The cold and dark months of winter are the time when we spend more time indoors and turn up our heating. It’s also the time when our energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions go sky high. We all need to keep warm, but we can do it in a greener, cleaner way. Here are top five tips for staying warm over winter. 1. Use heavy curtains to stop heat escaping from your windows Up to 40 per cent of the heat escaping from your home in winter is from … [Read more...]
CO2 Pollution Levels at Annual Record High!
World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said last Wednesday. The heat-trapping gas, pumped into the air by cars and smokestacks, was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year, said the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization in its annual greenhouse gas inventory. That is far beyond the 350 ppm that some … [Read more...]
California’s Community Colleges Go Solar with Sun Power
At the Community College Facility Coalition Annual Conference in Sacramento Wednesday 6th November announced it has installed approximately 20 megawatts (MW) of solar power systems at 12 community college districts in California. The systems are generating enough clean, renewable solar electricity to power more than 4,100 California homes each year, according to calculations provided by the Solar Energy Industries Association. If the colleges … [Read more...]
Floating Bamboo House
Integrating disaster resistance along with local building traditions, Vietnamese H&P Architects' have designed an affordable bamboo house that floats when it floods. A real-life prototype of the modular design has since been constructed, using locally abundant materials like bamboo and coconut leaf, along with more engineered stuff like fiberboard. Intended to withstand floods of up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet), the 3.3 by 6.6 meter (10.8 by … [Read more...]
Solar Power Expert
Did you know who is the most competent solar power expert, according to a research team from Tel Aviv University? It is the humble common Oriental hornet found in our gardens! Much to the astonishment of the scientists and researchers, the hornet utilizes solar power much like a plant and it produces electricity. Think how much easier it would be if only we could unravel how the hornet manages it. This discovery could revolutionize future solar … [Read more...]
Living Building Challenge Has Developed The Net Zero Energy Building Certification
Net Zero Energy is quickly becoming a sought after goal for many buildings around the globe - each relies on exceptional energy conservation and then on-site renewables to meet all of its heating, cooling and electricity needs. Yet the true performance of many developments is overstated – and actual Net Zero Energy buildings are still rare. But now, the Living Building Challenge has developed the Net Zero Energy Building Certification and it is … [Read more...]
Monsanto’s Poison…
Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have reported on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina: BASAVILBASO, Argentina (AP) — Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides. His job was to keep the crop-dusters flying by filling their tanks as quickly as possible, although it often meant getting drenched in poison. Now, at 47, … [Read more...]
Have You Seen The ‘Huba’?
Industrial designers Malgorzata Blachnicka & Michal Holcer have completed their latest project for mountain lovers, a self-sufficient shelter called ‘Huba'. The mountain shelter based on traditional alpine architecture generates it own energy and is equipped with an effective vertical wind turbine. Wind and rain provides energy which is then saved within a battery and used to supply the shack’s heating, lighting and water pump. Roof tiles … [Read more...]
New Bridge For Lima
Ooiio architecture have been commissioned to design a large bridge over a natural terrain slope to connect two areas of Lima, Peru. One of these neighborhoods houses large shopping centers which act as new urban poles where tourists usually stay on their arrival in Lima. The other, Barranco, is the bohemian area of the city which has maintained its charm and character. It is also where many museums are located. Ooiio proposes a bridge that … [Read more...]
Keep Calm and Save the Earth
A peer-reviewed article tallied, in financial terms, all the problems and all the benefits from El Niño in the US. Yes, the weather pattern caused storm damage, but it raised winter temperatures, which lowered heating bills and cut the number of people who died from the cold. It also reduced flood damage in the spring, created fewer transportation delays, and diminished the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic. While the total damage in the US … [Read more...]
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