Articles tagged “Electricity”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Annabelle says: Welcome to Wa$ted! By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Jun 10 2008 I am thrilled to bring you WA$TED where I was able to give 10 households an experience much like my own. I hope the show will give you ideas that you can translate into your life and will inspire you... + READ MORE

An All Green Abode By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 Talented green architects teamed with green builders to construct the LEED home both to educate the public and to use the proceeds from its sale to build other homes like it. If you're thinking of building your own home, here are some examples of ways to create an eco-friendly home. + READ MORE

Ride The Wave With A Saltwater Pool By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 We visit a beach house in Episode 1 of World's Greenest Homes where surf and sand meet green design. You can put a touch of the ocean in your own backyard by converting your swimming pool from traditional chlorination to an eco-smart saltwater maintenance system. + READ MORE

Zap Your Lunch By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Jun 7 2008 By Megan Cohen One green idea from Stuff Happens is to use your microwave instead of your oven, since a microwave gobbles up less power. Here are some tips to make your microwave use even more eco-friendly, plus ideas for... + READ MORE

What You Didn't Know About Wind Power By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 5 2008 As you saw on G-Word and as the good folks of Greensburg are finding out, one major aspect of going green is finding eco-friendly energy sources. You might not have heard is how well wind power can work. + READ MORE

The Great (Heat) Escape By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2008 Electrical sockets are known for being a place where electricity is often wasted. But did you know that they can waste energy in more than obvious ways? Buy a foam insulating gasket that competently stops heat from escaping through the outlet. Replace broken cover plates and always keep unused electrical outlets covered with an insulator. + READ MORE

How Much Is Enough: How Long Should You Keep Your Computer Before Replacing It? By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jun 4 2008 How long should you keep the clunker? The short and simple answer is that one should keep everything as long as possible; the energy consumed in the manufacture of computers and the waste created in their disposal are major problems. However there are often other considerations and concerns that arise. + READ MORE

Ways You Can Recycle Your Oil By Team Planet Green IN Indy Racing League May 23 2008 This year, the Indy 500 has a need for green. Don't worry, they'll keep the speed - they're just promoting eco-friendly automotive practices too. And a major one of those is responsibly recycling your used motor oil. The first step... + READ MORE

Hang Your Laundry Out to Dry By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 22 2008 There are upwards of 88 million dryers in the U.S. alone, each emitting in excess of one ton of carbon dioxide per year. This adds up to nearly $100 in energy costs every year for most of us. The solution? Hang your laundry out to dry. + READ MORE

Peak Everything: Learn About Peak Gas By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden May 14 2008 The headline in our local paper today: Natural gas bills to soar by 20 per cent What is going on?Conservation: The biggest use of gas is for heating; as the price increases there will be greater incentive to change to more efficient appliances.I changed a 50 year old furnace and water heater for a new instant-on unit... + READ MORE

The Bicycle that's Bringing Home the Bread! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 14 2008 Every morning that Ed gets up craving toast, he goes for a ten-minute bike ride on his stationary bike. + READ MORE

Blow 'Em Away with Wind Turbines By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 13 2008 Ever considered a residential wind turbine? Depending on the size of your system, your turbines can pay for themselves through utility bill savings in as little as six years. + READ MORE

Luxury Green Home Touches By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 13 2008 Even if you're not looking to radically re-make your residence from the ground up as many of the homeowners featured on World's Greenest Homes have done, there are plenty of small steps you can take to green your luxury home indoors and out and add a dash of green to your domicile. + READ MORE

Peak Everything: Learn about Peak Electricity By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport May 13 2008 This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The existing production, transmission and distribution system is incredibly inefficient, as are most existing houses and businesses; most of the... + READ MORE

Quick Green Tips From 0 to 60 Dollars By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 28 2008 While the homeowners on Renovation Nation spend thousands of dollars greening their houses from top to bottom, there are plenty of eco-friendly changes you can make in your own home without making a huge dent in your household budget. + READ MORE

Shut Down Your PC on Earth Day By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Apr 17 2008 Systems-management firm 1E is urging U.S. desk workers to shut down their PCs completely before leaving work on Earth Day, April 22. If every American worker remembers to turn off their computers on that single day alone... + READ MORE

Turn the Lights Out at Work for Earth Hour By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Mar 26 2008 Discovery headquarters will be taking part in Earth Hour on March 29 by turning off its lights from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. We hope you'll participate in this global effort to raise awareness about electricity conservation by switching off your office lights and equipment as you leave, and then going dark at home on Saturday. + READ MORE

Get a Greener Television By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2008 Plasma, LCD, or good old-fashioned CRT? If you think that an LCD television always trumps a CRT clunker in terms of energy efficiency, however, you're missing the big picture.Screen size is an important factor that can quickly overwhelm even an LCD's built-in energy savings. + READ MORE

Try Using a Crock Pot for Energy-Efficient Cooking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 25 2008 I have never owned or even used a crock pot before.It turns out that crock pots have heat conductive linings so you can cook at a steady 200 F. Because you put all the ingredients in and then turn your back on it, you never lose any steam or heat from repeatedly lifting the lid. + READ MORE

Build a Home-Scale Wind Turbine By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Mar 24 2008 If you're gunning for a home-scale wind turbine, look no further than the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) Web site, which will guide you through the process of getting your small wind project installed and in operation. If your utility offers a net metering or billing arrangement, according to AWEA, you can... + READ MORE