Guest Blog by Reese Jones With the declining progress of environment in today’s world, many movements enter the scene to prevent it. Manufacturers begin to use eco-friendly materials to produce products that will help save the environment. However, recurring reports are against Apple’s “contribution” to the ecosystem. In the past few years, Apple has been • Read More »
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Eco-Friendly Equipment for Office-Based Businesses
October 25, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Smart Technology.Guest Blog by Dan Whiteside As the world becomes more environmentally aware, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd is determined to stay on trend. They’ve recently introduced a new line-up of eco-friendly and cost-effective printers with advanced colour printing technologies – but what other energy-saving products are proving popular? Let’s find out: Manual shredders Destroying bank statements, • Read More »
TimberTower Sees Wood in Future of Wind Turbines
October 24, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Wind Energy.Okay, so this green story is a bit retro in that didn’t wind turbines (wind mills) used to be built out of wood? Well, now the towering steel behemoths that speckle the plains like tamed Transformers are taking a new direction thanks to a company called TimberTower. The German wind turbine company has produced a • Read More »
Lower Domestic Subsidies Pushes Growth in Utility-Scaled Solar Power
September 17, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.By Guest Blogger Mathias Maehlum On 1st of August this year, the feed-in tariff in the UK, which enables household to put excess electricity generated by solar panels back on the grid for profit, was lowered by a quarter – from 21p to 16p for every kWh. On top of this, the payment lengths will • Read More »
Vampire Energy: What It’s Costing You and How To Prevent It
August 1, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Energy Conservation.By Guest Blogger Justin Bencsko The phenomenon of Vampire Power is costing American households millions of dollars every single day. Studies estimate that about 5-10% of the average household’s energy bill comes from this Vampire Power. Calculate that to a dollar amount across the country and you have about $4 billion in wasted spending every • Read More »
MyCar All-Electric Vehicle From GreenTech Automotive
July 13, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Electric Cars.GreenTech Automotive (which has no connection to Green Tech Gazette, I swear) has unveiled its all electric MyCar, a two-seater with a range of up to 115 miles before needing a recharge. MyCar will bring 426 high paying jobs to its manufacturing plant in Mississippi. According to the press release, “GreenTech Automotive (GTA), a U.S.-based • Read More »
7 Tips to Green Computing
June 29, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Energy Conservation, News.By Guest Blogger Matt Powell Computing and technology is now responsible for 2% of the global carbon footprint, a significant amount for just one sector of industry. It’s therefore important that end users do whatever we can to reduce our impact on the environment. The following tips are simple things you can do to contribute • Read More »
EV Evolution- When Can the Masses Afford it?
June 8, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Electric Cars.By Guest Blogger Charlie Oszvald We all know the reasons to consider electric vehicles- they are energy efficient, do not run on gas, have minimal to no tailpipe emissions. But are electric vehicles affordable to the public, or are they luxury cars that are only available to the wealthy? Read on to understand what is • Read More »
100 MPG Cars in Our Lifetime
May 24, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: High Mileage Vehicles.By Guest Blogger Michael Shull You have got to be kidding 100 Miles per Gallon, what I wouldn’t give for that day. Most of us probably feel this way but I will try to show you why it isn’t here and you might be surprised who all is to blame. As an inventor and industrial • Read More »
Underground Homes as Natural Disaster Shelters
May 3, 2012 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Green Homes.It may seem obvious that underground homes often serve well as natural disaster shelters. This is especially true of the underground homes that are built from concrete and rebar. Some people use wood in their underground homes, but this is not as secure if you’re wanting your house to double as an emergency shelter. The • Read More »