Energy conservation is important for families who want to live as green a lifestyle as possible, but many are already covering the basics and want to do more. If this is you, the good news is that there are many strange and somewhat extreme ways to conserve energy. Hanging on to Expired Food Products The [...]
According to a survey carried out by McKinsey in 2010 sixty-three percent of businesses say they are working towards reducing energy usage. And the market and the shareholders are demanding it in threes: social accountability, environmental stewardship and economic growth. Of course, assessing a company’s energy usage is the best place to start and no [...]
A study by Fiona Crichton from the University of Auckland, titled “How the power of suggestion generates wind farm symptoms”, has found that the fear mongering over wind turbine syndrome actually causes the symptoms – not the wind turbines themselves. Increased numbers of people reporting symptoms linked to turbines could be explained by public warnings [...]
Q: What is the “Production Tax Credit” and why is it so important to developing alternative renewable energy? Environmentalists and wind energy boosters breathed a sigh of relief this past January when Congress voted to reinstate the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a federal tax incentive for companies that generate renewable energy from wind, geothermal or [...]
Q: I’ve heard that simply painting your roof white can reduce household electricity bills by 40 percent. Is this something any of us can do? Yes anyone can do it—and the benefits can be significant, especially for those in warmer climates who expend a lot of energy keeping cool. But most of the world’s roofs, [...]
It is late 2012 and many companies, as well as homeowners, are examining the use of and investment in home energy management technology. A few years ago home energy management systems and technology was forecasted to grow at an exciting rate, but today the growth is not as rapid as we once thought. Some research [...]
