Posted on Monday, 31st May 2010 by Neeta
Not long ago, the only type of lighting source available to the world was incandescent and florescent lamps. America passed out Energy Independence and Security Act mandating the end of incandescent bulbs by 2012-2014 time period. This was a great step to conserve energy and limit the CO2 produced from fossil fuels.
Tags: CFL, CFL vs LED Lamps, Incandescent Lamps, LED
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Posted on Saturday, 3rd April 2010 by Neeta
Green Buildings or the Energy efficient buildings have been catching the attention of planners and developers alike. This is an hitherto untapped area which can be made use of for the purpose of energy conservation. The fact that HVAC is the most important area and accounts for 55% of the energy usages in a typical commercial building [...]
Tags: Green buildings, Green living, Green Technologies
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Posted on Friday, 2nd April 2010 by Neeta
International Code Council has just released International Green Construction Code, a comprehensive Green Building Code which is expected to bring about paradigm shift in the way Green Building are being constructed. This would also spur other nations to review their national codes and come out with some revisions.
Tags: Green buildings, Green Technologies, igbc
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Posted on Saturday, 27th March 2010 by Neeta
China is leading the clean energy investment race. Asian country is the top most spender amongst all G-20 countries in clean energy investments. China spent $34.6 billions in clean energy investment in 2009. US was distant second with an investment of $18.6 billion. Investments by all G-20 countries have shown handsome improvements over last five [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy, renewable, solar, wind
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Posted on Friday, 12th February 2010 by Neeta
Energy today has become a key factor in deciding the product cost at micro level and influencing inflation and the debt burden at the macro level.
Tags: Energy efficient buildings, engineering, Environment, Green living
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Posted on Monday, 8th February 2010 by Neeta
Slowdown is relaxing a wee bit. Its official now. The developed world is also showing signs of recovery. And even though there was slowdown in the home-improvement business through the recession, the market for home energy-efficiency improvements is looking up.
Tags: Environment, Green, Green buildings, Green living
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Posted on Saturday, 30th January 2010 by Neeta
Net additions in Wind Power sector in the year which has just gone by, has registered 39% increase over the year 2008. The additions are indeed record breaking but a closer analysis of the state of wind power manufacturing sector out there reveals a different saga.
Tags: engineering, Environment, Green, Green living
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Posted on Sunday, 24th January 2010 by Neeta
Living green is the latest fad to hit the headlines. Green brigade has many suggestions when it comes to lifestyle with least carbon footprints. But there are hardly any suggestions when the need arises to guide flat residents. In this post we are trying to cover a topic which has not been touched with seriousness [...]
Tags: Energy efficient buildings, Environment, Green living
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