ZigBee Alliances developing Green Power standards for energy harvesting devices (Engadget) Home automation industry folks, heads up: the ZigBee Alliance has announced the development of a Green Power feature set, which is the first step in creating a global standard technology for energy harvesting devices. When it becomes available sometime at the end of 2009, you and your fellow ZigBee Alliance members will finally be able to create and market self-powered whatsits that communicate ... Read More...
Solar power is keeping their home, water warm (Niles Herald-Spectator) The Schnaufer's solar panel project was completed June 5, on World Environment Day. Erich and Lyz Schnaufer, who live on Ashland Avenue in Park Ridge, had a solar hot water system installed on their home that consists of five solar panels on the roof's south side. "It provides hot water and partial heat," Lyz Schnaufer said. Solar Service Inc., 7312 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, installed the panels. Read More...
Go Green with Feng Shui (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Your home is your oasis; the place you go to relax, regroup and reenergize. If you desire some balance in not only your life but in the world at large, maybe it's time to incorporate the principles of both Feng Shui and green living into your design. Read More...
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Switch to Green Energy
Have you ever had the feeling that global warming is doing to destroy the world and that there is nothing that you can do about it? The warming of the planet seems to be out of control so what on earth is we suppose to do? Even the most ethically minded people can feel helpless.
But all is not lost. We can collectively make a huge difference to reducing carbon emissions by making a few simple purchasing decisions. We do not have to go and live Read More...
The Benefits of Solar Energy
The benefits of solar energy are great, before you understand of solar energy; you need to know about solar energy and the process of harnessing this energy.
There have two different categories of solar energy: thermal and light. Thermal energy is more commonly used and is the energy that is used to passively heat buildings through the use of certain building materials and architectural design. It is obtained from the sun and has a variety of pu Read More...
An Overview Of Solar Energy And Other Renewable Energy Sources
When we talk about renewable energy we are referring to power that delivers energy from resources that will not be depleted because of our use of them. Renewable energy is an alternative to non-renewable fossil fuel energy for reasons other than the factor of non-depletion.
One basic benefit of renewable energy, and the reason environmentalists all over the globe are advocate its use, is that it does give off greenhouse gases and other harmful p Read More...