Pedalling uphill - energy saving measures
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 ...
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 ...
High Amp service versus low
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 ...
A gigawatt of energy per day for next 25 years
The following global warming article by Adam Werbach refers for its basic figures to another article written by Steve Kirsch. Both give a clear picture ...
Vint Cerf, father of the Internet talks about electrical energy efficiency
Vint Cerf is Vice President of Google and often called the Father of the Internet. In this video filmed at lift09 conference, he talks to ...
Kelly Heaton at Lift09 talks about electrical energy efficiency
Kelly Heaton is both an artist and a scientist. Here, she talks to me about some of the things that we do right, others where ...
Increase efficiency, reduce costs
Hadn't thought of the importance of wireless technology when I saw the new Palm charging device demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show. But, imagine ...
Energy Efficiency Programs - Alive and Well in Brazil
Energy Efficiency Programs - Alive and Well in Brazil Mention Brazil and one might think of Rio de Janeiro, Carnaval, soccer (the country has won the ...
Standby => Yearly electricity savings equivalent to annual consumption of Denmark
EurActive reports today that its special regulatory committee has approved rules to reduce the energy consumption of electrical appliances used in homes and offices. The ...
Solar cell efficiency may improve
A team of researchers at TU Delft (Netherlands) and the FOM (Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter) under Prof. Laurens Siebbeles have a paper in ...
Heat Pumps for energy savings!
The Leonardo ENERGY program has recently put together a How to Manual on Heat Pumps. This high efficient technology demonstrates a great potential for reducing ...
New Energy combined of Biomass Pellt and Stirling Engine
About 5 years ago I could have a chance to study stirling engine and I met one test model of it as our new certification ...
United Nations - new environmental publications
You can view a list of new United Nations publications that have a focus on environmental law on this page . The UNEP (United Nations Environment ...
What are the building blocks of the super-efficient society?
At Leonardo ENERGY, we're starting a reflection about the elements of the super-efficient society. Many of you have heard of Factor 4 , and the ...
Use electricity wisely
It's always good to practice what one's preaching, especially if it's done in such a powerful way. Eskom's advertising campaign for ...
Gas vs Electrical Heating - an ecodesign case-study
Concerns about CO2 and climate change are greater than ever. Residential heating is responsible for a considerable part of CO2 emissions that go into our ...
No UPS is 100% Efficient. Does all of your stuff on UPS have to be?
Many offices and factories have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to feed "critical" equipment the business would not want to "die" in the case of ...
Alarming fridges - alert for midnight snacks
Escalating electricity bills, along with warming food could be a thing of the past with this 3V battery-powered fridge alarm that beeps if you leave ...
20-30% of chinese products are "energy efficient"
If there is a market that can really make a big difference in terms of energy consumption, then China is it. China View, a news ...
Some issues related to standby power
There's been much talk recently in the press about energy wasted in the form of standby power. The Swiss papers regularly talk about saving ...
Smart meters tested
This article from the UK's Guardian Unlimited has the Green Guy ( thegreenguy.co.uk ) testing the trend hitting the UK: smart meters that hope ...
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