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Eve S. Mosher: Eco Art Visualizing Powerful Intentions
Neighborhood signs, for example, recommending “insert___here” suggest the promise of filling in the blanks in altering our communities through proposed insertions like green roofs, bike lines, solar panels, and a local/organic farmer’s stand. 48 Hours of Sao Paolo – Time’s Square, what are we not seeing? ? (proposal, proposal, 2008)
Eco Chic
- Monday, March 8, 2010
George Monbiot's recent anti-micropower rant is seriously anti-green
Monbiot has missed several points here – the most important is that the reasons for installing micro-power are not entirely financial – it is also good for energy security if each house has its own power supply, and it is empowering (literally) for communities, to know they are collectively able to generate power independently of the grid. Then there are multiple other considerations – the expected increase in fuel bills, the incredible inefficiency of the grid in transporting electricity around the country, and the likely increase in efficiency of wind turbines, solar panels, Ground source
Green (Living) Review
- Sunday, March 7, 2010
HOMER® Energy Receives Major National Science Foundation Grant
HOMER models grid-tied or off-grid energy systems that include conventional generators, cogeneration systems, wind turbines, solar photovoltaics, hydropower, batteries, fuel cells, hydropower, biomass and other inputs. HOMER helps determine the ways in which variable resources such as wind and solar can be integrated into hybrid systems that are required to provide reliable, 24/7 power. About HOMER Energy HOMER Energy is a privately held company located in Boulder, Colorado, which supplies software and services to the rapidly growing international renewable distributed energy market,
Green (Living) Review
- Saturday, March 6, 2010
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Glitter-Sized Solar Panels Use 100 Times Less Silicon to Generates Electricity
Solar energy used to have the opposite problem: the large size of photovoltaic panels needed to produce energy was considered prohibitive for many [...] [ Glitter-Sized Solar Panels Use 100 Times Less Silicon to Generates Electricity from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Alternative Energy Solar Energy/PV energy glitter PV sandia silicon sola As a preschool teacher, glitter is part of my world. These tiny, shiny flecks are loved by little children, yet are detested for the problem their tiny size makes clean-up.
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Solar panel basics
Continuing my beginners guide series on solar power, learn more about how solar panels work, the different types and costs involve Take a some silicon, glass, aluminium and wiring, apply some rays from the sun and you have a electricity generation system running on renewable energy.
Green Living Tips
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Fossil-Funded Group Succeeds in Spreading Lies About How Much Water Desert Solar Uses
The Heartland Institute, the infamous fossil-industry-funded climate denier group that faked 500 scientists to deny climate change, is now creating a new fake narrative about water use in utility scale solar. They did a very thorough job of disseminating their 500 supposed skeptic climate scientists story; as Desmogblog notes – helpfully [...] [ Fossil-Funded Group Succeeds in Spreading Lies About How Much Water Desert Solar Uses from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Carbon/ GHG Reduction Solar Energy/PV climate denier group desert environmental groups fossil-funded lies Mojave solar thermal The Heartland Institute utility-scale solar csp water water for power generation water use desert solar water use in electricity compare
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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KiosKiosk: A Solar-Powered, Rent-Free Pop-Up Shop
The solar-powered [...] KiosKiosk: A Solar-Powered, Rent-Free Pop-Up Shop
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Fair Trade vs. Tags: Green Building/Remodeling Solar Energy/PV boris johnson kioskiosk London solar energy solar power wayne hemingwa As the economy continues to tumble, it is becoming increasingly difficult for retailers of creative items like clothes and jewelry to find customers. That’s
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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New solar panels claim 100% all year round hotwater output
Ray of Inspiration – Cleverly designed solar panels that work day and night to give the end user 100% of their annual hot water.
That, however is the proud boast of Jeffrey White, Managing Director of LVP Renewables Ltd, exclusive Irish distributor for Energie, a Portugese company that makes and sells its own patented solar energy systems.
The value of traditional solar panels is limited in many locations – in winter, for example, when Not very many renewable companies can claim to be competitive on both price and quality. LVPs unique selling point, says White is that
Green Me
- Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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Adopt a Solar Panel and Give the Gift of Green
A new program from renewable energy company EarthSure promises to reduce the costs of solar power and increase the use of solar panels, while helping schools, churches, and hospitals. The program is called “SolarCure”, more specifically the “Adopt a Panel” plan, and it enables individuals and businesses to pledge funds for solar [...] [ Adopt a Solar Panel and Give the Gift of Green from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Solar Energy/PV adopt a solar panel EarthSure solar panel
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, October 23, 2009
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Renewable Energy’s Dark Side: Solar Panels and Hazardous Waste
The push for building a clean energy economy has a dark side: the hazardous waste generated and the toxic chemicals used in the manufacturing of renewable energy components like solar panels. The factory of one rising star in green energy, Evergreen Solar, operating at only 40% capacity, produced a million pounds of [...] Renewable Energy’s Dark Side: Solar Panels and Hazardous Post from: Green Living Ideas
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Green Living Ideas
- Friday, July 10, 2009
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Smartly Focuses Sun’s Energy
Touting a more efficient model of solar power than the photovoltaic variety, German solar thermal company Solar Millenium AG and plant builder MAN Ferrostaal AG have united with a goal of capturing 20% of the U.S. Market for solar thermal power.
solar thermal company , “Unlike photovoltaic solar panels, which use the sunlight to create According to an 8/17 Reuters article by Nichola Groom titled, German firms create new U.S. The combination of the two German companies will be called Solar Trust of America LLC .
Green Life Smart Life
- Monday, September 7, 2009
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Solar-powered community
Sometimes the community reps are able to negotiate far lower (sometimes as much as 25% less) rates for installation of solar panels. Tags: Sustainable Living community Green Energy solar powe According to the green US website The Good Human (which I recommend following on Twitter, for those of you tweeters out there), many neighbourhoods in the US and Canada are bringing the strength of collective bargaining to greening their homes. More and more, neighbours are getting together and approaching green energy companies with a collective agenda.
Green Me
- Sunday, July 12, 2009
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Idaho Man Builds 12 Foot Solar Road
Brusaw has built a 12 [...] [ Idaho Man Builds 12 Foot Solar Road from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Alt Fuels and Transportation Alternative Energy Brusaw Idaho PV PV technology solar solar road solar roadway Necessity is the mother of invention, and garage inventors have been meeting the challenge of climate change head on. From From building their own electric cars to home alternative energy systems, many pioneers of the green movement are regular people who love to tinker. Take
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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