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California is one of the greenest states in the US. In order to preserve its reputation and cut down the energy bills at the same time, officials from Merced County have thought about powering the correctional facilities located in El Nido, California using clean, green solar power. Apart from the obvious environme... |
29 December 2011
02:40 GMT |
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Green technologies are often used to boost the popularity of renewables. In this case, SunPower, one of the most important companies delivering solar panels, has recently launched a new app monitoring the energy-efficiency of SunPower solar systems. Clients who use this app will be able to find out how energy-effici... |
27 December 2011
02:28 GMT |
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The power efficiency currently exhibited by small manufacturing processes is not enough for some companies, so SuVolta decided to create a technology that can cut processor requirements in half.
SuVolta is an upstart company based in Silicon Valley and which invented the PowerShrink technology.
What PowerShrink do... |
8 December 2011
08:03 GMT |
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A smart mixture of passive and active solar energy, correlated with the usage of wood stoves and geothermal power, appears to be the winning combination for those who want to make their homes energy-efficient. As winter approaches, household owners might consider improving their heating systems, while going green an... |
17 November 2011
05:25 GMT |
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Tempe, Arizona-based Nth Degree Technologies (NDT) is currently proposing the replacement of conventional light bulbs with sheets of flexible surfaces imprinted with a thin layer of LED devices.
Light-emitting diodes (LED) have been proposed as replacement for standard light sources for many years, but they have a... |
29 October 2011
06:42 GMT |
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A study reveled today by E.ON reflects the fact that most of the small business developed in UK lose up to 7.7 bn every year because they fail to monitor their energy consumption. According to the information provided by the company, it seems that only a fifth out of the 1,167 companies that operate on the market are... |
24 October 2011
10:10 GMT |
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Facebook, one of the most popular social networks has shown interest towards eco-friendly values, by committing its efforts in a new project.Facebook officials announced their partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a group that supports the environment, and also with Opower, a well-known compa... |
18 October 2011
07:36 GMT |
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We already know there are some pretty ambitious plans on the European Union member countries’ table, and many remain skeptical about their chances of success. One of the implications is the increased adoption of energy efficiency measures in commercial buildings across the continent.The EU aims at increasing th... |
10 October 2011
04:53 GMT |
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Hybrid electric vehicles of the future may contain flywheels rather than batteries, if new research efforts by automakers such as Volvo and Jaguar are successful. The old flywheel technology could enable electric vehicles to operate even more efficiently than they do today.In addition, they could also aid in accelera... |
13 July 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Fremont, California-based company Leyden Energy is currently working on developing a new type of chemistry for lithium-ion batteries. If these efforts succeed, then experts here may develop batteries that do not overheat like traditional ones do, leading to new applications. One of the most exciting prospects is the ... |
25 May 2011
04:48 GMT |
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Energy efficiency has become one of the prime concerns of the industry, with both hardware and software developers doing their best to achieve any sort of optimization, and it seems HP is ready to provide its latest solutions.While, at one point, the concepts of sustainability, profitability and energy efficiency we... |
29 March 2011
04:03 GMT |
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A consistent update to Microsoft Hohm is designed to enable environmentally conscious users to answer a simple question - ‘Am I an energy hog or an energy miser?’ The refresh is synonymous with the introduction of Hohm Scores, a new feature capable of easily letting owners of some 60 million households in... |
27 May 2010
09:43 GMT |
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With the advent of Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, the company also applauded its most green platforms to date. Over three months after the general availability of Windows 7, the Redmond company revealed that Stephen Berard, a senior program manager for the Windows Kernel Tea... |
8 February 2010
10:37 GMT |
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This year's Swissbau exhibition, in Basel, Switzerland, saw an amazing, new concept being presented to the general public. The Self living module is a home away from home, a temporary dwelling that can fit a large number of uses, according to its creators. Designed and built by the Empa and Eawag research instit... |
18 January 2010
09:53 GMT |
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Though they provide beautiful views of the surrounding areas, windows are among the most fearsome enemies of energy efficiency. More than 30 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, the largest electricity provider in the world, goes to remedying the situations that windows create. The current is used to ... |
3 December 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading chip maker, has recently announced that it has invested, through Intel Capital, its global investment organization, into 5 clean technology companies, reaffirming the chip maker's commitment towards the adoption and development of green energy efficie... |
30 July 2009
05:08 GMT |
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The energy efficiency of diesel engines could soon be improved, thanks to a new heat-conversion technique devised by experts at the Oregon State University (OSU). They have discovered a way to tap into the large reserves of waste heat and to turn them into “fuel” for cooling systems, an innovation that co... |
2 April 2009
04:55 GMT |
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The current global financial crisis seems to be affecting the way “green” Americans conduct their everyday lives, in that people who would otherwise invest in cleaner cars and more efficient technologies now find themselves caught up in mortgages and loan payments and simply cannot afford to shrink their ... |
13 December 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Yesterday (Thursday, November 13), Google joined the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG), an association that promotes the monitoring of electricity consumption in both the power grid and end users' homes. This step is the latest in a series of environment-friendly actions that Google.org engaged in ... |
14 November 2008
03:28 GMT |
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IBM seems to defy the current financial crisis as its third quarter figures are expected to be better-than-expected. We already said a few words on the Big Blue's good state and more good news on the company emerges to the Web. Given its upwards direction, IBM decided that it was high time to spend some money on... |
13 October 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Organic light emitting diodes, or OLEDs for short, are now viewed as the future of solid state displays, mostly because they are easy to manufacture and much more efficient at converting electric energy into light. Nevertheless, the OLED design is flawed by the fact that they are very susceptible to moisture, which i... |
23 April 2008
10:22 GMT |
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The new microchip design is to be unveiled today at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference taking place in San Francisco, and may ultimately lead to the creation of ultra-efficient portable electronic devices that would be powered with energy levels 10 times lower than those created through present technol... |
5 February 2008
04:28 GMT |
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Since its invention more than 125 years ago, the light bulb has suffered relatively small changes in its design. It is probably the most inefficient device ever developed, since more than 90 to 95 percent of the energy it consumes during operation is spent on useless heat radiating from the tungsten filament, and onl... |
20 December 2007
03:52 GMT |
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