9 Articles match "Energy Star","Life","Solar"

• The Best from Green Living

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• How to Green Your Lighting
  
  Start with the fact that a conventional incandescent bulb turns only around five to ten percent of its consumed energy into light, the rest goes out as heat. CFLs cost a bit more than an incandescent, but use about a quarter as much energy and last many times longer (usually around 10,000 hours). What’s the Big Deal? Back To Top ?
  The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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• Home Entertainment’s Take on the Green Life Project
  
  The system also keeps tabs on appliances and automatically cuts power to them at preset times to conserve energy. You’d also probably never know that the NuVo Essentia E6G is the world’s first Energy Star-compliant distributed audio system on the market unless you visited the equipment room in the basement. Email this page.
  Green Life Smart Life - Saturday, January 2, 2010
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• Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
  
  Conserving water not only helps to preserve this irreplaceable natural resource, but also helps reduce the strain on urban wastewater management systems, saving money and energy. ENERGY Energy conservation—at home, at work, at school, and while traveling—reduces greenhouse gas emissions. [link] WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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• 10 Solutions for Climate Change
  
  And citizens of developing nations want and arguably deserve the same comforts, which are largely thanks to the energy stored in such fuels. and nearly that much worldwide—a percentage that is likely to grow, according to the International Energy Agency. Not all are right for everybody. The U.S. alone contributed 50.7 The U.N.
  The Green Changemakers - Saturday, March 7, 2009
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• Points and Beauty for Roof Tiles in a LEED Home
  
  We needed a product that would meet all of the energy efficiency requirements of the home but also had to be rated Class 4 for impact resistance, have the highest ratings for straight line wind testing at 110 mph and have a Class A fire retardance rating.  . Cool Roof is measured by two properties, solar reflectance and thermal emittance.
  Green Life Smart Life - Thursday, April 23, 2009
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• Conserve energy, Cut carbon, Cash in
  
  [link] Before you look to carbon offsets and renewable energy, shrink your carbon footprint the old-fashioned way: turn off the lights! Energy conservation at home by switching off lights, unplugging electronics, and choosing energy efficient appliances is the simplest way to be a carbon conscious consumer. How much do you use?
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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• 21 Practical Ways to Help the Environment
  
  One thing we do encourage is more reliance on human power in your daily life. For example, things like walking to the grocery store and using a reel mower will reduce air pollution and energy use, while also reducing the time you spend at the gym! Have you made a simple change in your life that you feel has helped the environment?
  The Green Changemakers - Saturday, October 13, 2007
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• 12 steps to unite to combate Climate Change
  
  Most homes or businesses can reduce energy use by 10 per cent—which almost always results in a 10 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions—with a one year payback or less. plan to reduce carbon emissions will first focus on the type of energy and the way it is used; for example electricity for buildings and fuel for transport.
  The Green Changemakers - Friday, June 5, 2009
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• Philadelphia Inquirer Story
  
  don’t publish all of the media clippings (in fact, not many at all here), but what I liked about this piece is that it was accurate and captured what I’m really trying to do in my work and with my life.   I’m 8220;You don’t have to go out and spend thousands of dollars on solar panels. Enjoy! By Karyn D.
  Daily Danny - Thursday, May 13, 2010
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