Pulses

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Don't play around with the environment!

Philippa Martin-King on March 8, 2010
That's the new tagline for the Swiss e-recycling campaign which calls on people to take back their electric and electronic toys, devices and economic ...

Bloomenergy! A Clean, Reliable and Affordable fuel cell based Energy Server™ … Anywhere !

Jose Vaz Pinto on March 2, 2010
The Energy Server™, unique on-site power generation system, utilizes an innovative fuel cell technology that leverages breakthrough advances in materials science. Bloom's Energy Server ...

Pedalling uphill - energy saving measures

Philippa Martin-King on March 2, 2010
A ski school in the French speaking Swiss resort of Torgon has developed an original way of getting the kids up the baby slope. Using ...

Saving money on lighting with power quality analyzer

Jerry Rodgers on March 1, 2010
Lighting is a major element of operating costs for most facilities. Lighting costs involve both energy and maintenance. A company was considering replacing its existing ...

Take care of your energy consumption, as it really pays !

Jose Vaz Pinto on February 17, 2010
Use the more or less Smart Grid solutions already available near you ! It worths the small investment required and reduce energy invoices substantially ! Ecosystem: EcoFactor ...

Cut down on your TV consumption

Philippa Martin-King on February 15, 2010
California has just voted by 5 to 0 to cut down on the State's TV electricity consumption. The California Energy Commission, based on a ...

Kick a ball... and generate electricity!

Yvonne Flavin on February 13, 2010
  I came across this concept quite by chance, thanks to  PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Facebook page. Four female engineering students from America's ...

Joule: The Unit of Measurement of electrical (really all) energy

Shrikant Dhekne on February 11, 2010
********** Hi Jerry, This situation will lead nowhere, with diverse units remaining how cows. During transition years methods need to be evolved. Meters may simultaneously display ...

Why Climate Change is Divisive and Why It Should Not Be

Elizabeth Crenshaw on February 8, 2010
Climate change is frequently referred to as a hot-button issue. It’s a “platform” issue, with political parties taking definite stands on either side.  Both ...

In a lighter vein

Shrikant Dhekne on February 1, 2010
The name wattwatt strikes a ring of familiarity and is seen extremely apt. In Marathi language of western India, a phonetically similar word वटवट (pronounced ...

Measuring energy consumption

Jerry Rodgers on January 29, 2010
The first step in reducing energy consumption is measuring how much you are using. Energy consumption consists of two primary components, power and demand. Power ...

Solar Power in Public Transportation

Dean Dowd on January 26, 2010
Solar-powered mass transit is key to U.S. energy sustainability. Did you know that one full city bus can keep 50 or more cars off ...

Solar scooters in Rio de Janeiro

Yvonne Flavin on January 22, 2010
We're hearing a lot of talk about electric cars but not so much about two-wheeled vehicles. Those of us who live and work in ...

Smart meter plans threatened?

Philippa Martin-King on January 14, 2010
It seems that the British plans to install smart meters is threatened by consumer fears. Householders are worried that employees of utility companies could use ...

Harvesting energy from other devices to power up

Philippa Martin-King on January 13, 2010
At CES 2010, RCA was showing a prototype of a handheld energy-harvesting battery designed to convert energy transmitted in a Wi-Fi signal into DC power ...

New MicroPhotoVoltaic Cells for Solar Concentrators

Jose Vaz Pinto on January 13, 2010
"Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that are expected to be less expensive and have greater efficiencies than current photovoltaic collectors ...

2010 - year of the electric car and a little food for thought

Philippa Martin-King on January 12, 2010
The 2010 Detroit and LA motor shows have a concentration of electric cars. These are either hybrid, where they are differentiated into two categories of ...

High Amp service versus low

Aple Newtons on January 9, 2010
So you only pay for the electricity you use, we all 'know' that. However, the question is, is there a small amount - due to increased ...

Cleantech - Top ten green universities in US and top 10 countries

Philippa Martin-King on January 6, 2010
A long while back, I mentioned the LED lighting in the city of Ann Arbour in one of my pulses. It's no surprise then ...

Times Square New Year's Eve Ball goes green

Yvonne Flavin on January 1, 2010
And to continue our "pedal power" series, here's another one that caught my eye on the Engadget website the other day. I'm afraid ...