Jun 22, 2009 – Milgard Windows and Doors is advertising, “Our new energy packages are up to 26% more efficient.” Their standard window is ENERGY STAR qualified. If you … want higher efficiency, their 3D package is at least 10% more efficient, and their 3D MAX package is up to 26% more efficient. Call 1-800-MILGARD.
Jun 22, 2009 – Whirlpool is advertising, “Join us in taking sustainability to next level.” OK, maybe you are not a fan of Whirlpool appliances. Well, do you know that Whirlpool is the corporate owner of the following brands: Jenn-Air, KitchenAid, Maytag, Whirlpool, Amana and Gladiator? Check out Profiles in Sustainability at http://www.InsideAdvantage.com/profiles
Jun 22, 2009 – Custom-Bilt Metals makes metal roofs. Their ad says, “OUR METAL ROOF REFLECTS UP TO 70% OF THE SUN’S ENERGY. – WHICH MAKES IT ONE VERY COOL ROOF.” It continues, “Reflecting up to 70% of the sun’s energy and reducing cooling costs by up to 20%, a metal roof from Custom-Bilt Metals, [...]
June 22, 2009 – Father’s Day 2009 was also the first day of summer this year. BioBased Insulation [800-803-5189] says, “Seal Your Home – Save Money. Seal your home with BioBased Insulation® – a soy-based, water-blown spray foam insulation. They claim their insulation reduces energy costs by up to 50%, uses less petroleum than traditional [...]
Jun 19, 2009 – A new, low-cost, solar-powered blood-pressure-monitoring device (Omron M1 Plus) has been shown to be accurate and easy to use and was well accepted by healthcare professionals and patients in Africa. Dr Gianfranco Parati (University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy) presented the results of a field trial of the new device during a [...]
Jun 21, 2009 – Jonathan Fahey writes the article, “Free Juice! Renewable energy looks good when someone else is paying for it” in the June 22, 2009 Forbes Magazine. As readers of this blog know, wind power still doesn’t make economic sense. So why install it at your business except to do your part to [...]
Jun 19, 2009 – What do hybrid cars or the lack of them have to do with summer jazz festivals? Detroit’s lack of hybrid cars and their 2 bankruptcies has bad consequences for summer jazz festivals according to Bernard Simon of the Financial Times. There will be no Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Festival in 2009 [...]
China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co. (stock symbol: STP) had only one employee in the U.S. in 2006. He operated with a mobile phone and laptop in his basement. Suntech Power, the world’s largest producer of solar-power modules now has 50 workers at its a San Francisco U.S. headquarters. The China-based company is searching for a [...]
Jun 18, 2009 – A month ago, OPEC, the oil cartel had seen in the past year that the price of oil had gone up to $150 / barrel and down to $30 / barrel. At that time they said they were beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel and expected [...]
Jun 18, 2009 – Abby Simons reported in the June 11, 2009 issue of the Minneapolis StarTribune that workers installing Target’s new green roof went on strike. Since April 2009, a number of workers alleged that Stock Roofing had them work in the dark without safety equipment along with other grievances.
Jun 17, 2009 – The Department of Energy [DOE] is providing $1.3 billion to non-energy companies for work related to carbon capture. Industrial sources produce about 19% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Previously, most funds went to electric power generators. These funds are targeted specifically to industrial sources of emissions. More information is available at [...]
Jun 17, 2009 – The National Renewable Energy Laboratory [NERL] is the US Department of Energy’s premier laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research. They are advertising for a Senior Engineer / Chemical / Mechanical Position, Requisition # 4458BR at http://www.NREL.gov/employment
Jun 17, 2009 – On the site of the OMV service station at Stuttgart Airport, OMV in cooperation with Linde AG and Daimler AG will be opening Baden-Württemberg’s first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station on June 17, 2009. This successful cooperation between the participating companies is subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg. The project [...]
June 16, 2009 – What was the first city lit by atomic power? Have you been there? It is Arco, Idaho located nearby to the Idaho National Laboratory & [Craters of the Moon National Park], but previously called the National Reactor Testing Station. When did this happen? July 17, 1955. Less than 6 years [...]
Jun 12, 2009 – Everyone is saving energy and touting it. We can all feel good about drinking beer from Anheuser-Busch [of course, now it is part of a Belgian company]. In an ad “Celebrating World Environment Day”, we are told that “WE RECYCLE 5 CAN FOR EVERY 4 WE PACKAGE.” “At Anheuser-Busch, we recycle [...]
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