Why Shop Online for the Most Energy Efficient Appliances for Your Home
If you are looking for new appliances for the home and you want to ensure you invest in something that is energy efficient, turning to the internet is a great idea.
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The Art of Greener Grass: 5 Ways to Improve Your Lawn’s Environmental Impact
The greenest lawn is no lawn. But if you must have a lawn, here are the ways to make it work in the eco sense.
How to make working from home cheaper and warmer
New backyard or basement offices. Tiny homes as offices. The whole idea sounds ideal but what if you have to hear your space or keep it cool? There are energy costs to consider.
How to save money by switching energy supplier
Every home should feel like an eco oasis, and it can be done by saving energy. Here's how it can be done.
Jerash, Jerusalem and Disney World waste Watts illuminating the sun
What does Walt Disney World have in common with the ancient Middle Eastern cities of Jerash and Jerusalem? In each of these places we’ve found glaring examples of wasted energy in the form of high wattage outdoor lights switched on during the brightest hours of sunny days. The radio program “This American Life” once aired […]
SolView’s targeting solar energy rooftop potential on a massive scale
Solar energy panels are an important investment for planet earth, but also for residential homeowners that want to cash in on attractive feed-in tariffs. Homeowners that invest in solar energy can feed the power they generate back to the energy grid and in time make money after their initial investment in panels is paid off. […]
Sensibo says it’s already cool. Now make your AC energy smart!
Israeli start-up Sensibo is convinced it can uptick your air conditioner’s IQ. They’ve created a mobile app (with associated hardware) that allows you to control your air conditioner (AC) from anywhere.
GreenIQ Waters Your Garden by Phone
Smart phone developers aren’t just devising novel ways to deliver information about composting and how to save energy (like 5 green apps that can save the planet). They are helping us run our homes.
Beemtech’s Smart Sensors Slash Energy Use in Commercial Spaces
Online and remote controls for smart energy solutions for heating, cooling and office space lighting. About 20 percent of the operational expenses in office buildings, schools and hospitals goes toward energy — HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and electricity. Usually a default temperature is set for all year round, and the HVAC system and […]
Proposed Tel Aviv SkyTran Project is “Up in the Air”
Situated above the treeline, SkyTran commuter pods will not interfere with normal traffic: Photo illustration by NASA/SkyTran Developing economical and green urban transit systems have not been easy. This includes such planned transit innovations as the commuter pod transit system being planned for Abu Dhabi’s carbon neutral Masdar City and a new commuter light rail line […]
Dubai Ends Cheap Local Gas
The Dubai government’s Emirates National Oil Co (ENOC) has stopped supplying subsidized gasoline to gas stations in neighboring sheikdoms in the United Arab Emirates. Hit hard by the property crash, the once high-flying Dubai government is now penny pinching. Even at the risk of destabilizing the region – in the same way that rising food […]
As Energy Demand Swells, Turkey Falls Dark for Earth Hour 2011
Istanbul’s incandescent Bosphorus Bridge will join iconic structures around the world in turning off its lights for Earth Hour this year. For the past four years, Istanbul’s majestic Bosphorus Bridge has been lit all night long by an LED display that consumes electricity at a rate of 90 kilowatts. (That’s roughly 400 megawatt-hours per year, […]
Lights Out During Earth Hour 2011 in Israel this Week
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMNbXVxj8s&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] 20 Israeli cities will be participating in this year’s annual lights-out Earth Hour. Following an initiative that began in Australia in 2007, Israeli cities (spearheaded by Tel Aviv) have observed Earth Hour for the past few years. Earth Hour is a global movement that urges individuals, businesses and governments to support action on climate […]
“The Story of Coal” a Wake-Up Call to Users (and Abusers) of Electricity
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC1lrajJExo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Before leaving that (non-CFL) light on after you leave the room, you might want to take a look at the Story of Coal. In the routine of our daily lives, it’s easy to forget about the ramifications of our actions. When stopping by the supermarket on your way home from work to pick up […]
Mashrabiya “ecooler” Beats The Middle Eastern Heat
Based on two Middle Eastern concepts, of the clay jara and the mashrabiya, the ecooler is one of the friendliest examples of cooling I've ever seen, and so much more beautiful than the big lump of whirring metal we call the "air-conditioner."