Articles tagged “Green Your Electricity”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

How to Run an Electric Car on Green Electricity By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 19 2010 Electric cars, unlike cars that use internal combustion engines, emit no polluting gases or particles from the tailpipe. But that doesn't mean that using (and charging) an electric car isn't responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, unless you can charge it up with green electricity. Here's how. + READ MORE

Interview With The Authors Of The Carbon-Free Home By Keith Wagstaff IN Home & Garden Jul 15 2010 Stephen and Rebekah Hren, authors of The Carbon-Free Home (Chelsea Green), give advice on how you can make your home as efficient as their home in Durham, NC. + READ MORE

Keep Cool This Summer Without Turning on the A/C By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2010 8 handy tips for staying cool and energy-efficient this summer. + READ MORE

Energy Efficient Homes Are The Stars Of The Future By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Apr 23 2010 Are you in the market for a new home? If you are, you are not alone. Millions of new homes are built every year. How will all of the materials needed to build and sustain these new homes accommodate our dwindling and limited natural resources? + READ MORE

Shrink Your Cookprint: 5 Kitchen Gadgets To Ditch and 5 To Keep By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 17 2010 If you're like me, you have drawers and kitchen cabinets full of gadgets and small appliances. In an effort to pare down and conserve energy, resources and cash, find out which kitchen wonders should you ditch or keep. + READ MORE

Why What Watt? RIP Incandescent Light Bulbs By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 12 2010 London designer Tim Fishlock had the illuminating idea of creating a chandelier using 1243 spent incandescent light bulbs. + READ MORE

Unplug Your Laptop Forever in 7 Steps By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Oct 26 2009 How freeing would it be to unplug your laptop from the grid...forever? Not just for a couple hours until your battery dwindles, but for good. + READ MORE

Save Money and Energy: Make Your Own Power Monitor With the EnerJar By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Oct 13 2009 While heading to the store and buying a Kill A Watt might be quick and easy for monitoring your power use, you can also get geeky and make one yourself. That's where the EnerJar steps in. + READ MORE

Cover Your Pool and Save Water, Energy By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 29 2009 If you have a pool, then you know a pool cover is ideal. It keeps insects and leaves out of the water. The covers keep the punk kids out and the young kids safe. There are a variety of different pool covers, some merely a light layer of plastic, thin and chintzy. Some covers are remote-controlled. Some could support an elephant on top of them. If you live in windy areas or if you're pool is surrounded by trees, then a pool cover is a necessity. + READ MORE

Did You Know Saving Water = Saving Electricity? By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport May 26 2009 We live in an interconnected world. A butterfly flaps its wings in Mongolia and a philosophy student ponders about that sort of thing in Spokane. See? Interconnected. As our technology and thoughts about butterflies advance, so does our interconnectedness. + READ MORE

Just Say No to New Gadgets By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Apr 27 2009 Some claim that purchasing solar panels is too expensive. Well, for those of us who cannot afford a house to put them on, then the house on which to put solar panels is too expensive. (Ask your landlord about installing solar panels if possible.) But if you are managing to make a good living in these harsh economic times, then solar panels are economically feasible. But if you're still looking to pinch a few pennies, then here are some tips. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Waste Heat Recovery By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Apr 20 2009 Any conservation system whereby "some space heating or water heating is done by actively capturing byproduct heat that would otherwise be ejected into the environment." Sources of water-heat recovery in commercial buildings include refrigeration/air-conditioner compressors, manufacturing or other processes, data processing centers, lighting fixtures, ventilation exhaust air, and the occupants themselves + READ MORE

10 Ways to Green Your Clothes Dryer By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 13 2009 The best dryer for your money and the environment is the clothesline. With the investment of a few bucks you can dry your clothes with solar power for free. However, many people enjoy the convenience of an electric clothes dryer and probably won't part with it. Ok. That's fine. Let's work with that. + READ MORE

Insulate the Bottom of Your Hot Water Heater By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Mar 5 2009 We all like hot water. It makes showering a pleasant experience. Dishes are easier to wash in hot water, and it makes routine floor cleaning easier as well. Thanks to our hot water heater, we are able to get hot water almost immediately just by turning on the tap. That is what I call living. + READ MORE

How to Find Green Energy Anywhere By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Jan 6 2009 So you want to make the switch to green energy, but looking up info on solar technology is inducing flashbacks to high school science class, you're not sure what an REC is, and you haven't the faintest clue where to start looking for a green energy supplier in your community! + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Green Power By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Dec 22 2008 Green Power, in the eyes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a partnership of sorts, e.g ?The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources. + READ MORE

How-To: Get Renewable Energy in New York City By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Aug 22 2008 Unless you live in one of the outer boroughs of New York City you probably don't live in a single family dwelling. Odds are, whether you rent or own your apartment, that you've got neighbors upstairs, downstairs and down the hallway. In most cases then installing your own renewable energy system really isn't a viable option. + READ MORE

Cut Your Power Bill While Teaching a Life Lesson By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jun 12 2008 Many parents with older children decide to make them pay rent at some point. Here's a green variation on that idea that will both save energy and teach a valuable life lesson. + READ MORE

Green Home Tweaks By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 14 2008 On his show, Ed details dozens of ways he has made his household greener. Looking to tweak your own home? Buy an energy saving car, embrace the sun, unplug appliances you don't use, get out and walk, and do your research. + READ MORE

Make Money with Manure! By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors May 5 2008 Money might not grow on trees but it can come from unexpected places. You may have been shocked by the manure mansion on the G Word, but in today's economy, there's a new black gold. Dairy farmers are taking one of the environment's biggest and smelliest pollutants - cow poop - and they're turning it into sustainable, eco-friendly energy. + READ MORE