All Posts Tagged With: "Energy"
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 09 December, 2009
Electric VW Golf MK VII; Buses Bring Silence to the Streets; Solar Powered Racing Car; DOE offers $100 million; Recharging EVs with Wind
VW Golf MK VII could get electricified The new MK VI Golf has only just gone on sale here in North America but VW engineers are already hard at work on the [...]
iPhone App Measures Wind Speed, Estimates Savings From Wind Power
Wondering whether your back yard or office park can accommodate a wind turbine? Now there’s an app for that. Mariah Power, developer and marketer of the Windspire wind turbine for consumers and businesses, today announced the availability of the “Windspire Me” iPhone app. Intended to get people excited about wind as an [...]
Read Article | CommentsGE Hybrid Water Heater Wins Popular Science Best of What’s New Award
A hybrid water heater? What’s that, you ask? Well, GE has made just such a product that utilizes heat pump technology in combination with traditional electric elements, which pulls heat from surrounding air and transfers it to the tank. This process creates the same amount of hot water as a traditional water heater, but [...]
Read Article | CommentsThe Daily Five: Monday, 16 November, 2009
Eco-friendly Christmas tree; Streetlights powered by trash; Wind farm completed in Utah; Water on the Moon!; Electric Ave at the Auto Show
Eco-friendly reusable Christmas tree These folding, reusable Christmas trees and ornaments are made in Finland from sustainably harvested FSC certified wood.
203 MW Wind Farm Completed in Utah First Wind’s Milford Wind Corridor project has [...]
Build These Solar Heaters To Heat Your Home For Free During The Day.
I originally wrote this article for my site, The Good Human, but because it is “EcoTech” oriented I figured it should probably be here as well.
My landlord just installed 2 of these solar heaters – 10 days before I move out, which stinks. But for the next 10 days, I plan on running these heaters [...]
$300 Rebate For Replacing Your Energy-Hogging Clunker Appliances.
Beginning later this fall, a $300 rebate program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will encourage consumers to buy new ENERGY STAR-rated home appliances. The new program authorizes rebates of between $50 – $200 for purchases of efficient household appliances. This is great news for folks who have been thinking [...]
Read Article | CommentsThe Daily Five: Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
Peugot Diesel Hybrid; Energy Efficient Appliance Rebates; Driving shots of the Tesla Model S; New, More CO2-Absorbent Algae Strain; Generating Electricity from Rainwater
Peugot Diesel Hybrid. Peugot is likely be the first to combine clean diesel engines with a hybrid drive train, which always has the front wheels powered by the diesel engine, while the [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 21 August, 2009
Zero Net Energy Vermont House; First Lithium Ion Recycling Facility; Australia targets 20% renewable energy by 2020; Solar-Powered Flashlight; Denver airport solar power fuel farm
True Zero Net Energy Vermont House. This is the first LEED Platinum home in Vermont, although perhaps more importantly, it’s a documented and legitimate zero net energy home. From January [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 11 August, 2009
First Zero Energy home; Solar-powered ferries; Making Power With Gravity; Mobile Electric Car Charger; Save $127K Annually With LEDs
San Francisco to have first Zero Energy home. With an eight kilowatt solar array, floor plates acting as passive solar collectors, a 1,500 gray water reclamation system that takes water from sinks, showers, and tubs, to irrigate [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 08 July, 2009
Hybrid energy delivery system; Super Green, Super Dangerous, Super Bike; Reflective glass rule to keep cars cooler; Multi-Wall UV building sheets; Most efficient single junction solar cell
GROW: A Hybrid Energy Delivery System. These futuristic leaf-like designs are actually solar leaves that harness power from both the sun and the wind. This unique hybrid energy [...]
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