Articles tagged “Eco-Friendly Lighting”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Father/Son Team Traveling from NYC to Portland in 1,000 MPG Vehicle By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 7 2011 Kid leaves the lights on. Father tries to think of a way to convince him to stop. Now they're riding across the country trying to convince others. In a 1,000 mpg human-electric hybrid vehicle. + READ MORE

Make a Creative Accent Lamp Out of Almost Anything By Craftster.org IN Home & Garden Sep 1 2010 With a little know-how and a lot of imagination, almost item can be made into a lamp. Here are some unique lamps made with some surprising materials -- you can make your own custom lamps out of almost anything! + READ MORE

New Lessons From Old Buildings By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Aug 5 2010 Over the last 60 years, architects and engineers forgot how to make buildings work without cheap energy. But many are learning the lessons from the past and applying them to the new. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Lighting By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Eco-friendly green lighting illuminates your world and lightens the load on the environment. Get our eco-friendly green lighting facts, tips and information in How to To Go Green: Lighting. + READ MORE

Modern Lighting On A DIY Budget By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Mar 29 2010 What do you do if you need, a globe pendant to adorn your entryway, dining room or bedroom? DIY it, naturally. + READ MORE

A Tipsy Idea: DIY Lamp from Wine Bottles By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 9 2010 You've had a lot of fun emptying those wine bottles and now they are just ripe for an upcycled illuminating reuse. + READ MORE

7 Ways to Earn Maximum "Cash for Caulkers" Rebate Money By Seth Leitman IN Home & Garden Dec 16 2009 The "Cash for Caulkers" stimulus project has been bouncing around the news for a couple of weeks now, and, while nothing is official quite yet, there are some promising developments. Here are some tips to earn maximum rebates from the program. + READ MORE

What's So Green About the Times Square Ball Drop This New Year's Eve? A Lot By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Dec 16 2009 One of the iconic events for every new year's eve is the Times Square ball drop in New York City. This is the third year that an eco-friendly ball is dropping in Times Square, and here's what makes this new years ball drop so special. + READ MORE

LED Lights Rock! Why They're an Undeinable Part of Our Green Future By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Dec 16 2009 You're probably familiar with the green move of switching your incandescent light bulbs to CFLs, but do you know that an even better move - a move we'll all be making in the near future - is a switch from CFLs to LED bulbs? + READ MORE

Will a Broken CFL Bulb Kill Me? By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2009 Recently, a CFL bulb shattered into pieces in my tiny living space. I was left with a large mess to clean up and after sweeping away the pieces, I swear I tasted a metallic-like flavor in my mouth the rest of the day. Am I a paranoid freak or do I have something legitimate to be afraid of? + READ MORE

Create a Go Green Plan: Follow Wa$ted!'s Salon Example By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 24 2009 Going green at home can be tough but imagine the challenges a green-minded salon faces. Toxic hair-care products, all-day energy use, and literal mountains of old hair are just the beginning of the eco-crimes the average salon commits every day. Still, Annabelle and Holter were able to help a salon flip the green switch in the A Hairy Problem episode of Wa$ted! + READ MORE

5 Ways to Green Your Haircut By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 24 2009 Our hair grows whether we want it to or not. It's an involuntary thing. I've spent some time trying to will my hair to stop growing when it's at that perfect length. My will must not be all that great, because my hair just keeps on growing. That means, I have to go get a haircut every now and then. Getting a haircut isn't bad for the environment necessarily. Short hair is easier to wash and maintain. You need less shampoo for shorter hair and less product. But everything can be made greener, including your haircuts. + READ MORE

Clean Your Light Bulbs for 20% More Light By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 2 2009 If you live in a house, chances are that you use light bulbs. Light bulbs have been around for ages, but for some reason, they haven?t changed much until recently. Compact fluorescent bulbs and LED lights are the wave of the future. And we can only hope that science continues to make improvements on our bulby light-filled friend. + READ MORE

Retrofit Your House with LEDs By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Home & Garden May 20 2009 Roger Deane got the bug for LEDs and retrofitted his entire house—and we mean entire house—with eco-friendly LED lighting. The Scottsdale, Arizona resident recognizes that the future of lighting is in LEDs (and OLEDs) and decided to bite the bullet and get started on changing out his lighting to fit the inevitable. Everything from ceiling fixtures to inside cabinets and drawers were fitted with LEDs. + READ MORE

10 Ways to Make Your Household Lighting More Efficient By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden May 18 2009 Lighting accounts for 34% of US electricity usage and 20% of your electric bill. Therefore, it is paramount that we take measures to use this large percentage of electricity properly. We can start with the simplest green tip, turning off the light when you leave a room. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Whole House Design By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Apr 27 2009 Whole house design is a primary part of a systems approach that "considers the interaction between you, your building site, your climate, and ... other elements or components of your home."Such a holistic design approach can result in reduced utility and maintenance costs, increased comfort, reduced noise, a healthier... + READ MORE

Brighten Your Room with a Bottle Chandelier By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Apr 24 2009 A chandelier light fixture can make any room cozier, but if you're not into elaborate antiques or mass-produced contemporary versions, try making your own candlelit option with empty bottles using these instructions from ReadyMade. + READ MORE

Are You Ready for LED Light Bulbs? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 21 2009 If you've gone green, then you probably have those curly-cue compact florescent light bulbs hanging from your fixtures. LED light bulbs don't contain mercury like CFL bulbs. + READ MORE

5 Inexpensive Ways to Increase Natural Light By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2009 It seems silly to have to light our houses with electricity in the daytime. After all, don?t we have a sun for such things? That sun sure seems like it's going to waste, sitting in space, collecting dust. You can put that sun to good use by increasing the amount of natural light in your home. You'll save money on electricity and decrease your environmental impact as well. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Motion Sensor Lighting By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2009 Motion sensors automatically turn lights on when they are needed (read: when motion is detected) and turn them off a short while later. "Motion sensors are best used in areas of the house that get little foot traffic," writes Planet Green's Josh Peterson. + READ MORE