Green PCs and Optimizing their Lifecycle
Let me be the first to confess: I love my laptop. I spend more time with it than most people … [continued]
Energy Efficiency
Water Heaters Get Energy Star Status and Reduce Bills, Emissions
They’re not sexy, and the Department of Energy estimates 13% of your home energy consumption goes into a big tank … [continued]
New (Super)Conductors on the Horizon?
What if computers didn’t get hot and batteries never lost their battery life? What if you could help power your … [continued]
4 Things to Consider Before Going Solar
Solar thermal technology provides space heating and hot water and is a frequently forgotten member of the solar family. These … [continued]
Home of the Mean Green Screen: Yahoo!
What does it take to encourage, empower, or help an office go green? How about a touch-screen kiosk with real-time … [continued]
European “Smart Car” Hits American Market
What lessons can be learned from this tiny car, that Europeans are calling Un-American? When my husband and I look … [continued]
Low-Energy Water Desalination From Seawater Greenhouse
Three–hundred twenty-six million trillion! It sounds like a number I would come up with as a kid, say, in reference to … [continued]
Internet Reducing American Energy Use
The internet is saving 10 times the energy required to run an internet-linked computer. Remember when renting a movie required … [continued]
Clean Energy Intro: What is an Inverter?
When we think about “clean” energy, we envision big, dark solar panels out in a field or on a roof. … [continued]
