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Tech Ventures In The City Attracting Cash - SF Examiner
A shift in the distribution of venture capital dollars has San Francisco significantly outpacing its South Bay competitors and buoying key industries during the economic downturn. [+] MORE
Ten Ways to Save Money by Going Green - Wall Street Journal
If you're worried about the environment, here are 10 "green" moves you can make that also have a payback—they'll help the earth and your wallet. [+] MORE
Recurve Gets New CEO, Hones Its Strategy - Greentech Media
Andy Leventhal is the new boss. And the focus shifts completely to software. [+] MORE
Loan Program For Green Home Upgrades Stalls - LA Times
Funds dry up, and many projects are left in limbo, after regulators and lenders raise alarms over terms of the Property Assessed Clean Energy program. [+] MORE
Home Energy Audits: Doctor’s Checkups for a House
Energy audits a recommended first step to improve home's efficiency, comfort. [+] MORE
Home Efficiency Pros Cross Fingers Home Star Will Pass - CNET
Home Star--the program nicknamed Cash for Caulkers designed to kick-start the home energy efficiency services market--stands a chance of passage as part of an offshore-drilling-focused energy bill. [+] MORE
Green Energy Financing Faces Federal Roadblock - SF Gate
An innovative financing scheme designed to help homeowners afford to make their homes greener and more energy efficient could be in trouble. [+] MORE
Smart Spending on Energy Efficiency is the Key to Creating Construction Jobs - Xconomy
As Congress weighs legislation to address persistent concerns about high unemployment, the construction sector in particular demands urgent attention. [+] MORE
Energy Efficiency: Made in the USA
Investing in a home-energy upgrade isn't just good for your wallet and kind to the environment, it also might put a neighbor back to work and ramp a nearby factory back into high gear.[+] MORE
With Science and Software, Energy Efficiency Audits Made Easier - Smart Planet
How do you distinguish your home efficiency services company? You develop software that helps make your more efficient at energy audits and home performance audits. Then you raise $8 million from the world's second largest home improvements retailer to help market and distribute the application nationwide. [+] MORE
Lowe’s Invests In Home-Energy Auditor Recurve - Forbes
Fans of energy efficiency, take note: big do-it-yourself is signing on. Home-performance company Recurve is announcing early Wednesday that it has received an investment from giant retailer Lowe's as part of an $8 million round of funding its Series B. [+] MORE
Recurve Raises $8 Million from Lowe’s, Others Big box retailers move in - Greentech Media
Home-energy remodeler/software developer Recurve said Wednesday that it had raised another $8 million. High on the list of investors is Lowe's Companies, the North Carolina-based home products chain with 1,700 stores in the United States and 14 million customers.[+] MORE
Lowe’s Nails Down Investment In Energy-Efficiency Start-Up - Wall Street Journal
Lowe's Cos.' (LOW) slogan about "building something together" normally refers to projects like kitchen floors and backyard decks, but now it can be applied to companies, following its participation in an $8 million financing round for home energy efficiency start-up Recurve Inc.[+] MORE
Lowe’s buys in to home efficiency retrofitter Recurve - C|NET
The home improvement giant on Wednesday said it has invested in San Francisco-based Recurve, which provides software and services for auditing and retrofitting homes to be more efficient. [+] MORE
Recurve raises $8M from Lowe’s, others - San Francisco Business Times
Recurve, the home energy efficiency contractor and software company, has raised $8 million in a series B round of financing that includes home improvement chain Lowe's Companies Inc. as a first-time investor.[+] MORE