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Cool Planet to move HQ, but will keep R&D in Camarillo

By   /  Thursday, April 11th, 2013  /  Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Cool Planet to move HQ, but will keep R&D in Camarillo

Camarillo-based Cool Planet Energy Systems, one of the fastest-rising startups in the region, may relocate its headquarters and build a factory in the Denver area. The company has designed a mechanical system that uses heat and pressure to turn feedstocks such as grass into gasoline-blendable fuels, generating a byproduct called biochar that can be used Read More →

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Green Coast 2013: How the region is leading the way in energy efficiency

By   /  Friday, April 5th, 2013  /  Features, Green Coast, Technology  /  Comments Off on Green Coast 2013: How the region is leading the way in energy efficiency

The Business Times published the fifth edition of Green Coast, our annual special report on the business of sustainability in the Tri-Counties, with the April 5, 2013 print edition. This special section took on a theme for its fifth anniversary: Energy efficiency, how our region is leading the way. Along with profiles on innovative energy Read More →

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Talks on resilience, future technologies and digital evidence at symposium

By   /  Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Talks on resilience, future technologies and digital evidence at symposium

The Central Coast Business Symposium in Arroyo Grande on April 2 drew several hundred business and community leaders to learn more about how to protect their business from hackers from within and without, how to build more resilient organizations and how to prepare for technological change. The symposium is organized by law firm Andre, Morris Read More →

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Deadline looms for nonprofit seeking Lompoc land

By   /  Friday, March 29th, 2013  /  Law, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Deadline looms for nonprofit seeking Lompoc land

Environmental Education Group, a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that has been granted  exclusive rights to negotiate a deal that could result in its control of 114 acres of city-owned land in Lompoc, has negative net worth and no history of successful commercial real estate development. Its leader, Alan Tratner, faces a $21,000 default judgment in federal Read More →

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Energy efficiency the name of the game at Eco:nomics

By   /  Friday, March 29th, 2013  /  Green Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Energy efficiency the name of the game at Eco:nomics

Energy efficiency was the hot topic at Eco:comics, the Wall Street Journal’s annual conference on green business. The three-day conference, held March 20-23, again took place at Bacara Resort & Spa in Goleta this year. A quick informal poll of the audience at the invitation-only conference revealed a strong preference for energy efficiency technology: Out Read More →

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Farms may feast on drone technology test results

By   /  Friday, March 22nd, 2013  /  Agribusiness, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Farms may feast on drone technology test results

Drones are coming, perhaps sooner rather than later to Ventura County, and the first place you see them might be the above the region’s fields and orchards. Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to pick six testing sites around the country for the civilian use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, and Read More →

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No sour grapes here: Chemistry professor creates a business out of testing wine

By   /  Friday, March 22nd, 2013  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, Features, Small Business, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on No sour grapes here: Chemistry professor creates a business out of testing wine

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