LIGHT GREEN LIVING WITH GREEN DWELLERS-Plantation, FL
February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
This contemporty retail boutique is the first of its kind in South Florida and opened in June of 2008 in Plantation, FL. The owner and entrepreneur is Mylene D’Arelli and is a mother of two and a wife to the first successful LEED attorney who is accredited by the US Green Building Council which works with developers to incorporate green design principles into their buildings. The D’Arelli’s wanted to start living more of a light green living lifestyle and in turn making a difference. This boutique provides healthier, safer and more sustainable options to living without compromising style. Green Dwellers has green products for babies and pets as well. Mylene also provides consulting services, green home decorating services, free educational workshops, green parties, green baby showers and a bridal registry. Some products that Mylene carries are organic cotton and bamboo sheets and towels for the home bedroom and bathroom, glassware and dinnerware from reycycled glass and bamboo, eco-friendly furniture, 100% organic baby bedding and clothing, nontoxic toys, fashionable, reusuable shopping bags, and so much more!
Stop by the store and see for yourself. For more information, please go to her website at http://www.greendwellers.com.
Located in Plantation Village
5215 W. Broward Blvd.
Plantation, FL 33317
(Conveniently located 1 mi. west of 441)
(954) 533-2295
info@greendwellers.com
Drop in Jet Fuel Price Results in Free Joe
February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Feb 23, 2009 – When gasoline and jet fuel hit record prices in 2008, US Airways [NYSE: LCC] began charging $1 for coffee and $2 for bottled water and soft drinks, presumably to cover the fuel cost of flying all that liquid around the country. Now that fuel costs have ebbed and US Airways was the only large air carrier charging 
for these drinks, they have relented and stopped charging. However, they still plan to receive in 2009 about $400 to 500 million from passengers from fees for checked baggage, premium seats [an oxymoron?] and pillows [will they be fresh or have dandruff & microbes from the previous user?].
Photo courtesy & © Wikipedia
Green Energy Initiatives of the United States Post Office
February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Feb 23, 2009 – Green Energy Initiative from the United States Post Office [USPS] website:
• We use refined bio-based oil, alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas, hydrogen, or ethanol gas, and re-tread tires on our fleet of Postal vehicles
• We’re constantly streamlining our delivery routes to reduce driving time and fuel use.
The Postal Service has the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the nation and over 43,000 of them are alternative-fuel capable. Our E-85 alternative-fuel project put 584 ethanol-powered vehicles on the road in Minnesota alone. Since we primarily refuel at commercial retail fueling locations, our fleet generates demand for alternative fuels nationwide.
General Motors [NYSE: GM] and the Postal Service worked together to test the GM HydroGen3 fuel cell minivan for deliveries in the Washington, D.C. metro area and Irvine, CA-the first commercial use of a fuel cell vehicle in the nation. Our other vehicle technology efforts include advanced diesel vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and electric CitiVans, which are recognized by the EPA as zero emission vehicles.
• We are upgrading our buildings to reduce energy use. Our objective is to reduce our energy consumption 30% by 2015.
• We deliver the mail in the most energy-efficient way possible-a third of our deliveries are made on foot.
We are working with OSRAM SYLVANIA [Subsidiary of Siemens [NYSE: SI] and Veolia Environmental Services [NYSE: VE] to help consumers properly recycle used compact fluorescent lamps.
Hewlett Packard [NYSE: HP], Dell [Nasdaq: DELL], and Sprint [NYSE: S] are giving their customers the ability to return empty ink cartridges, cell phones and other wireless devices, old computers and computer equipment through the mail.
Eurus Energy to Build 1 MW Solar Plant in Cali
February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Eurus Energy is no rookie in the world of renewable energy, but up until recently, wind had been its resource of choice. That’s changing — one massive solar plant at a time. The company’s Japan-based subsidiary recently completed a 1 MW photovoltaic project in South Korea, and now the group plans to build a plant of the same size in California. While location has yet to be determined (and snags in the siting process often lead to delays), Eurus said it expects to complete the project by 2010, according to a report from AFP.
