Archive for May, 2010
How can I influence my local community to start green living? And tips fr myself please! ?
I live in Australia and I need some ideas to help myself, and the community start being more Environmentally friendly and to start creating more awareness about global warming and making it a helathier planet.
Any ideas are greatly accepted!
Thanks guys.
Fantasic question ILS. The first thing you should do is see if there’s a community sustainability group in your area. In Oz a good website to check it out is www.climatemovement.org
Any existing group would love to hear from you.
If there’s no groups in your area, start one! You’d be amazed just how many people will join with you to do stuff. It’s great meeting the kinds of people who want to be in groups like these. I know as I’ve started one in my area and it’s really amazing, with about 80 members who’ve done some really great things.
Be warned though, you might never see the world the same again, but that’s fine. It’s much better doing positive things.
Hope that helps, and all the best.
Solar Power Makes a Comeback
Medialink (June 2007) — Solar energy is abundant and infinitely renewable. Now, major corporations are doing their part to help the environment by putting their unused rooftop space to good use.
Corporations like Google, Staples, and General Motors are rolling out the latest solar technology. In fact, the General Motors California facility has the largest corporate design Solar Energy System in operation. Their current installation generates only one mega-watt.
While solar energy costs have dropped over 50 percent over the last 30 years, prices still remain high for the average consumer. Yet if you have the biggest companies in the world putting solar technology on their rooftops, that will drive up supply and demand of the systems. In turn, this will bring down the costs making it affordable for even the smallest of homeowners.
Produced for General Motors
Duration : 0:2:46
Plug-In Wind Power!
Featured in Popular Science alongside GE and Google on products that they see as game changers: http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-04/presidential-power
Fast Company Magazine has this to say about the Jellyfish:
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/google-checks-out-pc-renewable-energy
Jellyfish Wind Power Concept:
What if you could plug renewable wind energy into the wall just like a blender or a toaster? Instead of using power, a wind appliance actually generates it!
For more details visit:
http://www.clariantechnologies.com/
Smart-Grid Enabled:
With onboard Wi-Fi/WiMAX the Jellyfish is also smart-grid enabled. Today, wind and solar-powered homes are operated as autonomous points within the local electrical grid. However, they are an overlooked, yet important electrical power resource. If instead, each were harnessed collectively and tied interactively with the local utility grid as a Point-to-Grid (P2G) power generator, or even regulator, considerable economic, environmental and system reliability benefits are possible. By itself, each of these power sources is indeed small in its impact on the power system. In the aggregate, however, the economic value of P2G power is significant, more than enough to offset the initial cost of installing the required control hardware and integrating these systems with the local utility grid. Equally important, the necessary regulatory and energy distribution infrastructure, and hardware components to enable a number of different types of P2G-based systems are already in place today. The convergence of existing distributed electric power and Wi-Fi/WiMAX technologies creates an emerging market opportunity for technology and service providers to enable and accelerate the introduction of various types of P2G-enabled power generation.
Duration : 0:0:54
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 3/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:39
SUNMOTOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SOLAR POWERED VIDEO DEMO 2
ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLE SOLAR POWERED ROOFTOP NO GAS REQUIRED
Duration : 0:5:4
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Duration : 0:2:32
How to Install Solar Panels : Tools for Installing Solar Energy System
One important piece of equipment for solar installation is a standard digital volt home meter. Learn the tools needed to install a solar energy system from a professional in this free energy conservation video.
Expert: Roger Bacon
Bio: Roger Bacon is the owner of RGB Home Repair and Renovation in Santa Barbara California. He has experience in all phases of home repair and renovations such as plumbing, heating and solar power.
Filmmaker: Diana Bacon
Duration : 0:1:41
How can I influence my local community to start green living? And tips fr myself please! ?
I live in Australia and I need some ideas to help myself, and the community start being more Environmentally friendly and to start creating more awareness about global warming and making it a helathier planet.
Any ideas are greatly accepted!
Thanks guys.
Fantasic question ILS. The first thing you should do is see if there’s a community sustainability group in your area. In Oz a good website to check it out is www.climatemovement.org
Any existing group would love to hear from you.
If there’s no groups in your area, start one! You’d be amazed just how many people will join with you to do stuff. It’s great meeting the kinds of people who want to be in groups like these. I know as I’ve started one in my area and it’s really amazing, with about 80 members who’ve done some really great things.
Be warned though, you might never see the world the same again, but that’s fine. It’s much better doing positive things.
Hope that helps, and all the best.
Plug-In Wind Power!
Featured in Popular Science alongside GE and Google on products that they see as game changers: http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-04/presidential-power
Fast Company Magazine has this to say about the Jellyfish:
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/google-checks-out-pc-renewable-energy
Jellyfish Wind Power Concept:
What if you could plug renewable wind energy into the wall just like a blender or a toaster? Instead of using power, a wind appliance actually generates it!
For more details visit:
http://www.clariantechnologies.com/
Smart-Grid Enabled:
With onboard Wi-Fi/WiMAX the Jellyfish is also smart-grid enabled. Today, wind and solar-powered homes are operated as autonomous points within the local electrical grid. However, they are an overlooked, yet important electrical power resource. If instead, each were harnessed collectively and tied interactively with the local utility grid as a Point-to-Grid (P2G) power generator, or even regulator, considerable economic, environmental and system reliability benefits are possible. By itself, each of these power sources is indeed small in its impact on the power system. In the aggregate, however, the economic value of P2G power is significant, more than enough to offset the initial cost of installing the required control hardware and integrating these systems with the local utility grid. Equally important, the necessary regulatory and energy distribution infrastructure, and hardware components to enable a number of different types of P2G-based systems are already in place today. The convergence of existing distributed electric power and Wi-Fi/WiMAX technologies creates an emerging market opportunity for technology and service providers to enable and accelerate the introduction of various types of P2G-enabled power generation.
Duration : 0:0:54
I am easily entertained.