ‘Pilot Program’

Skyline Solar Gets Fast-Tracked Through the USPTO Green Tech Program

We had high hopes when the U.S. Commerce Departments Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in December a pilot program to fast track certain green tech patent applications. So what kind of crazy, innovative technology is the USPTO approving as quickly as possible? Nothing too outlandish, as it turns out--one of the first patents to be fast-tracked is Skyline Solar's Dual Trough ...

Burien’s Puget Sound Skills Center Offering Hands-On Building & Construction Trades Education

Burien’s Puget Sound Skills Center announced Monday (Oct. 26th) that it is offering a pilot program for high school students for building and construction trades. Along with Wenatchee’s Skills Center, the school will offer the pilot programs for core skills for pre-apprenticeship in the building and construction trades. It’s one of only two pilot programs on the West Coast. Here’s more from a press release : “Graduates are going to have fine marketable skills, very marketable that


Bell plan to expand business-ready sites in Toledo

This in via e-mail from the Bell for Mayor campaign: Bell initiative will increase “ready to work” sites to help Toledo capture new jobs Mike Bell made a major commitment to assure Toledo can capture new jobs by greatly expanding the number of business-ready sites in the City limits. He rolled out a pilot program to develop one new business park and up to three single industrial sites to help marketers attract companies interested in location or expansion. Cost for redevelopment will come


Atlanta Area Green Building Consultant Earns LEED AP Homes Certification

Carl Seville, a green building consultant from the Metro Atlanta area, has obtained the LEED AP Homes professional certification as one of a select group of industry professional invited to participate in a pilot program by the Green Building Certification Institute. LEED is an internationally recognized certification system developed by the U. S. Green Building [...]


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