Frequent commenter Brian McGowan writes: While I don’t have flush-free urinals in my house, I do collect the water from the water softener regeneration and the rinse cycles of my washing machine and use that to flush my toilet. Brian, …
A Low-Tech But Highly Effective Concept in Water Conservation Read More »
It’s no secret that today’s car manufacturers have spent a good deal of time in the first decade of 2000 to present day on making their vehicles as fuel efficient as possible. From aerodynamic changes to more streamlined mechanisms underneath …
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Question: Approximately how much water is wasted every year by EACH urinal in men’s bathrooms around the world? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Breakthroughs in waterless urinal technology save a significant volume of water, thus eliminating the greenhouse …
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Quite a few years ago I thought it would be good to recover heat from drain water since heating water is very energy intensive. A couple of my plumber friends and I discussed several ways to do it trying to …
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Frequent commenter Larry Lemmert waxes metaphorical with the respect to our clean energy targets: We need to go after the low-hanging fruit before climbing the tree and going out on a limb to harvest energy that has a negative payback …
I had breakfast when I was back in New York last week with my friend and colleague Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks.com, during which we talked about all the “long-hanging fruit” for reducing the environmental impact associated with generating and consuming energy. …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdKwrPHy9w] Here’s 2GreenEnergy’s November webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance joined me for a lively discussion we called “How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures — and WHY.”
<img class="alignleft" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width: 0px;" title="” src=”http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww83/craigshields/Generator_sets.jpg” alt=”Photobucket” width=”200″ height=”183″ border=”0″ /> The heavyweights from Forester Media came up from their office in Santa Barbara to have lunch with me in …
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Here’s a story of a German Village that produces over three times as much energy as it needs. And I bet fathers (like me) are STILL telling their kids, “Mach das Licht aus!” (Turn off the light.)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdKwrPHy9w&w=500&h=369] Here’s our December webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance joined me for a lively discussion we called “How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures – and WHY.” This is part of our …
