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Money To Burn: CL & P, UI Have Millions In Energy-Efficiency Funds To Offer
2009-07-06 04:56:00
Image by 80sAustin via Flickr By LYNN DOAN, The Hartford Courant Late last year, Connecticut Light & Power Co. was desperate for energy conservation money. Several programs it runs for the state, which pay for power-saving improvements from lightbulbs in homes to tinted windows in office parks, were oversubscribed. The company had promised $10 million it didn’t have ...
Energy Efficiency Is Becoming Passé
2009-06-14 14:19:00
Look at the difference a year makes: in 2008 all the talk was about energy efficiency and "green" was the buzzword. Now, one year later, energy prices have dropped and the difficult economic conditions are forcing companies to look for other ways to invest their capital instead of in energy-saving
In Today's Computers, Energy Efficiency Trumps Speed
2009-02-27 15:46:00
From Scientific American: Fifty years ago this month, inventor Robert Noyce created the first planar integrated circuit made from silicon--an innovation that allowed multiple transistors to be placed on the same microprocessor and paved the way for the development of ever smaller a
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
2009-01-29 12:40:00
can anyone guide me to a energy efficiency consultant.we are working on a govt project to make two buildings energy efficient.?
Energy Efficiency of Electric Injection Molding Machines
2008-09-24 06:05:00
Hello everyone. I'm looking for a reliable information about the energy savings of all-electric injection moulding machines versus hydraulic. Has anyone seen a serious study on this subject ? Thank you and have a nice day
How Important is Energy Efficiency?
2008-09-15 15:21:00
Everyone seems to be concentrating more than ever on energy efficiency in applications that range from embedded electronics to industrial computers to power plants. But to know how efficient a device or process is requires a way to accurately measure it. How important is energy efficiency to your co
HVAC Energy Efficiency: Big Talk or Real Walk
2008-06-09 15:25:00
Siemens and other HVAC companies surveyed HVAC designers and contractors for their reaction to the current energy crunch. They asked what HVAC companies did to make their operations run more efficiently. One General Contracting shop in upstate New York says: we burn through the energy by keeping the
Oil to hit $400 a barrel by 2018
2008-06-06 06:36:00
?The big story is productivity in China,? he asserts, noting it is an incredible 9%, or three times the level of productivity in the US during its 1990s peak. Admiral Owens attributes this to the country?s high-quality infrastructure. It will allow the Chinese economy to soon become the second-largest in the world, with a GDP ...
Programmable Thermostats Save Money and Energy - EPA Shows You How
2008-06-05 20:45:00
As part of their year-long “Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR” campaign, EPA has launched a website to help you save money and and energy with your programmable thermostat. A...
Rastra or Durisol? Eco-Alternatives for Construction
2008-06-01 09:20:00
Let me first preface this post with the following: I’m not a construction professional. I’m just a curious homeowner seeking out the best building materials for my home. With that said, I...
Heating Your Home: Thermal Mass
2008-05-26 06:59:00
Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Author’s note: the following article on home heating is the fourth in an eight-part series. The previous article discussed the...
PermaFrost Energy Efficiency Upgrade for Air Conditioner
2008-05-21 00:58:00
Cheapest way to Make a Home More Energy Efficient One of the cheapest return on investments to make a residential home more energy efficient is a product by the name of PermaFrost. This product, which sounds just like that frozen tundra in Alaska is a breakthrough air conditioner lubricant with several patents. The product has been ...
PermaFrost Energy Efficiency Upgrade for Air Conditioner
2008-05-21 00:58:00
Cheapest way to Make a Home More Energy Efficient One of the cheapest return on investments to make a residential home more energy efficient is a product by the name of PermaFrost. This product, which sounds just like that frozen tundra in Alaska is a breakthrough air conditioner lubricant with several patents. The product has been ...
Eco-Tourism gets Political Boost
2008-05-18 08:10:00
Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.I remember reading the little placard on the bathroom vanity advising me to hang my damp towels with curiosity. We were on vacation and...
GreenBuildingTalk: Energy Efficient Appliances
2008-05-15 17:14:00
Editor’s note: With energy prices on the rise, efficiency has to be a key element of any new appliance purchase. Our friends at GreenBuildingTalk have the low down on several new products for...
