Green Sense Radio

With more reliance on electricity, can the electric grid meet future demand? The electric grid has an antiquated network of power plants and poles, and transmission and distribution lines. Autumn Proudlove, Associate Director of Policy and Markets at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, discusses the challenges with the current electric grid and offers solutions on how to make the grid robust, reliable, and resilient to meet current and future demand.

A home energy audit can save you money. Ron and Rich Cowgill explain how it's done.

How can you benefit from a home energy audit? Ron and Rich Cowgill, hosts of the Mighty House home improvement show, explain how an audit is done and how you can save money. 

Energy and Environmental Analyst David Gohlke discusses his EV research at Argonne National Laboratory.

Dave Gohlke is an Energy and Environmental Analyst at Argonne National Laboratory. His research interests span the lifecycle of vehicles, from vehicle manufacturing to sales through vehicle operations and end-of-life. He researches the environmental impacts and characteristics of EVs.

Roberto Rodriguez is an instructor in the Green Janitor educational program at SEIU (Service Employees International Union) and works at Northwestern University. He talks about how he worked his way up from janitor to supervisor and the job situation for janitors at Northwestern and elsewhere. He also describes green education, environmentally friendly equipment and procedures, and why safety and health are important.

Roberto Rodriguez is an instructor in the Green Janitor education program at SEIU Local 1 and talks about environmentally friendly cleaning.

Julian Spector, senior reporter at Canary Media, explains the climate change aspects of the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act).

Julian Spector, a senior reporter at Canary Media, explains the finances and climate change aspects of the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act), which President Biden signed into law last year. Julian breaks down the details including tax credits for households and manufacturing companies that are bringing back jobs to the U.S. to create new equipment. Energy innovations include solar sources, battery plants, and wind power. 

Heather Murphy from the Street Transportation Department for the City of Phoenix talks about how they are cooling the pavement in the hot desert city.