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• Should You Get a Solar Hot Tub?

  
  Naked News — Authority: 172
  If you are trying to save money on electricity you might be interested in getting a solar powered hot tub instead of a regular type. One concern of any new hot tub owner is always how much the heating bill will be for the hot tub and is there any way to reduce it? On the surface, a solar hot tub sounds like it might ...
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• Andersen Helps Conserve Natural Resources Through Increased Use of Fibrex® Material

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 127
  Andersen Corporation, a durable goods manufacturer for over one hundred years and the leading brand of windows and doors, continues its commitment to environmental efforts through increased use of Fibrex® material. Fibrex material is the company’s patented, highly sustainable structural composite that blends the ...
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• Can Windows 7 make PCs green?

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/08 On Autust 14, 2009 Todd Bishop wrote in his blog One study estimated that changes in Windows Vista — mostly changes in the operating system’s “sleep” mode — could benefit the environment in the U.S. as much as taking 380,000 cars off the road. ... The next version ...
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• What is a Smart Grid Good for Anyway?

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 118
  3732456373_d95d2c2225.jpg The Obama Administration has recently devoted millions of dollars to invest in smart grid technology. “Smart grid” sounds very high tech and far in the future to laypeople like me, but the effects of this investment will start to be noticed soon and the changes ...
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• Spectrum Health, Fortune Data Centers Go for the LEED Gold

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  Businesses across all sectors including health care, manufacturing and information technology (IT) are seeking the coveted LEED certification to ensure that their new buildings meet the highest of environmental standards. Some of the most recent LEED projects include Spectrum Health, Fortune Data Centers and Allied ...
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• PepsiCo to Reduce Water, Energy Use 20% by 2015

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  PepsiCo has saved more than 750,000 megawatt hours of energy and more than 7.5 billion liters of water as a result of gains in energy and water efficiency compared to the 2006 baseline, according to the company’s 2008 Corporate Citizenship Report (PDF).The food and beverage company is committed to cutting ...
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• Industrial Nanotech Releases 2008 Energy Saving Report by International Textile Manufacturer Henateks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 152
  NAPLES, Fla.—-Industrial Nanotech, Inc. , an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced the company’s Turkish distributor, Kolorgen Ltd., has received a final report on the 2008 energy savings from a study by textile manufacturer Henateks Boya ve Apre Sanayi Tic. A.S. on the performance of ...
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• Punj Lloyd forays into solar energy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Punj Lloyd, a diversified construction and engineering group, has tied up with Singapore-based Delta Solar to foray into the solar utility space, the company said Monday.The joint venture, Punj Lloyd Delta Renewables, will provide solar photovoltaics (SPV) and solar thermal solutions with a ...
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• Weather the storm

  
  The Green Phone Booth — Authority: 469
  Bleatings from EnviRambo. Sadly it is that time of year again. Time to batten down the hatches, button up the house, and put the storm windows on. All of our house has new double pane windows, except for the solarium. Sixteen 107 year old leaded glass windows and no insulation. You bet your bottom it ...
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• Good News from My Alma Mater

  
  The Earth Is Not a Trash Can — Authority: 422
  This is great news from the Tennessean this morning: KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee ’s flagship campus is riding a green wave that is sweeping across campuses nationally. UT-Knoxville has ramped up its recycling efforts. It has rolled out an extensive energy savings and carbon reduction ...
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• Homebuyer Tax Credit

  
  Lynchburg Real Estate — Authority: 423
  Tax Credit for Homebuyers First-Time Homebuyers (FTHBs): First-time homebuyers (that is, people who have not owned a home within the last three years) may be eligible for the tax credit. The credit for FTHBs is 10% of the purchase price of the home, with a maximum available credit of $8,000. Single taxpayers ...
  3 days ago

• Episode #88 – Furnace Filters

  
  Handyguys Podcast — Authority: 404
  Furnace filters are a critical component of your heating and cooling system. Make sure they are changed regularly. We discuss the myriad of choices in furnace filters in this podcast. The Handyguys group filters into three different categories, good, better and best. Whats best for one person may not be the ...
  5 days ago

• NEC launches the new LCD175M 17-inch Monitor

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 440
  NEC announced a standard-aspect desktop display, intended for use in business environments such as IT, corporate and education. The energy-efficient 17-inch MultiSync® LCD175M monitor features an EPEAT™ Gold rating, as well as ENERGY STAR® 5.0 and TCO 5.0 compliance, which certify its eco-friendly stature. Its ...
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• Book Review: Insulate and Weatherize – Expert Advice from Start to Finish By Bruce Harley

  
  Handy Man Fix Home Repair — Authority: 477
  As energy costs continue to rise, many homeowners are starting to get serious about how much money they are wasting on home heating costs. In reality, if your home is poorly insulated, and you have not taken the steps to weatherize it properly, the fact is, your money is going out right through the roof. But, what are ...
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• President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to Spur Transition to Smart Energy Grid

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 118
  3004717988_06761377b7.jpg The White House just helped us take another step closer to realizing the goal of connecting American homes and businesses to a smart grid.
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• Mitigation of Methane Emissions - A Rapid and Cost-effective Response to Climate Change

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_02.c.298937.de/dp918.pdf Abstract: Methane is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its impact on climate change. Methane (CH4) has a high global warming potential that is 25 times as large as the one of CO2 on a 100 year time ...
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• DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency projects across the country. These awards include funding for industrial combined heat and power systems, district energy systems for industrial ...
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• System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York’s energy fuel cell installation that is nearly three times as efficient as the electric grid, system upgrades at Denver’s historic Oxford Hotel that nearly cut the hotel’s monthly ...
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• Its You vs Winter: Keeping the Cold Outside

  
  Green Parent Chicago — Authority: 117
  Are you Interested in saving money on heating costs this winter while reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Attend a FREE home weatherization workshop sponsored by the City ofChicago Department of Environment and the Chicago Conservation Corps . Allattendees will receive a FREE weatherization kit (with pledge to ...
  1 week ago

• Estimating Savings From Our Home Insulation Improvements

  
  Free By 50 — Authority: 120
  We got our home air sealed and added insulation back in August. My hope at the time was that it would could our home energy costs by 20-30% and give us a good return on the expense. But I really had no way to know how much it would save us until we did it. Unfortunately I couldnt find or think of any good way ...
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