The Weekly Carboholic: boosting energy efficiency is hard to do
2008-05-14 22:16:00
Energy efficiency is tricky. You might think that increasing energy efficiency would be a no-brainer, since it usually pays for itself, improves the reliability of electrical transmission systems, reduces the number of power plants that need to be built, and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. You’d be wrong. And last week, The Economist had a great overview as to why improving energy efficiency is so difficult. And according to the article, the reasons that energy efficiency gains aren’t metaphorically exploding all over the place come down to the intersections of these three areas: prices, markets, and governments. Price affects energy efficiency in at least two ways. The first is that energy efficient products almost always cost more to purchase, and so the up-front costs that consumers see cause “sticker shock”. This is obvious when you compare the price of a compact florescent lightbulb to that of an incandescent - the CFL costs a lot more even...
Green Homes for Regular People
2008-05-12 06:59:00
The iconoclastic owner of the San Jose tract home featured in this article takes exception to the notion that green is expensive.  Green, to him, is rooted in conservation of all resources, not the...
Austin Energy-Efficiency Property Upgrades at Point of Sale
2008-05-12 00:00:00
Some weeks ago I received an interesting email from the Austin Board of Realtors government affairs committee. It was a scare letter warning us, as Realtors, that we need to take action to oppose a new ordinance, and it has since been making the rounds on Realtor email lists and ...
The evaporative refrigerator
2008-05-11 12:00:00
This is Mohammed Bah Abba’s Pot-in-pot invention. In northern Nigeria, where Mohammed is from, over 90% of the villages have no electricity. His invention, which he won a Rolex Award for (and $100,000), is a refrigerator than runs without electricity. You take a smaller pot and put it inside a larger pot. Fill the space in between ...
See-saw Power
2008-05-08 17:59:00
Daniel Sheridan, a student in consumer product design, won three separate awards totalling £5,500 earlier this year for his see-saw design, which can create enough electricity to power a classroom by capturing the energy generated when children play on it. It would take just five to 10 minutes of play on the see-saw to light a ...
Solar Light Giveaway Ends Shortly
2008-05-01 04:19:00
If you're interested in winning the solar flood lights from Malibu you must leave a comment on Solar Light Giveaway tonight. Leave a great comment on how you would use these lights if you win. I'll be choosing a winner as of May 1st.
Low Impact Living: The Low Down on Tankless Hot Water Heaters
2008-04-30 19:59:00
Editor’s note: As part of our new content partnership with Low Impact Living, we’ll be bringing you tips and tricks from their massive and growing archive of products and projects that...
The Energy Efficiency Challenge
2008-04-30 01:59:00
Submitted by Dr. Justin Robinson Department of Management Studies UWI, Cave Hill Tel 417 4299 As one who makes the trek from deep in St. Philip to UWI five days a week, the government’s decision to reverse the policy of subsidizing the price of petroleum products is going to hit me hard in the pocket. However, with ...
How To Install Leviton 6260M Electronic Timer Switch
2008-04-29 02:24:00
In a previous post, Leviton 6260M Electronic Timer Switch, I wrote about these new timer switches that I purchased to use in our three bathrooms. Using timer switches will allow us to run the fans after we've left the room in order to make sure all the excess moisture is removed from the room. This is a great way to make sure enough fresh air is introduced to tight homes and also to make sure we're getting all that excess moisture out so we won't have mold and mildew problems.Tonight I installed the first Leviton 6260M Electronic Timer Switch. The specifications for these timers require that you have a ground and a neutral at the switch location. This is an important detail that you should investigate before you buy these switches. If you just have a switch leg in the box, i.e. the hot leg only which would be two blacks or a black and a white thats marked, then this timer will not work properly.Always remember to shut off the breaker and power to any circuit you're going to be w...
Digital Green Turns Gold
2008-04-28 21:12:00
When the Internet extended its wiry tentacles to the small town that I grew up in, I had no idea what it was. I pictured it being a room full of wires and lights, like a super computer android...
Energy efficiency and Renewable Energy
2008-04-28 12:44:00
U.S. Department of Energy had a website of 'Energy efficiency and renewable Energy' as topic, providing tools, programs, systems, components and studies in related of building an energy saving environment. A very useful website to understands more of Eco-friendly buildings and environments. There are tools for analysis for energy simulation, inclusive of free sketchup energy design plugin."The Energy Design Plugin is a free plugin for the Google SketchUp 3D drawing program. The plugin makes it easy to create and edit the building geometry in your EnergyPlus input files. The plugin also allows you to launch EnergyPlus simulations and view the results without leaving SketchUp"[1] to find out more... "In partnership with the private sector, state and local government, national laboratories, and universities, the Building Technologies Program works to improve the efficiency of buildings and the equipment, components, and systems within them. The program supports R&D activities an...
