News tagged with summertime electricity
California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use
A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes ...
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Arctic chill brings Facebook data center to Sweden
(AP) -- Facebook will build a new server farm on the edge of the Arctic Circle - its first outside the U.S. - that will improve performance for European users of the social networking site, officials said ...
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Experts praise decisions to evacuate from Irene
(AP) -- They were life and death decisions made by politicians, bureaucrats and everyday people. Hurricane Irene was barreling toward the East Coast. It was big. It was scary. Flooding was certain. The choice: ...
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Aug 30, 2011 |
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Hyperlocal Effects From A Changing Climate
Cities are made chiefly of concrete and asphalt, which soak up more sunlight during the day than soil and have a harder time radiating the heat away during the night. Add to that all the energy -- natural ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanyo has announced its development of the world's most energy efficient solar module, the HIT-N230. The module was unveiled at a press conference run by Sanyo Electric's Solar Division.
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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Climate change in Kuwait Bay
Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California
From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for this typically arid region ...
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Aug 25, 2009 |
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Researcher finds higher summer ozone concentrations in southeast metro Atlanta
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Georgia State University researcher has found that the highest concentrations of summertime ozone -- a major air pollutant and respiratory health hazard — tended to occur in the southeastern part of metro ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Efforts to save salmon may be undone by climate change
The Pacific Northwest has spent two decades retooling dams, rebuilding damaged watersheds and restoring stream flows to keep salmon from disappearing.
May 12, 2009 |
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New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade
(PhysOrg.com) -- Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California homes by researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 06, 2009 |
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Salt Water System Could Generate Hydrogen
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of generating hydrogen from salt water has often been claimed to work effectively. However, the systems proposed so far generally require a much greater energy input than the energy ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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