Solar Shaded Parking Structure at Dell Headquarters

Envision Solar International, Inc., the leader in solar integrated building systems, announced today the completion of a solar shaded parking structure of Solar Trees® at Dell’s headquarters in Round Rock, TX. This configuration of Solar Trees®, called a Solar Grove®, is designed to produce more than 130kW of solar power, helping avoid 145,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
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Venom power releases Eco Alkaline batteries

Venom Power Eco Alkaline™ batteries feature 0% Mercury, 0% Cadmium, 0% Lead and are certified carbon neutral by Carbonfund.org. Venom’s Eco Alkaline batteries are progressive, high quality consumer batteries with performance rivaling national leading alkaline battery brands.
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eMazzanti Technologies is Running Lean and Green on Windows 7

Through its involvement in a new Windows 7 Professional beta program called Ignite, the eMazzanti Technologies is discovering ways to work more efficiently while reducing its carbon footprint on the environment. Features in the new operating system such as Trigger Start Services, Power Management, Problem Step Recorder and a host of enhanced navigation tools like Jump Lists, Shake, and Federated Search are speeding up workflow and helping to slow down power consumption.
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Record Crowds Due to Join Homeowners, Businesses, Educators, Environmentalists – and Hollywood – for World’s Largest Grassroots Solar Event

On October 3rd, over 150,000 people are slated to build a new solar landscape for America by participating in the non-profit American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES’) 14th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s largest grassroots solar event.

The National Solar Tour provides solar-interested citizens an opportunity to view the real-life energy solutions people in their communities are deploying to save money, assert their energy independence and help the environment. Last year, 140,000 people in 49 states participated.
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A Very Cool Way To Go Green with WindAir Green Technology

EarthSure, a renewable energy company and innovator in alternative energy sources, announces the latest patent-pending renewable energy invention. WindAir™, a system for transforming the exhausted air flow from central air conditioning units into a source of renewable, clean energy (electric) will be bursting into the HVAC scene world-wide just in time for the next heat-wave.
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Is that a solar panel your building

The problem is traditional solar panels are still expensive to the average consumer. A new online-based company, Solar-Deals.com, Inc., tackles the problem at a different angle supplying affordable solar cells, DIY solar panel kits, and other solar accessories allowing people to build their own solar panel at an astonishing low price.
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Are Carbon Nano Batteries the future of the electric car

Next Alternative Inc. wants to steer the future of the electric car and the U.S. auto industry itself into greener, and much more distant, pastures. Destinations that were once unattainable by the most efficient battery-powered cars will be an easy road trip with one of the company’s new Carbon Nano Tube batteries (CNT Battery) under the hood.
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Calculate cost of running your Dell

Dell has provided via their website a calculator that can help you esimate the running cost of your Dell or similar PC’s.  The calculator enables you to provide the basic information about your system, monitor type, hard drive etc. and furnished with extra information such as, how long do you use your system each day and what energy management profile are you using, it can tell you approximately how much it costs in electricity to keep your PC running.
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Tv TrickleSaver – Fend off those energy vampires

We already know the effects of so called vampire energy drainers, these are the devices that in the background secretly suck your electricity supply whilst you not using the device. An awful lot of electricla devices we use use pretty much the same amount of energy in standby mode as they do when they are switched on and in use.  Read more

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Renewable power on the move

Need renewable power on the move? Going to be close to river or stream?  Then maybe Bourne Energy’s new RiverStar BackPack Power Plant is for you.  The backpack is a small man-portable renewable hydro energy generator that is only 3 feet long and weighs less than 30 pounds.  Eack pack is self contained with it’s own integrated power, control, cooling and sensor systems.  The generator folds into a backpack sized unit (see image)  with the generator, hub and folded blades stored inside.
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