Penny Saved Is Penny Earned: Unplug Reminder; Lowe’s Markets Home Energy; Mayor Bloomberg Looks to Danish Offshore Windfarms; Mercedes-Benz begins testing electric SLS supercar; Copenhagen Lights Christmas Tree With Bikes

Penny Saved Is Penny Earned: Unplug Reminder The Ace Plug is like an eco-voice that makes sure you do a job out of it; otherwise it will annoy the hell out of you with its pesky noises, till you yank out the plug.

Lowe’s Markets Home Energy at In-store Destination Points Lowe’s new Energy Central destination points in 21 California stores are positioned to sell consumers on a range of energy saving products at one central location in the store. Competitor Home Depot also features “Eco Options” products and signage in its nearly 1,900 U.S. stores.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Looks to Danish Offshore Windfarms for Inspiration As the world’s eyes zeroed in on this week’s COP15 climate change talks, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gazed on a much more placid scene – Denmark’s 209 megawatt Horns Rev 2, the largest offshore wind farm in the world. Bloomberg admired the overhead view as he toured the farm by helicopter, and expressed his desire for the Big Apple to follow suit.

Mercedes-Benz begins testing electric SLS supercar The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is nothing if not an exciting car to drive, and the German automaker is reportedly hard at work making sure that the upcoming electric version of the supercar generates the same kind of reaction from its occupants. In an interview with Autocar in the UK, AMG head Volker Mornhinweg assures that the car is now testing on the road and will hit all of its targeted performance objectives.

Copenhagen Lights Christmas Tree With Bikes At the Danish capital’s City Hall Square, 15 to 20 volunteers can sit on stationary bikes located around a massive, decorated tree and pedal away to keep it light, at least during the day. The bikes are connected to electrical tie-ups that ultimately power hundreds of lights on the tree.