energy efficiency

As the world becomes more concerned about reducing carbon emissions, burning fossil fuels, and reducing fuel consumption, the efficiency of the residential energy system becomes critical.

For the home owner energy efficiency can be increased by replacing aging appliances with energy star rated appliances, adding thresholds to doorways and sealing other areas of the home that may allow air flow in from the outside.

Replacement windows with double or triple pane glass, ultra violet filtration and working seals will add significantly to the war on energy efficiency. Using blinds or motorized shades on your windows can keep your home energy efficient.

Blogs on energy efficiency may include information on government rebates for increasing home energy efficiency and ways to improve the overall use of fuel consumed. Many cover step by step home construction projects for helping homeowners to save money and the environment.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “energy efficiency”

• Residents have new tool to "Live Efficiently with Focus"

  
  ECOS-Fox Valley — Authority: 123
  From Focus on Energy: Wisconsin residents who would like to learn how energy efficient their home is compared to similar homes in their area - and what they can do to increase that efficiency - now have a new online resource to help them do just that. By visiting LiveEfficientlyWithFocus.com , residents can walk ...
  14 hours ago

• ACEEE Releases Energy-Efficiency Program Guide for Cities

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) covers more than 40 municipal energy-efficiency programs in a new report as a guide for cities and counties preparing to implement federally-funded energy efficiency and conservation plans.The nonprofit research organization says it’s essential that cities ...
  21 hours ago

• National Home Improvement Council Concerned Over Home Energy Efficiency

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 141
  Apparently the National Home Improvement Council has now raised some new concerns regarding home energy efficiency. The director of the council, Andrew Leech, said that many householders are more concerned with home improvements that focus on enhancing a property’s appearance instead of its energy efficiency. This ...
  22 hours ago

• Printing Solar Panels with an Inkjet Printer

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 126
  The military it seems is always at the forefront of the latest in renewable energy technology in addition to many other types of technologies. The reason behind this fact is another rather simple fact and that is fossil fuels are increasingly expensive, difficult to transport and dangerous to say the least. Also ...
  1 day ago

• China Produces More Cars than the U.S.

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 642
  It’s true: The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Transportation show that China surpassed the U.S. last year in the total number of cars produced. This is a radical shift from 1980, when the U.S. manufactured 56 times more vehicles than China. In 2008, China produced 9.5 million vehicles, while the U.S. ...
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• Eco-Inventions

  
  The GREEN MARKET — Authority: 122
  There were a host of greener inventions in 2009 and they include everything from tooth brushes to a planetary nervous system. The term "eco-inventions" is composed of "eco" the short form of ecology, defined as the branch of biology concerned with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical ...
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• Shanghai to Further Subsidize 10 Million CFLs

  
  Cleaner Greener China — Authority: 124
  One of the perks of being a country with a huge sum of cash in the coffers is the ability to make investments in projects like the one that the Shanghai government has just announced. To provide 20% subsidies for 10 million CFLs in the next year.  That is on top of the already 50% subsidy that is being offered ...
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• Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Laptop Computer – Intel Core 2 Duo P8700

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 177
  Product Description Lenovo ThinkPad X200 offers a premium ultraportable notebook with a 12.1 inch widescreen display, which is engineered to deliver improved mobility, performance, connectivity, energy efficiency and comfort…. More >> Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Laptop Computer – Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
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• Climate change solution must be mutually satisfactory: PM

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (IANS) Just days after the Copenhagen summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said any solution to climate change should be “mutually satisfactory”.“An optimal solution to the climatic change challenge is only possible if the world can find ways to reach a mutually satisfactory ...
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• The Pulse: City Tests LED Lamps in Wicker Park Area

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  City Hall is considering installing white lights to replace the yellowish-orange lamps along Chicago’s streets and alleys.
  2 days ago

• Method makes refineries more efficient

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products. The researchers have demonstrated their method on petroleum plants that separate crude, ...
  2 days ago

• An Experimental Underground Data Center: Iron Mountain’s Room 48

  
  UNIX Administratosphere — Authority: 120
  Iron Mountain has converted an old mine in Pennsylvania to a computing facility, part of which includes an experimental energy-efficient data center that uses geothermal conditions to improve cooling. ComputerWorld wrote an article about their tour of the facility, including Room 48 where the experimental data ...
  3 days ago

• Samsung UN55B6000 55-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 177
  Ultra-slim 55-inch LED HDTV with full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest picture possible LED technology enables a true-to-life range of picture brightness; uses 40 percent less energy than conventional LCD TVs InfoLink RSS feeds of news, weather and sports from your broadband connection Inputs: 4 HDMI, 1 ...
  3 days ago

• 5 Points To Consider When Purchasing DIY Solar Power Kits

  
  The Solar Cost Guide — Authority: 135
  With energy bills skyrocketing, both businesses and homeowners are seeing solar power as a workable alternative. Perhaps the simplest way to implement this type of renewable energy to your system is to purchase a DIY solar power kit. Before you purchase such a kit, you should familiariaze yourself with five important ...
  4 days ago

• A Data Center in a Silo

  
  UNIX Administratosphere — Authority: 120
  The CLUMEQ project is designing a supercomputer, and has several sites already built. One of these, a site in Quebec, was built in an old silo that used to contain a van de Graaf generator. An article in the McGill Reporter from several years ago described the supercomputer installation at Montreal. The new ...
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• Energy Efficiency and Real Estate: Opportunities for Investors

  
  Greener Buildings — Authority: 476
  This report, from the investor activist group Ceres, explores how the current economic and policy climate in the United States is creating new momentum for energy-efficient buildings.
  4 days ago

• Energy Efficiency and Real Estate: Opportunities for Investors

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 582
  This report, from the investor activist group Ceres, explores how the current economic and policy climate in the United States is creating new momentum for energy-efficient buildings.
  4 days ago

• Energy Efficiency in Real Estate Portfolios : Opportunities for Investors

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 141
  Mercer for Ceres http://www.ceres.org/realestatereport [ GreenBiz.com ]  Proven, existing efficiency technologies — in everything from lighting to climate control and more — can unlock the untapped reserves of efficiency gains buried in many real estate holdings, according to a new report. Those gains would ...
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• If You Dont Live Near a Renewable Energy Plant, Just Bring One to You

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 622
  Coop-style renewable energy projects are taking hold around the country: a community-owned wind farm on an island off Maine, and Palm Springs residents can now boast the lowest-priced solar panels ever available to individuals.
  4 days ago

• California Winery to Cut Water Use by 70%

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 599
  Image credit: EatLiveRun Turning water into wine may be impossible for us mere mortals, but making wine with less water is definitely something worth exploring. Just like any industrial process, wine making is incredibly water intensive—so the fact that Kendall-Jackson winery is implementing cutting-edge water ...
  4 days ago

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