Dreamy idealism is the environmentalism of the past, said Kevin Edwards, chairman of the Green Building Expo. He sees the movement’s future in the practical realm of more affordable new technologies that will be on display at the expo Friday and Saturday in Scottsdale.

Bryan Beaulieu’s house is alive. The 4,000-square-foot home nestled in the shadow of Scottsdale’s Troon Mountain is unlike any other in the East Valley. The home is actually a collection of five hexagonal buildings connected by outdoor walkways.

A spacewalk scheduled today by two astronauts outside the international space station will be of particular interest to a group of engineers at Microchip Technology in Chandler.

A spacewalk scheduled today by two astronauts outside the international space station will be of particular interest to a group of engineers at Microchip Technology in Chandler.

DENVER - Quicker. More secure. More fun. Stores, credit card companies and banks are giving consumers new ways to pay in the latest evolution of cashless payments.

Mike Luciano knew he had found his career the first time he entered an editing studio.

Gilbert — a town known for its red tile roofs — is looking to go green. The Town Council agreed Friday during a council retreat to investigate beginning a new citizens advisory committee to help in making “green” policies when approving new housing and office developments, and to educate the public about recycling and conserving water.

Peg Bogacz moved from Chicago to Surprise last year and decided the Valley of the Sun would be the perfect place to have an energy-efficient home. Bogacz has been shopping for solar panels for her house. She found some examples Saturday at the “Be Green & Be Healthy” fair in Surprise Stadium.

Peg Bogacz moved from Chicago to Surprise last year and decided the Valley of the Sun would be the perfect place to have an energy-efficient home. Bogacz has been shopping for solar panels for her house. She found some examples Saturday at the “Be Green & Be Healthy” fair in Surprise Stadium.

Peg Bogacz moved from Chicago to Surprise last year and decided the Valley of the Sun would be the perfect place to have an energy-efficient home. Bogacz has been shopping for solar panels for her house. She found some examples Saturday at the “Be Green & Be Healthy” fair in Surprise Stadium.

The Scottsdale Waterfront project makes Brad Allenby see green.

The Scottsdale Waterfront project makes Brad Allenby see green.

If a "green" building is under construction in Arizona, Charlie Popeck probably had a hand in it. The Mesa resident is president of Green Ideas, an environmental building consulting firm, and president of the Arizona chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

American car buyers increasingly view the grass as being greener on the hybrid side of the fence. According to R.L. Polk & Company, registrations for new hybrid vehicles climbed by 38 percent in 2007 over the previous year. Led by the Toyota Prius, with 179,178 new registrations, total hybrid vehicle registrations soared to 350,289 last year.

HOLLYWOOD - It’s not easy being green, especially for Hollywood A-listers. Solar panels on a 50,000-square-foot home in Malibu just don’t scream “Live simply!” Ditto hopping onto a private plane to get to the Live Earth concert.

Andrew Morriss: “Green jobs” are touted as the universal cure-all, saving the environment and the economy at the same time. Unfortunately, claims about the wonders of green jobs are all too often constructed on myths about economics, forecasting, and technology. 

Arizona's economy once rested on the foundation of the five C's - copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate. Then came the sixth C - construction and other industries that bolstered employment such as semiconductors and aerospace. More recently, economic developers have been seeking to diversify Arizona's economy by promoting new economy stalwarts such as bioscience and information technology.

How quickly they forget. The scary novelty of cameras on Loop 101 — which led to significant reductions in speed violations as soon as citations began to be issued in February — has become to many motorists a more familiar foe to be eluded, even conquered.

June 22, 2004

Tempe High School sophomore Miriam Villanueva wants to see the computers in her school's labs turned off when they're not in use.

Scottsdale will be asked to take a stronger stand for environment-friendly building and development — starting with city projects.

The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon.