Archive for November, 2011

PSE&G Offers Energy Savings Tips for Cold Weather

Nov 21, 2011 – PSE&G offers suggestions for steps customers can take to reduce their costs even further. • Check for sufficient water levels in the sight glass for hot water and steam heating systems to ensure maximum efficiency. Clean or replace the furnace filter on hot air heating systems. • Lower your thermostat by just one [...]

Black Friday Getting Closer: Buy Energy Conserving Devices to Make it a Green 2012

Nov 21, 2011 – Black Friday, November 25, 2011 is even closer.  There will be major sales around the United States, some beginning as early as midnight Thursday night.  Make sure that your shopping list includes items that will help you conserve energy or use alternative energy sources.  Many hybrid cars will be on sale [...]

Shop Black Friday Sales: Green Energy

Nov 19, 2011 – Black Friday, November 25, 2011 is almost upon us.  There will be major sales around the United States, some beginning as early as midnight.  Make sure that your shopping list includes items that will help you conserve energy or use alternative energy sources.  Many hybrid cars will be on sale during [...]

Celebrate Christmas With “Green” Products From a Local Farm

Real Christmas trees are grown by local farmers who are concerned about the environment and use sustainable methods to preserve the land for future generations.  Christmas Tree farms provide old-fashioned holiday tradition with modern-day mindfulness.  Real, natural Christmas trees are grown as a renewable agricultural crop on local farms.  Tree farms are environmentally sustainable. Real Christmas trees [...]

Going Green with your Pet

You recycle, buy organic and use eco-friendly products for yourself – shouldn’t your pet be green too? Try our 7 tips to help reduce your pet’s carbon “paw-print.” 1. Try organic pet products If you groom at home, use earth friendly pet grooming products that do not contain phosphates, sulfates and other chemicals that are [...]

Lantana, Florida Get Energy Efficiency Grant

Nov 17, 2011 – The city of Lantana got a green energy grant of $341,000 from the state which got the money from the federal stimulus money.  Lantana will start a “property-assessed clean energy” program.  Businesses pay back loans through their tax bills.  In the meantime, they reduce their drain on the globe, cut energy [...]

Siemens to Boost Wind Power Yield With Elastic Rotor Blades

Nov 17, 2011 – Siemens wants to boost the yield of wind power with elastic rotor blades. Due to a higher efficiency and cost reduction, power from wind energy in this decade will be cheaper than power generated from coal as the magazine Pictures of the Future reports in its latest issue. The new generation [...]

Energy Conservation: Hot Water Use During Holidays

Nov 16, 2011 – The following information is from Lindstrom Air Conditioning in Pompano Beach, Florida.  Imagine all the energy we can save in the USA and worldwide if everyone took these simple, inexpensive or actual money-saving tips.  One doesn’t necessarily need to install a $30,000 to $50,000 solar panel array to your roof to [...]

Nov 11, 2011 – Welcome to Lumo Energy Lumo Energy wants to make things simple for you. There’s no point in worrying about the little things like electricity and gas, and as one of Australia’s leading electricity suppliers, whether you’re moving home or if you’re just looking for an energy package that will reward you, [...]

Car Doesn’t Need to be EV or Hybrid to Save Energy

Nov 15, 2011 – The new Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG stands for efficiency and performance, exclusivity and a superlative driving experience. Running on 11.8 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres (NEDC combined, 276 g CO2/km), the high-performance SUV undercuts its predecessor by 4.7 litres, or 28 percent. The basis for low fuel consumption and top-class [...]

car2go Launches in Vienna

Nov 14, 2011 – car2go today announced that it is going to start operations in Vienna. Beginning in December, 500 smart fortwo “car2go edition” vehicles will be distributed throughout the Austrian capital. As the world’s first mobility program with maximum flexibility and without fixed rental locations, car2go offers its members an opportunity to spontaneously rent [...]

Solar panels can still generate returns in UK

Nov 14, 2011 – Elaine Moore reports in the Financial Times:  Click the link to read the full article. “Generous subsidies for solar panels are to be cut in half in December, but energy campaigners are hoping to convince homeowners that there is still money to be made from generating their own electricity. In April [...]

What Is the New Gold?

Nov 12, 2011 – The new gold used to be oil.  Now, it seems the new gold is US government subsidies for clean energy.  Line up to get your money from the Obama administration. Here is an interesting report from The New York Times. Follow the link to read the whole story.  Halfway between Los [...]

11 – 11 – 11

11-11-11 – Today is very special day for numerologists. This Veterans’ Day is Eleven Eleven Eleven.  Do something memorable.  Honor and remember our veterans.  Many people are getting engaged or married today.  At a minimum, go out for a fancy dinner!  Do something memorable so that you will always remember what you did on 11/11/11! [...]

Veteran’s Day

Nov 11, 2011 – Take some time today to honor the veterans of the United States that have protected our freedoms for over 200 years.