So you have decided to go in for your dream home. The once in a life time decision has to be a long pondered well thought of. Without careful consideration, you may end up buying up a home which may be the one guzzling energy at highest levels. After you have zeroed on to the location of your apartment complex, better to start early so that you can have the Energy Efficient Home as per your choice. The careful well thought of considerations are mentioned here.
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. Continue reading
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 so far. Continue reading
Occupancy or Proximity sensors are automatic scheduling devices that detect motion and turn lights on and off accordingly. We all are aware that lighting constitutes about 15% of the total energy requirement of any typical commercial building. There are many energy efficient ways through which lighting can be controlled to get the desired energy savings. People want lights for different purposes. Continue reading
News Agency PRIME-TASS reports that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill into law seeking to promote energy efficiency. Continue reading
Green building fad has just hit the world. Majority of new buildings are being conceived with green concepts now. It is very simple and easy to plan a green building when you are conceiving it but immense potential exists waiting to be tapped in case of old buildings. It is very clear that you can not bring about comprehensive changes in to the existing buildings but you can certainly tweak around a little wee bit to get appreciable savings.
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Green movement has so far focused on commercial buildings alone. Not much consideration has been given to residential houses. Buildings alone accounts for about 40% of the energy consumption in developed world.
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