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Solar Decathlon

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Last year’s battle

Teams from 20 universities have spent the summer building enough homes for an entire solar village. The off-grid, self-powering homes will be on display for 10 days in October on the National Mall in Washington D.C., competing in the Department of Energy’s 2007 Solar Decathlon.

The point of the competition is not to create new building technologies. Entrants have to use commercially available products to prove that their sun-powered home can be commercially reproduced. For Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) university with its access to super-efficienct, NASA-grade solar panels, that was a disadvantage.…

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September 2, 2007 No Comments
Energy

Zero carbon living

The meaning of Zero carbon living – 5 tips on how to do it and what are the tax advantages going to be.…

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August 20, 2007 No Comments
Energy

Green Gadgets of 2008

Apple
Even Apples may turn green

You might think the very idea of green gadgets is self defeating. After all its just more consumption, right?

Wrong

The best kind of green gadgets…

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August 16, 2007 No Comments
Energy

HMG admits fiddling carbon figures

UK Energy Secretary Malcolm Wicks
Wicks: Carbon? No comment.

The British Energy Secretary Malcolm Wicks was just interviewed on The World at One, BBC Radio 4, where he failed to deny this morning’s reports that the UK government has privately accepted it will not achieve its carbon emission reduction targets. It is planning to slash its targeted carbon reduction, according to a leaked document, and civil servants have now focused on advising the government how to finagle this change of policy with the public and with the European Union where the targets were agreed.

Wicks said “I am not going to comment on a leaked document in August…” as if that would somehow dismiss the problem. Martha Kearney gave him two opportunities to deny the reports but he failed to do so.…

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August 13, 2007 No Comments
Energy

Talkin’ ’bout my generation

Over 50% of UK households want to generate their own power according to an IpsosMori survey. The main reason is to save money, and the environment is the second motivating factor. Full details.…

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July 31, 2007 No Comments
Energy

Geothermal Capital of the World

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Quincy — warm homes

Whisper it quietly lest the folks in Iceland get to hear, but the people of Quincy Illinois have taken to describing themselves as…

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July 17, 2007 No Comments

Showtime for solar

Solar power is going mass market even in Northern regions. We tell you what price to expect and checklist the pitfalls if you decide to run your house from solar panels.…

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July 8, 2007 No Comments

Its the environment, stupid

Dan Ramsey
Ramsey – Idiot

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home (second edition) by Dan Ramsey with David Hughes

What is it?

One of the latest in the popular Idiot’s Guide series (published by Penguin Group) helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, determine if solar power is an option for them, and investigate what’s involved with installing various on- and off-grid systems.

How’s it work?

Organized in easy-to-understand chapters, the book discusses: Advantages and disadvantages along with costs and benefits of solar power.…

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July 3, 2007 No Comments

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