This latest project comes just over a month after Eurus Energy’s U.S. subsidiary ventured into solar power with the creation of a new team focused on building large-scale photovoltaic projects in Western states. The new plant would bring Eurus’s renewables operating capacity to about 250 MW in California, a state where more than 30 utility-scale solar plants have been proposed in the last 18 months (we’ve mapped them here). Operations in other U.S. states, as well as in Japan, South Korea and Europe bring the company’s total renewable capacity to 1.7 GW.
Eurus itself is owned by Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corp., a parts maker for Toyota (s TM), and Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns the world’s largest nuclear power plant (shuttered since 2007 because of earthquake damage). Lately it’s been bucking economic trends with a new hiring blitz.
Photo credit Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Fuji Service Center)
Jornada de trabajo Electrónica y Fotónica Orgánica. Tema ICT, VII Programa Marco
February 25, 2009 | Comments Off
4 de Marzo de 2009
Salón de Actos de CDTI, Madrid
Juan Bisquert presentará el proyecto Consolider HOPE en esta jornada de trabajo organizada por el CDTI y la Comisión Europea.
Solar Powered Cell Phone
February 23, 2009 | Comments Off
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Fast Growing Bamboo is Used as Green Building Material
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Clinton Paints China Policy With a Green Hue
February 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Feb 22, 2009 – Mark Landler, writing in The New York Times, remarks on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visit to China. Declaring that “we hope you won’t make the same mistakes we made,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invited China to join the United States in an ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gases, as she toured an energy-efficient power plant in Beijing on Saturday.
“When we were industrializing and growing, we didn’t know any better; neither did Europe,” Mrs. Clinton said. “Now we’re smart enough to figure out how to have the right kind of growth.”
The gas-fired power plant, which uses sophisticated turbines made by General Electric [NYSE; GE], is nearly twice as efficient as the coal-fired plants that supply much of China’s electricity and that helped vault China past the United States as the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide.
The Obama administration hopes to make climate change the centerpiece of a broader, more vigorous engagement with China. For Mrs. Clinton, the 2-day stop in Beijing at the end of a weeklong Asian tour, represents an effort to put her own stamp on a relationship that was dominated by the Treasury Department in the latter years of the Bush administration.
Hip Hip Hoo—-Wait A Minute …..
February 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Two recent announcements seem to offer reason for good cheer on the renewable energy front. But in each instance, it pays to read a little deeper and maybe keep the cork in the champagne a bit longer.
The first came in the form of a California Public Utilities Commission report that concluded that there are enough proposed renewable energy projects floating around to more than meet the state’s most ambitious targets. As of now, the state requires that its utilities use renewable energy to provide at least 20 percent of their delivered power by 2010, and many officials are pushing for a target of 33% by 2020. The Commission found that all of the currently-proposed projects, if added together, total 24,000 megawatts, which would more than meet the 33% goal. That’s great news, but most of those projects are barely beyond the idea stage. According to the report, at p.2, the 24,000 MWs represent the responses received to the utilities’ 2008 project solicitations. Read more
Save Energy by Tinting Your Windows; Prevent UV Damage to Interior
February 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Feb 19, 2009 – How do you cut your energy usage in the southern United States? Nine years ago we installed clear 3M film on our windows to block out UV light. It also prevents your carpets, furniture and pictures from fading. In South Florida Tint World is advertising “The greatest film you’ll NEVER see!” They use a film from Hüper Optik “Nano Ceramic Windows Films.” Everything now is called “nano” whether it is truly nano or just small. Anyway, they point out that Hüper Optik’s Select Product Technology was chosen as one of the Top 10 Green Innovations of 2007 by GreenSpec and Environmental Building News. It is claimed to eliminate 99.9% of ultraviolet light, thus making your home cooler and more comfortable and reducing sun damage to the interior of the home. They state that it is approved by the Skin Cancer Foundation. In their ad, they scream out, “Think GREEN…Save Energy…Lower FPL bill.” [For those that don't live in Florida, FPL is the utility here.] Tint World is currently having a promotion: They will tint your vehicle at no charge if they tint your entire house or office. It would be nice if someone would calculate how much energy would be served over the next 20 years if everyone below the Mason-Dixon line tinted their windows.