Articles tagged “Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Today on TreeHugger By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jun 11 2008 Urban Modular Architectural Wind Power Microturbines are coming to a city near you. The Queen of England has bought the prototype of the biggest wind turbine in the world. From the forums: A user asks if we are witnessing the end of suburbia. Take the survey: How do you mow your lawn? + READ MORE

Gentle and Genuine Anti-Greenie Rebuttals By Leslie Billera IN Food & Health Jun 11 2008 Let's hope that more people know how to recycle than how to spell it! Believe it or not, a car that isn't tuned properly produces 10-15 times more pollution than a properly tuned up car! + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Painting Tips By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 11 2008 Get out your ripped Candlebox T-shirt and your old cargo shorts with the hole in the pocket. It's time to paint! Steve Thomas, host of Renovation Nation, pitches in to paint many a pad on his program. + READ MORE

Green Natives Sighted in the Concrete Jungle By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 11 2008 Living in not-so-city-like Studio City, Ed and Rachelle have plenty of eco-minded neighbors like Bill Nye and Jay Leno. In contrast, when you reside in the middle of a big city, you may not have green neighbors with whom to share eco-tips or even know your neighbors' names, for that matter. Life in the city can seem positively un-green. + READ MORE

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

Government Gone Green! By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 10 2008 To the great relief of many, much of the world indeed appears to be turning over a new leaf, and thankfully that leaf is "green". Mean Green Machines talks about the Coast Guard a bit, but what about other government-controlled agencies and organizations... how are they going green? + READ MORE

Technology of the Lithium Battery - We've Come a Long Way Baby! By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 10 2008 As you'll see on Mean Green Machines, the ancient (5 years ago, but ancient from a technological standpoint) batteries of PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles) to today, new breakthroughs are occurring everyday that are bringing new confidence into the market that electric transportation may indeed be a viable option to our future. + READ MORE

Advanced Framing By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 9 2008 On Renovation Nation, many citizen renovators are rethinking the ways of the wall. Advanced framing can be more labor intensive, and if your home has lots of windows and doors, it might require the same amount of lumber as conventional framing. + READ MORE

How Environmentally Friendly Homes Are Also Economically Friendly By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 There's a rumor going around that needs to be uprooted: ECO-friendly homes cost more money. This is just absolutely false. Sure, purchasing Leonardo DiCaprio's pad that was featured on Hollywood Green would set you back some cash, but there are many ways in which an eco-friendly home can actually save you money. + 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

Green is User Friendly By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 7 2008 When the Gregorio family decided to green their home, they began with two major breakthroughs. First, they owned up to their beginner status regarding all things green. More importantly, the family recognized that learning green is easy and accessible to all. + READ MORE

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is Awesome but is it Safe? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008 Boeing's new engine has been tested at approximately 30% more fuel efficiency than a regular jet engine and also spews less carbon emissions in the process. Close to 3 percent of the worlds greenhouse gases are from airplane exhaust and those numbers are set to double in the next few years. + READ MORE

Electric Vehicles: To Drive or Not to Drive? By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008 Many of us here know of the benefits of driving an electric vehicle, but for every one of us green folk, there is a gray skeptic that can name just as many reasons not to drive one, as there is to drive one. + READ MORE

Can Baby Poo Be Green? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 6 2008 I've known my friend Kirsten for over 10 years.There's a ton out there about this topic? Oh, and feel free to chime in by commenting below if you have any of your own solutions to diaper disasters in your household? More on eco-friendly diaper options: Solve the Diaper Dilemma: The Cloth Option Solve the Diaper Dilemma: + READ MORE

Sealing Your Thermal Envelope By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 On Renovation Nation, much ado has been made about creating a thermal envelope. From Philadelphia to Seattle, eco-friendly home renovators have been reconstructing their homes with energy efficiency in mind. + READ MORE

LEED Accredited Professionals By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was formally developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 1998. The organization not only created a standard for green building development, but also for housing and real estate professionals. + READ MORE

Notice Invisible Wasteful Things By Michael Graham Richard IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2008 We often talk about changing habits, but just as important is changing your mindset, the 'lens' through which you see the world. Once you have done that, you will naturally become greener as you notice new things. + 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

Community Laundromats By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 5 2008 On Wa$ted, one couple was wasting thousands of wire hangers by cleaning all their clothes exclusively at the dry-cleaners. By doing their own laundry instead, they were able to not only save thousands of wire hangers, they were also able to save thousands of metal quarters as well. + READ MORE