Solar Flood Light Giveaway
2008-04-26 18:44:00
May 1st is the deadline to leave a comment on the Solar Light Giveaway post and enter to win a free set of solar flood lights. Make sure you sign up so you can have a chance to win these really great solar flood lights.
Can ?Low-Hanging Fruit? Be Sexy? Two Energy Efficiency Stocks
2008-04-25 22:29:00
It is often said that the so-called ‘low hanging fruit’ in the energy puzzle is not wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, or any of the other renewable resources. The cheapest way to create...
Solar Garden Lights
2008-04-23 01:20:00
Today I received the perfect gift for Earth Day. The kind folks at Malibu - Lighting the Way to Outdoor Living, sent me some really great solar garden lights to try out and do a review on. As you can see I installed them this afternoon after work and I was VERY impressed not only with the quality of the lights but also the ease of installation and the simplicity of the system.My wife and I have wanted to put solar walkway lights along our walkway since we built the house and I've been putting it off mostly because I couldn't find any lights that looked "rugged" enough to handle the elements and my sons outdoor torture! Let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of these lights.The lights that they sent me to review are the SolarSelect Premium Metal Garden Lights - LZ3001-2. The light housing is made of cast aluminum which I think is great because most solar lights on the market are made of plastic. These solar garden lights use two white LED light bulbs and an inter...
Earth Day 2008
2008-04-22 14:13:00
April 22nd is Earth Day. Why not take some time today to think of a new way to help out mother earth. Maybe you can start recycling, maybe you can start using more energy efficient light bulbs, maybe you can buy Energy Star rated appliances, maybe you can choose Green Building products for your next remodeling project, maybe you can use low flow shower heads, sink faucets and toilets, maybe you can make a difference. If we all take one small step each year there will certainly be a positive effect on our environment.Tags: home improvement, home improvement blog, environment, energy efficiency, energy star, green building
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
2008-04-20 21:10:00
I've finally decided to jump on board and try Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL) in my new home. Today I bought three GE Energy Smart 20 watt CFL's. The 20 watt CFL is equivalent to a 75 watt incandescent light bulb. These new bulbs are supposed to last 6 years or 10,000 hours of operation. An incandescent light bulb typically only lasts about 750 hours. That means you'd need 14 incandescent bulbs to each fluorescent bulb. The cost of the bulb is payed for just comparing bulbs not even considering the energy savings.Obviously using these bulbs is a great way to start living "green". Some may argue that the Mercury contained in them poses a significant environmental issue, however, with proper education people will realize that they need to be disposed of properly. These bulbs are also energy star certified.I put three of these in an overhead light fixture in our breakfast nook and I was quite impressed. The color of the light has improved drastically and the bulbs come on almo...
Folsom startup hires energy-efficiency expert
2008-04-19 04:09:00
?:????????????,????? 1.???????????. 2.???????????. 3.????down?????. 4.??????????? ????ROI??: ????,??????????????. Visit the SynapSense Homepage http://milwaukee.bizjournals.co-m/sacramento/stories/2008/04/07-/daily58.html?t=printable Folsom startup SynapSense Corp. has named data center energy-efficiency expert Ray Pfeifer as its vice president of business development. Prior to joining SynapSense, Pfeifer led the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's data center initiatives. In that role, he served as chairman of the Energy Efficient Data Center Demonstration Project. He was also a research consultant for Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, leading its California Energy Commission-funded Data Centers 21 Environmental Performance Criteria project. SynapSense has developed wireless-sensor network technology for use in data centers to reduce energy costs and carbon footprints while optimizing operations. The company was launched in 2006 by former Intel Corp. executive Pete Van Deventer...
Leviton 6260M Electronic Timer Switch
2008-04-18 02:23:00
Yesterday I received the three Leviton 6260M electronic timer switches that I ordered for the bath fans. These switches allow you to choose pre-set times of 10 min., 20 min., 30 min., and 60 mins. I plan on installing them this weekend in each of the three bathrooms.The unit has 4 wires, a green, white, blue and black. The installation instructions (as usual these directions are not very good) include a wiring diagram that says:1. Connect the green wire to the ground.2. Connect the black wire to the line voltage.3. Connect the blue wire to the hot wire of the fixture.4. Connect the white wire to all of the neutrals.I do a post this weekend on how to wire one of these up. The one problem I can see is the device is fairly large so fitting all the wires, wire nuts and device into the box will most likely be a HUGE challenge.Tags: home improvement, home improvement blog, electrical timer switch, energy star
Financing Energy Efficiency: Lessons from Brazil, China, India, and Beyond
2008-04-13 18:21:00
Greater energy effi ciency is key for shifting country development paths toward lower-carbon economic growth. Especially in developing countries and transition economies, vast potential for energy savings opportunities remain unrealized even though current fi nancial returns are strong. Financing Energy Effi ciency: Lessons from Brazil, China, India, and Beyond examines the nature of this dilemma and how it may be...
