Tag: Energy

  • Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life

    Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life Joe Berkowitz, fastcocreate.com The brand expands on its “Time to Be Brave” philosophy by calculating roughly how much time each of its fans has in which to be brave.If you knew the extent of your projected longevity, it would probably change the way you…

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  • A New Test To Find Out If Your Water Has Been Fracked

    A New Test To Find Out If Your Water Has Been Fracked BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com There is a lot of talk about the dangers of fracking, but few hard facts. BaseTrace’s new technology—using DNA—will let you test to see if the natural gas extraction process has contaminated your water. Depend­ing on whether you’ve just…

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  • Fenix ReadySet: Energy storage, redesigned

    Fenix ReadySet | Popular Science popsci.com Energy storage, redesigned. The ReadySet portable base sta­tion can draw and store ener­gy from a num­ber of sources: A 15-watt solar panel charges its bat­tery in seven hours. Next year, Fenix will release a kinet­ic gen­er­a­tor, which can hel… http://flpbd.it/uIyLy Related articles Intelligent plug-and-play energy system charges by sun,…

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  • Boston natural gas leaks

    Boston has a few thousand gas leaks it shouldn’t worry about pbgrist, grist.org Just FYI, Bostonon­i­an­ites, there’s a nat­ur­al gas leak under your city. Not a big deal. It’s a lit­tle one. Lit­tle small lit­tle nat­ur­al gas leak. And a tiny bit of addi­tion­al bad news — there are also over 3,300 other such leaks.…

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  • Why energy management is the key to growth

    Why Better Energy Management is the Key to Peak Productivity Gregory Ciotti, lifehacker.com We live in a cul­ture that seems obsessed with being pro­duc­tive. While increas­ing our out­put and doing more with our time is cer­tain­ly an admirable goal, accord­ing to Tony Schwartz, author of Be Excel­lent at Any­thing, that mis­guid… http://flpbd.it/D6hu5 Related articles The…

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  • The world’s first solar powered nation

    Pacific Tokelau Island Chain Becomes World’s First Solar-Powered Nation | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save…

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  • Nokero Sunray solar charger saved my life

    How The Nokero SunRay Pro Power Solar Charger Saved My Skin & My Sanity During Hurricane Sandy Jill Fehrenbacher, inhabitat.com When Hur­ri­cane Sandy hit last week, and the power in my lower Man­hat­tan apart­ment went out, my first thought, as I dug around for can­dles and LED lamps was “Well this will be a fun…

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  • Germany Sets New Solar Record

    Germany Sets New Solar Record By Meeting Nearly Half of Country’s Weekend Power Demand | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your…

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  • It’s Time For Your Drive-By Energy Audit

    It’s Time For Your Drive-By Energy Audit BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com An ambitious company is attempting to use thermal cameras attached to cars to capture images of how every building in America is wasting energy. It’s the Google Maps for home effi­cien­cy. At the rate of two to three mil­lion build­ings per mont… http://flpbd.it/LDbMq…

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