Posts for energy
Carbon Footprint of beef
Via Ecofriendly Company, 27-04-2010 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, animal husbandry contributes more to global warming than the whole of the transport sector. This news is also significant to many canteens and restaurants. The employees favourite: steak as a…
KFC Goes Green With New Indianapolis Restaurant
Via goodcleantech.com, 27-04-2011 KFC has announced that it’s joining in on the recent trend of fast food restaurants going green by opening a new eco-friendly location in Indianapolis. The new restaurant, which opened on Tuesday, uses 25 percent less electricity and water than a traditional…
UN finds credability gap in imissions
From NZ HERALD A United Nations review has found a large credibility gap between New Zealand’s target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and the measures in place to achieve it. “It could find no plan for two-thirds or more of what is required…
Transparent Film Turns Windows Into Solar Panels
Via GoodCleanTech, 11 August 2010 Norwegian company EnSol AS has managed to create a transparent film that can harness solar energy. Because the film is transparent, it can be used for a variety of applications, including windows.
Scientists Report Success in Biodegrading Pretreated BPA Plastics With Fungus
From GoodCleanTech: Mukesh Doble and Trishul Artham, of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, grew cultures of three different kinds of fungi on polycarbonate plastic (including the industrial-strength white-rot fungus, which has been shown before to effectively biodegrade industrial pollutants). Duble and Artham found that…
Apple Releases AA Battery Charger With Energy Management
Apple has just released a new Battery Charger, which comes replete with 6 AA nickel-metal hybrid (NiMH) rechargeable batteries. Not only does using rechargeable batteries save you from buying and throwing out dozens of toxin-leaking standard batteries, but Apple has added another eco-friendly feature to…
Genesis is pushing ahead with Castle Hill Wind Farm
By TANYA KATTERNS – The Dominion Post, via stuff.co.nz Genesis Energy is pushing ahead with its latest wind farm project and has applied for resource consent for a development in northern Wairarapa. The proposed Castle Hill Wind Farm would be spread over 30,000 hectares of…
Too much building waste
From EcoBob, 24/11/2009 Construction, maintenance and renovation of buildings account for around 40 per cent of the world’s material flows, so it’s always sad to see an old building reduced to a pile of rubble.
Comparison of European LCA-based Building Assessment and Design Tools
Eight LCA-based building-related environmental assessment and design tools were compared in order to present recommendations to improve existing or to develop future tools. The study was a contribution to the work of members of a European Network (PRESCO: Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Construction) who aim…
Energy waste in Bremen’s largest shopping street
A clearly much too cost-conscious building renovation was completed in Bremen’s largest shopping street in 2008: the heat in the fancy building in Obernstraße (53°04’39.68“N) was literally being thrown out of the window. During the renovation of the five-floor building, the old single glazed…