Swift Small Wind Quietly Coming to Market in July
2008-04-11 07:45:00
Swift Wind Turbine is a quiet, rooftop mounted wind turbine. Unlike some designs you've seen previously, this one has an outer ring and five blades. The outer ring acts as...
Mazria's Silver Bullet: Buildings That Use Less Coal!
2008-04-10 06:42:00
Increase Building Efficiency and End Our Dependence On Coal [Miami Herald]
First LEED Certified Parking Structure Generates Most Its Own Power
2008-04-09 19:04:00
I realize that by blogging about this, I'm risking some criticism as to whether a parking structure can be green. I think it can, but I've heard mention from others...
Patrician Place: An Experiment in Energy
2008-04-03 19:50:00
The Meyer Company of St. Louis, Missouri, is quietly undertaking a green building experiment called Patrician Place, the results of which could have far reaching implications in the field of green...
EcoDEEP HAUS, Green Conversion from 1940s Cape Cod to Modern Home
2008-04-03 17:44:00
I recently received an email from reader Roxanne Nelson about her green transformation of a 1940s cape cod home in St. Paul, Minnesota. When done, it's going to be a...
BRAZO - Green, Ultra-Stylish LED Task Lamp [PICS]
2008-04-01 19:44:00
Early in grad school, I purchased a halogen task lamp for my desk studies, but I grew tired of it for two reasons: it was too hot and the light...
Mainstream Green TV: Greener Insulation Choices
2008-03-21 20:10:00
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Increasing Tax Breaks for Public Buildings
2008-03-15 19:24:00
The IRS has had tax deductions in place through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which allow taxpayers to deduct the cost of energy-efficient equipment installed in commercial buildings they own. But...
OCZ Technology Unveiled SATA II 2.5-inch Solid State Drives
2008-03-14 21:36:00
OCZ Technology has unveiled a lightweight and efficient alternative to conventional hard disc drives, the ultra-fast OCZ SATA II 2.5-inch Solid State Drives. The OCZ SATA II drive is designed to stay abreast of the performance features of high-end notebooks, ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities, the OCZ SATA II ...
Home Improvement Through Energy Efficiency
2008-03-13 22:26:00
As energy costs spike and heating and cooling costs become more and more expensive, any chance to lower utility bills by making a home more energy-efficient is worth investigating. While many energy-saving solutions require a change of lifestyle, daily upkeep, or are very expensive to install, there are some simple things that can be ...
Financing Energy Efficiency in China
2008-03-12 17:43:00
Removing barriers to clean energy investment in China may contribute more to climate protection than any global climate treaty. The incentives and rules of such a treaty will be blunted and frustrated by distortions of the world’s largest potential clean energy marketplace unless policy makers recognize and deal with the realities of that market.
Ireland bans incandescent bulbs
2008-02-29 16:44:00
Ireland yesterday became the first country in the world to ban the traditional lightbulb. Householders will be forced to switch to new long-life low-energy bulbs in 12 months’ time. New legislation is being introduced banning the sale of the normal incandescent lightbulb from January, 2009. As the normal lightbulb expires, householders will have to replace them with ...
New invention turns co2 into fuel
2008-02-29 09:54:00
A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds ...
The 1959 car that did 376 miles per gallon in 1973
2008-02-24 19:42:00
You may be surprised to know that there was a car that could do 376 miles per gallon way back in 1973. In fact it was the winner of a Shell sponsored contest. Just think, we’ve had the technology for this long, so why can we now only get 60mpg tops with a hybrid? More
R2bn toward energy efficiency
2008-02-20 15:16:00
South Africa is to set aside R2-billion over the next three years to support programmes aimed at making the country more energy efficient, to promote renewable energy sources and to enourage co-generation projects by industrial players.
Feb 17, Energy efficiency labels and organisations who promote sustainable
2008-02-17 21:43:00
Energy efficiency labels and organisations committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the demand of energy through energy saving methods & sustainable technology.
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