News tagged with energy savings
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Businesses see advantage in green buildings
The Subway sandwich shop on Chicago's State Street may look like any other new restaurant, but its tile, crown molding and most wall coverings are made from recycled materials. In the bathroom, sensors control water flow, ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Survey shows many are clueless on how to save energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many Americans believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 19, 2010 |
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New products plug you into electric-bill savings
Check your electric bill lately? Did it make you wince? You probably wondered where all those kilowatt-hours went.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Study: Daylight saving time a waste of energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Daylight saving time is supposed to reduce energy use, but data gathered from a state in the US suggests it actually does the opposite.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2010 |
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'The Rosenfeld' named after California's godfather of energy efficiency
Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Making Steel Recycling Greener
A new process developed by Siemens cuts the energy required to recycle steel and also lowers carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation
Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings
Energy efficiency technologies that exist today or that are likely to be developed in the near future could save considerable money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Fully adopting ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Just use less: Energy savings to be big part of nation’s energy future
(PhysOrg.com) -- Energy adviser and former Honeywell executive Maxine Savitz says there are enormous energy savings available through increased efficiency, as much as 30 percent by 2030.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2009 |
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School children could lead the way on sustainability
Many children are not only passionate about environmental issues, but more than capable of driving forward sustainability initiatives, argues new research into the role of schools in developing more sustainable communities. ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Free PC widgets save energy
I shaved 0.86 pounds of emissions from my carbon footprint and saved 0.646 kilowatt hours yesterday, and if the little widget on my PC can be believed, more than 22,000 people in 128 countries did roughly the same.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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LED light bulbs yield big savings in energy
One way the United States could slash its electricity use, dependence on fossil fuels and emissions of heat-trapping gases is really quite simple: better light bulbs.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 13, 2009 |
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California to require sun-blocking car windows
New cars sold in California must include windshields that block or absorb the sun's rays beginning in 2012, the state's Air Resources Board recently ruled.
Jul 06, 2009 |
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ALCF working to get more science per watt
Cooling a supercomputer consumes more electricity than is required to run the machine, even machines as powerful as the IBM Blue Gene/P—called Intrepid—at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Schwarzenegger, 'green' gadgets at giant high-tech fair
The world's biggest high-tech fair kicks off Tuesday hosting guest-of-honour Arnold Schwarzenegger and offering cutting-edge solutions promising to beat the economic crisis as well as climate change.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 01, 2009 |
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