How to make sure your green home upgrades pay off
Investing in making your home more energy efficient can help the environment, lower your utility bills and possibly help you fetch a higher sale price.
Investing in making your home more energy efficient can help the environment, lower your utility bills and possibly help you fetch a higher sale price.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 25, 2015
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Are renewable energies coupled with energy efficiency too expensive? Regardless of whether the Swiss people choose a future based largely on fossil fuels, nuclear power or a combination of renewable energy sources, the cost ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2015
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Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems – the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to ...
Engineering
Sep 1, 2015
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Centralised ventilation systems that exchange heat between the air inside and outside a building often come with a lot of silver-coloured pipes and shafts. By contrast, compact and decentralised ventilation systems, which ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 21, 2015
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The European Parliament on Wednesday approved plans to overhaul the Europe Union's carbon market, a key part of strategies to curb the EU's global-warming emissions.
Environment
Jul 9, 2015
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that bats living in a city are less likely to move from tree to tree in brightly lit areas, according to research published online today (5th June 2015) in the journal ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2015
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The food tech startup Freight Farms is giving new life to old shipping containers, and at the same time giving impetus to locally grown food.
Energy & Green Tech
May 7, 2015
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Global governments must dig deep to combat climate change, the World Bank chief said Thursday, describing it as a "fundamental threat" to development.
Environment
Apr 23, 2015
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With the ICL5101, Infineon Technologies AG extends its portfolio of lighting control ICs, addressing lighting systems in the range of 40W to 300W. The new high-voltage resonant controller IC provides a high level of integration ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Feb 20, 2015
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A concept that balances large-scale installations of low-cost and low-power antennas to boost cellular coverage in difficult environments will also provide better connectivity to more users. Developed by A*STAR, this new ...
Telecom
Jan 21, 2015
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