Eco-Thinker

A daughter’s asthma inspires a family to design and build an energy efficient, low allergy home.
Found this inspiring story over at Keetsa.com.
Gladwyn deSouza’s family wanted an energy efficient home with allergy free building materials.
Architect David Arkin was consulted and is here explaining some of the many things that were done to the new house; such as recycled glass counters, flame proof cellulose insulation, and solar panels.

Google switched on its impressive 1.6 megawatt solar installation covering the roofs of its headquarters, and even shading the parking lot which will also serve to recharge the planned 100 company hybrid plug-in vehicles. The 9,212 panels are capable of powering approximately 1,000 average California homes. Google said its project is the largest solar installation to date on any corporate campus in the United States and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world.

Sun21 the 14-metre (46 feet) catamaran, the first boat to cross the Atlantic on solar power alone, was in fact a commercially available MW-Line Aquabus C60 – which has a 60 passenger rating.

Seattle’s King County Metro is set to purchase up to 500 new hybrid buses making the Seattle area one of the greenest bus transits in North America.

Water UN Limited has been incorporated to acquire the technology and intellectual property associated with this invention called ambient air technology, also known as ‘the Max Water’.

They plan to develop Dr Whisson’s invention to produce unlimited water using minimal energy and to market this water through license, direct sales, distributor networks or a combination of these.

Lithium-Ion gets an upgrade. Electric vehicles are quickly becoming more accessible and affordable. Altair Technologies is a developer of nanomaterials for alternative energy and has developed a nano titanate battery system called “nanotitanate” which overcomes many disadvantages to the conventional lithium-ion batteries in ways of efficiency, battery life, charge time, and safety.

Here an incandescent and a compact fluorescent light is connected to a meter to show how much more efficient the fluorescent is than the old incandescent bulbs.

This is a great reminder to those of us with noisy gas guzzling lawn mowers. Until recently I did not have a yard to mow and I still have the same old push mower sitting on empty. No time like the present to make an eco-friendly switch. It is also easier on your hearing. The newer models are not as bulky and heavy as earlier models you might be reminded of, mainly due to plastic parts, but at least it doesn’t burn gasoline.