Toyota Debuting Plug-in Prius; Solar Case for the iPod Touch; LEED Seeking to Beef Up Credentials; Fort Dix to Save $1.2M with Solar, Energy Upgrades; Pedal-powered charger

Toyota Debuting Plug-in Prius The Prius Plug-in Hybrid concept will expand the current car’s ability to travel on electric power alone, to the point where a driver could run it exclusively without the gas motor for typical “short range” day-to-day driving. Sounds like good competition for the Volt.

Solar Case for the iPod Touch This Surge case will help out those that are always on the run and always forgetting to plug in their iPod. It will of course make your iPod quite a bit more bulky, but at least you’ll be powering your iPod in an eco-friendly and portable manner. The best part of this case is that they were smart enough to make it possible to sync your iPod without worrying about taking the case off.

LEED Seeking to Beef Up Credentials “LEED is a starting place, a reference point,” said Jim Tinson, the chief executive of Hart Howerton, an architectural and design firm. Mr. Tinson said that while the program has helped to steer the industry toward greener building practices generally, LEED, as it has been executed, has not been site-specific. “It doesn’t always take into consideration things like climate and function,” Mr. Tinson said. I did not know that at all, and it really should. How can you compare apples to oranges?

Fort Dix to Save $1.2M with Solar, Energy Upgrades Honeywell has installed two solar arrays at Fort Dix, N.J., together with a variety of energy-efficient facility and infrastructure upgrades, and expects an energy savings of $1.2 million annually over the next 20 years.

Pedal-powered charger Dalton’s BioLogic FreeCharge charges your gadgets by hooking up to your bike’s generator hub and creating power to juice up any electronic with a USB port.