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<title><![CDATA[Solar combo generator heats and powers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new type of solar thermal system for homes that can provide heat, hot water, and electricity is being tested in Boulder, Colo., over the next few months.Cool Energy says its SlowFlow system could provide the average U.S. home with 80 percent of its heat, 100 of its hot water, and 60 percent of its electricity needs.It's being developed with help from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and electricity and natural gas giant Xcel Energy.The system consists of solar collectors, a Stirling engine, a hot water heater, a space heater, an insulated storage tank, and the SolarSmart Controller, a computer with networked communications.(Credit:Cool Energy)The SolarSmart Controller uses weather, ambient temperature, building temperature, and sunlight data to determine the device's most effective usefulness for a given day. If, for example, it's cold and overcast outside and its building's internal temperature is below a given desired temperature, the device would generate its effort to heating the building. On warm and sunny days, it would direct itself to generate electricity instead.But the centerpiece tech of the system, which won the 2009 Cleantech Open Sustainability Award for the Rocky Mountain region, is Cool Energy's SolarHeart engine. The proprietary Stirling engine was developed by Cool Energy to efficiently convert solar thermal energy or waste heat into electricity. When tested in the lab over a wide array of temperature and solar conditions, the device's SolarHeart engine was able to generate more than 2,000 watts of electricity, and achieve more than 16 percent efficiency for thermal-to-electrical conversion, according to Cool Energy statistics.The complete Slow Flow system minus its solar collectors, which are located on the roof of the building.(Credit:Cool Energy)A successful solar multi-use generator might allow customers to recoup their investment in the device more quickly compared to solar panels that provide electricity only. It might be especially effective in climates where homeowners need home heating oil or propane to heat their homes in winter, and electricity-guzzling air conditioners to cool their homes in summer.Of course, the field test will offer more insight on this system's true real-world capabilities. And while this is certainly an innovativegreen tech product idea, Cool Energy is not the first to use a solar-driven Stirling engine. Tessera Solar and Stirling Engine Systems have been testing a large-scale solar system that uses mirrored parabolic dishes that track the sun and heat hydrogen gas-filled pistons in a Stirling engine to generate electricity.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gamification company GreenGoose raises $100k on stage at Launch Conference]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[GreenGoose, which slaps accelerometers on everything to turn everyday activities into a game, impressed so many people at the Launch Conference in San Francisco today that it managed to raise $100,000 on-stage from angel investor Shervin Pishevar and early stage venture capitalist Jay Levy.&amp;''This stuff is not easy to do,&amp;'' Levy said. &amp;''This is pretty difficult, and they took on something they should be commended for.&amp;''The company makes stickers that users put on things like drinking bottles, vitamin bottles and toothbrushes. They then register with GreenGoose online to start collecting points. Whenever someone takes a drink of water or brushes their teeth, the site awards points. There&amp;'s also an accelerometer that measures how long users exercise, and awards points for that.The batteries in the stickers last for around a year.The company impressed attendees and investors so much that GreenGoose managed to get Levy and Pishevar to say on-stage they would invest $100,000 in the company a4&quot; although Launch Conference host Jason Calcanis certainly played a part. Calcanis encouraged the crowd to cheer on GreenGoose and judges to close the round on stage. GreenGoose said it was looking to raise around $3 million overall.&amp;''As a recent investor I have to say this is a pretty amazing opportunity for insurance companies and health care companies,&amp;'' Pishevar said. &amp;''I&amp;'m really excited about this.&amp;''GreenGoose was one of several companies that did not make an official presentation during the main part of the Launch Conference but was presenting its wares to attendees in the pit outside the presentations.Next Story: Google&amp;'s Don Dodge: Q&amp;038'A site StackOverflow&amp;'s valuation &amp;''gave me a heart attack&amp;'' Previous Story: Domo: The one Launch presentation you must watch (video)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: games, gamification, social gamingCompanies: GreenGoosePeople: Jay Levy, Shervin Pishevar          Tags: games, gamification, social gamingCompanies: GreenGoosePeople: Jay Levy, Shervin PishevarMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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