With expanded and tougher criteria on toxic chemicals, electronic waste and new criteria on climate change only Sony and Sony Ericsson score more than 5/10 in our latest Guide to Greener Electronics. Nintendo and Microsoft remain rooted to the bottom of the Guide.
13/06: Benefits of a "Green" Office
There are some very good reasons for making your office an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly place.
First, buying and using energy-effecient equipment saves you money. It can provide enormous savings in electricity use alone, saving you up to $180 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy and cutting up to 80% off your electricity bill. It can also cut 20-30% off your air-conditioning bill because you are reducing the amount of heat that your equipment generates and that needs to be cooled.
Paper costs can be almost halved simply by printing double-sided, and you can save $100 on toner and $30 on ink by refilling your cartridges. You can also save on waste disposal costs because the amount of waste you generate is reduced.
First, buying and using energy-effecient equipment saves you money. It can provide enormous savings in electricity use alone, saving you up to $180 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy and cutting up to 80% off your electricity bill. It can also cut 20-30% off your air-conditioning bill because you are reducing the amount of heat that your equipment generates and that needs to be cooled.
Paper costs can be almost halved simply by printing double-sided, and you can save $100 on toner and $30 on ink by refilling your cartridges. You can also save on waste disposal costs because the amount of waste you generate is reduced.
23/05: Water Turbine for Home Use
What if every time that you flushed your toilet you could generate just a little bit of power? That is the idea behind the Benkatine Turbine by Leviathan Energy, which aims to get power from any pipe that water rushes through. So not only could you install this within a municipal system, but according to the company, you could get power from the water rushing down your gutter drains!
Category: General Green
Posted by: Mason
Everyone should check this out. This search engine uses some its profits to buy carbon credits on behalf of its users and for every 1,000 searches done they contribute to the growth of 2 trees. They offset their own carbon emissions, as well. Of course, they are powered by Yahoo and can't keep them from polluting.
12/05: Fun Stats for the Day
America uses an average of 2.5 million plastic bottles an hour!
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2 Billion disposable razors are landfilled every year.
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2 Billion disposable razors are landfilled every year.
12/05: Highway Litter
The average highway in America has nearly 1,500 pieces of garbage per mile! Think before you chuck that cup out the window.
10/05: Grocery Store Wars
This video is a few years old but if you haven't seen it take a look!
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Bob Barlow, Wayne Gerdes, Rick Reece, and Dan Kroushl drove 47 hours for a total of 1,397 miles on 12.87 gallons of gasoline in an unmodified Toyota Prius. How did they do it?
