Green Living

Five things I’d like to see in cleantech 2011. A fuel cell in one of my blogger’s houses.  This one’s actually in progress, so hopefully it’s a gimme.  So come on Marc, we’re waiting for the pictures and the blog!More cleantech IPOs.  Come on guys, the market’s been rolling, we ought to be able to deliver ONE good IPO or …

by Richard T. Stuebi In early November, I  participated in a week-long delegation concerning energy in Israel, at the invitation of Project Interchange, an educational program of the American Jewish Committee.  In addition to learning a tremendous amount about Israel’s history, culture and political situation, my fellow travelers and I were fortunate to talk with many leaders active in various aspects of Israel’s cleantech sector.  From a …

Dear Friends, We think it’s time cleantech grew up and learned to play with the big boys of energy and consumer goods.  That means learning cost down and scale like nobody’s business.  We think it can.  We think green is going mainstream – for good. We think LEDs are going to win.  We think wind and solar power will continue …

BMW and the German Chamber of Commerce invited me to a dinner about BMW’s electric future last month at Stanford University. BMW Group owns MiniCooper, BMW, and Rolls Royce. Although they didn’t lend me a Rolls Royce to take friends to dinner in Napa Valley, they did let me take the MiniE for a spin. The MiniE electric car delivered …

Jessica asked: I need to do an email interview with someone who is an expert in green living. Where should I start? Do any universities have professors that are experts in green living? Any ideas would be helpful! *Thanks!* Water 4 Gas

The partnerships with Greener Dawn, FreeCleanSolar.com, and Ennovationz, allow Lending Club to provide much needed financing for energy upgrades and solar power installations, which are expected to rise as much as 42% 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance[i]. These types of energy upgrades increase home values by $20 for every $1 reduction in annual utility bills, according to a study, titled "Evidence of Rational Market Values for Home Energy Efficiency," published in the Appraisal Journal.

AddieMom13 asked: What website would you recommend to a family getting more involved with green living? We already do basic things, like recycle, reuse, turn off lights when we don’t need them, keep the heat low, don’t run the water, etc..but it never occurred to me to wash clothes in cold water only. Where can I find more great ideas …

I´m the Money asked: Any links to websites for green living? ty! Solar power

This year’s winners include 3Degrees, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, SolarCity and SunRun – recognized by DOE as the Non-Utility Green Power Suppliers of the Year – and La Plata Electric Association and Portland General Electric – recognized as the Utility Green Power Programs of the Year.

Mr. LOL asked: I think I’ll quit asking stupid question about green living. I’m just wasting my points. Just having fun, and trying to irritate some people. Cheers and have a good laugh on me. Solar power

Faniya asked: Hi,My name Fa’Niya I am 18 years old.I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.Today we are having an writing test on Green living.I need ideas.My teacher told me to sign up for Yahoo mail yesterday so i did.She told me to go on yahoo answers and ask a question any good ideas I don’t need crazy stuff. Solar …

Green technologies utilize environmental science for conservation. There are some very basic green technologies, such as recycling, water purification, air purification, sewage treatment, waste management, renewable energy, and energy conservation. Recycling is one of the most common green technologies used worldwide. Recycling is the reuse of materials that can be salvaged and reprocessed, instead of being discarded. Significant quantities of …

The prices of wood pellets is one of the main attraction for people to put in wood pellet stoves along with boilers to replace their existing oil or gas based systems. The prices of wood pellets fluctuate depending on the season, for obvious reasons biomass pellets prices are higher in winter than summer. Because of this trend, it generally makes …

Finding in addition to good wood pellet dealer can be worth it. Good wood pellet traders will source the top quality pellets, at the greatest prices plus from stable sources. It’s also preferable to try plus find a local biomass pellet dealer. One of the reasons for this is you can sometimes arrange a better deal on the price to …

The common interpretation of a wood stove, is a log stove. Combustion logs as a source of heat in a living room or open plan living space has been done for hundreds even thousands of years. On the other hand, for many years the humble log stove has been seen more as another heat source for one room or even …

A biomass gasifier is a piece of gear used to break wood down from a solid material into a flammable gas called syngas or synthesis gas. Synthesis gas is constructed up of mainly carbon monoxide in addition to hydrogen. Converting biomass into syngas is one of cleanest ways to capture as well as burn fuel from wood such as biomass. …

Despite what many people may believe, combustion biomass does not actually have a negative effect on the ecosystem plus climate change. Yet it is always important to burn biomass as efficiently as likely, producing little if any smoke. This will decrease particulate emissions in addition to maintain air quality. On the other hand the actual principle of combustion biomass does …

Biomass pellets are the primary pellet energy used in pellet stoves as well as boilers. Biomass pellet energy has many reward over other forms of biomass fuel, leading to its success as the fastest increasing form of wood heating. So why is incineration wood pellets so much more well-liked than simply burning logs for case. One of the reasons, is …

The type of wood pellets on sale as well as the type you choose to obtain will consequence how much maintenance you have to carry out on your pellet stove or boiler, in addition to also how much you have to pay for the biomass pellets. There are many dissimilar grades of quality of wood pellets on sale, on the …

The definition of biomass fuels is any form of untreated matter which can be used to manufacture fuel. For case in point, biomass is the most common matter used for wood fuels, yet there are many more natural materials which can also be used. There growing research in fuel crops. Energy crops are purpose grown plants that have high yields …