Articles tagged “Solar Power”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Discover the Zero Carbon Home, the Cost of Chocolate, and if the Garbage Disposal is Green By David DeFranza IN Home & Garden Feb 23 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Discover the zero carbon home, the cost of chocolate, and if the garbage disposal is green. + READ MORE

Buy Solar Powered Stuff on EBay By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 19 2009 If solar power still sounds too high tech or too unattainable to you, perhaps this will help put things in perspective: you can buy cheap, fully functional solar panel systems on EBay.com. And it's not just a few scrap parts or oddball solar powered gadgets. + READ MORE

Build a Solar Power Generator for Under $300 By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Feb 18 2009 To most of us, solar power still seems like a thing of the future. Yeah, we know some people live off the grid with them, and some folks can afford to line their roofs and heat their pools with them. Not most of us. + READ MORE

Make a Solar Powered Stove Out of an Umbrella and Tin Foil By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Feb 18 2009 Ever wanted to cook yourself a meal using little more than an umbrella, some foil, and sunlight? Of course you have. And with this easy-to-make DIY project, you'll be bringing water to boil with the aid of your umbrella in no time. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Solar Cell Phone Charger By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Features Feb 17 2009 Solar cell phone chargers are getting more popular but many are still often a little pricey. You can shave a few dollars off the price tag and create your very own solar gadget charger in just a few easy steps. + READ MORE

Students: Encourage Your Schools to Go Solar By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Feb 6 2009 Schools are quite large, and, therefore, have an immense carbon footprint. Think of how many kids the air conditioners must cool in the summer and heat in the winter. My high school didn't have air conditioning. They weren't going green, just broke. With a slow economy, our already wounded education system can?t afford to upgrade to green technologies. They often have to make due with inefficient air conditioning and outdated insulation. Don't fret. There is something you can do about this. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Hybrid Solar Lighting By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Jan 16 2009 Hybrid solar lighting has been called "a bridge between conventional artificial lighting and fiber optics to achieve a healthier indoor environment and greater energy savings, possibly even making our nation up to 30% more self-reliant in electrical energy expenditures alone." + READ MORE

How To: Green Your iPod By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Jan 13 2009 With Apple constantly greening their product, the onus is now falling on users to make the most of battery life to maximize power efficiency, so NaturallySavvy is offering up our solutions for greening the energy-sucking electronics that we just can't live without. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Photovoltaics By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Jan 7 2009 Photovoltaics is "the field of technology and research related to the application of solar cells for energy by converting sunlight directly into electricity." HowStuffWorks.com explains furthers: "Photovoltaics, as the word implies (photo = light, voltaic = electricity), convert sunlight directly into electricity. " + READ MORE

World's Greenest Homes Episode: Arroyo House By Team Planet Green IN Worlds Greenest Homes Episodes Dec 23 2008 A former punk rocker lives off the grid in a solar powered castle and a Toronto couple bring nature inside their ultra modern, clean and green living space.   Check out the Planet Green Schedule  to catch this episode of World's Greenest Homes.... + READ MORE

A Greener Way to Steam Clean Floors By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Home & Garden Dec 21 2008 A greener way to clean floors and hard surfaces is to ditch chemicals al together. One of the most thorough ways to clean without chemicals is with a steam cleaner. The heat kills germs, is effective at pulling up dirt, and doesn't leave surfaces wet. But there is a big problem with steam cleaners - they require a whole heck of a lot of electricity. The average steam cleaner requires between 1200 and 1500 watts to heat up that water and spit out the steam. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Billboard Liberation By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Dec 15 2008 The Billboard Liberation Front got things started in their own way and, of course, there are different versions of what constitutes a truly liberated, green billboard. But smack dab in the middle of New York's Times Square, we've got ourselves a billboard to write home about (or at least, to blog about). + READ MORE

Decorate Your Home with Solar Powered Christmas Lights (Video) By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2008 Steve Thomas, host of Renovation Nation, is here to illuminate our Christmas. His electric idea can help power our holiday cheer without doing harm to the environment. + READ MORE

6 Green Must-Haves for Winter Outdoor Gear By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 10 2008 If you are planning an outdoor excursion this winter, you might want to first make sure you have some elemental green gear that will help you survive the chilly wilds.Especially relevant are our How to Go Green: Wardrobe and How to Go Green: Outdoor Sports Travel the great outdoors far and near with hip... + READ MORE

4 Ways To Green Your Roof By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2008 Is your roof going to waste? Is it just sitting there, covered in TV antennas, leaves and old footballs? It doesn't have to be. You can alter your roof to aid the environment. Why settle for a roof that just covers your living space? Make your roof a dynamic part of your home. Here's four ways how. + READ MORE

Get On Board With Solar Powered GPS Systems By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Dec 4 2008 I'm not always one to be on the move with the latest technological advances, but there is one little gadget that I am 100% down with: the GPS. But with so many systems on the line, knowing which one to buy can be difficult. Luckily for us all, there are some systems that are more eco-friendly than others. + READ MORE

Get to Know: SMIT, Solar Power Ivy By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Nov 26 2008 What do you get when you combine the beauty of art with the technology of solar/wind power? You get SMIT, which stands for Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology. + READ MORE

World's Greenest Homes Episode: Vineyard By Team Planet Green IN Worlds Greenest Homes Episodes Nov 20 2008 In the heart of Silicon Valley, this 3,000 square foot Palo Alto home blends industrial chic with modern comfort. Perfectly oriented to capture sunlight, the home's green design includes passive solar energy and solar panels that generate 80 %... + READ MORE

Building an Efficient Bathroom (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2008 I'm sitting on our future dual-flush toilet by Caroma, one of the most water efficient models on the market. Overall, they average less than one gallon per flush. In green building it's extremely important that we start with envelope of structure and make it as tight as possible. + READ MORE

David Gottfried's Home Renovation: Building an Office Lifepod (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 17 2008 Welcome to my new office—the Gottfried Lifepod. This was a joint venture between Envision Solar and my team. We greatly improved the base steel structure with eight solar panels on the roof and figured out how to make it into a super comfortable home office. + READ MORE