Cleantech

Top 10 Green Trends for 2010

  1. Energy performance labeling
  2. The smart grid and connected home
  3. Energy labeling for homes and office buildings
  4. Building information modeling (BIM) software
  5. Financial community buy-in to green building
  6. Rightsizing of homes
  7. Eco-districts
  8. Water conservation

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Top 10 technology trends for 2010

  1. $100 whole human genome
  2. Mobile continues to be the platform
  3. 22nm computing node confirmed for 2011
  4. Supercomputers reach 15% human capacity
  5. Confirmation of synthetic biology fuel launch for 2011
  6. Smart grid and smart meter deployment
  7. Increased choice in personal transportation
  8. Real-time internet search dominates
  9. Advent of health advisors and wellness coaches
  10. WiMax roll-out continues

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Ten Emerging Technology Trends To Watch Over The Next Decade

  1. Geoengineering
  2. Smart grids
  3. Radical materials
  4. Synthetic biology
  5. Personal genomics
  6. Bio-interfaces
  7. Data interfaces
  8. Solar power
  9. Nootropics
  10. Cosmeceuticals

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Ten Clean Tech Trends For 2010

  1. Private capital growth recovers, record fund year
  2. Clean economies become the new space race
  3. Electric cars take the back seat to smart mobility
  4. Resource constraints beyond carbon rise to the fore
  5. Commodity tradeoff debates intensify
  6. Energy efficiency, driven by ICT, eclipses solar
  7. Marketing suddenly matters
  8. Buffett leads the super rich into cleantech
  9. Acquisitions and consolidations accelerate
  10. The rise of waste-to-energy, geothermal and aquaculture