Posts for energy
5 Things to Watch for at the Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference
Via Time.com, by Bryan Walsh, 07-12-2009 Tens of thousands of diplomats, activists, journalists, businesspeople, celebrities and assorted green hangers-on have descended on the Danish capital of Copenhagen for the U.N.’s annual climate-change summit starting on Monday. Officially, the meeting is known as the 15th Conference…
Using Osmosis to Generate Clean Energy
Via EcoGeek.org by Philip Proefrock on 30-11-2009 Solar. Wind power. Wave power. Geothermal. Tidal power. If you’re a regular EcoGeek reader, you’re probably pretty familiar with the different major power generating alternatives to the burning of non-renewable fossil materials. But still, osmotic power generation is…
Data Center Underneath Cathedral Will Heat Finland Homes
From EcoGeek.org by Megan Treacy on 30-11-2009 Data centers generate a lot of heat. In fact, over 50 percent of the energy used by data centers is for cooling the servers, not computing. Almost all efforts to make them more efficient focus on keeping the…
On-Site WInd Power Provides 100% of Power to Data Center
From EcoGeek.org by Philip Proefrock 03-12-2009 We’ve heard of data centers that are running on green power, though these are often mostly done through buying energy credits for distant generating facilities. But Woodstock, IL-based Other World Computing is the first to have 100% on-site wind…
Residential Rating Tool
Work is now underway to develop a single rating tool to assess the comfort and performance of New Zealand’s new and existing homes. A partnership has been formed between the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), BRANZ, and Beacon Pathway to develop a system that…
A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Building Insulation Products made of Stone Wool, Paper Wool and Flax
Insulation of buildings is an important technology for saving heating energy and for a sustainable development. The results of a comparative LCA study of three insulation products applied for roof insulation are summarised in two parts. The products selected are based on HT stone wool…
more on CFLs
CFLs increase your carbon footprint in a ‘cradle to grave’ analysis. Full costs to make and safely dispose of a CFL have never been published. CFLs contain harmful amounts of mercury.
Climate change – Office of the Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee
From The Office Of The Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee, Article posted on Thursday, August, 13th, 2009 at 10:04 am The world’s climate is influenced by a number of factors interacting in very complex and not entirely understood ways. Over the last million years there…
Twitter and other realtime net applications
I found an interesting article about web 2.0 realtime applications: http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/15/twitters-an-energy-guzzler-other-hard-truths-for-web-20-app-addicts/ “web applications that involve constant updates and real-time information — such as many of those on the Twitter platform and especially those supported for mobile — are like the Hummers of web apps, guzzling…