Can a bladeless Fan compete with your traditional air conditioner?
Share As we dive deeper into the summer and things heat up, more than likely the average consumer will be consuming more energy than normal through intensive air conditioning, generating even-higher greenhouse gas emissions. Considering that the average American household already uses 2,822 kWh of energy each year to cool off, spending $276 a year. Eco conscious and stylish designers are already trying to tackle this problem by creating an energy... Read More
Amazing Water Bottle Sky “Light”
Share After a nice break this weekend full of mountain biking and hanging out with the family on Fathers Day I received and interesting video from Anika Lehde on some simple but quite amazing water bottle sky lights. The automatic on / off interior solar lamp was invented in Brasil by Mr Alfredo Moser, a mecanics worker in a humble environment. In 2002, during a long electrical shortage, at Uberaba, São Paulo, Brasil, Mr Alfredo Moser discovered... Read More
The Energy Wasted By 75,000 Homes In A Year Equals the Gulf Oil Spill
Share With all of the media covering the oil spill (which it should rightfully due) there has been a piece of legislation that has been lost in the calamity of the Gulf Oil Spill. The Home Star legislation passed last month by the House but pending Senate approval, will spur the retrofit of 3.3 million homes, enough to save the energy floating in the Gulf 44 times over, at roughly 1/40 the cost of mopping it up. As we speak the Senate is languishing... Read More
Energy Conservation vs. Efficiency
Share On March 15, 2010 we had a great discussion in the Hohm community about energy conservation and efficiency. I believe this conversation really took off because it’s a topic that everyone can relate to since we all use energy every day — for transportation, cooking, heating and cooling rooms, manufacturing, lighting, and entertainment. Most importantly the choices we make about how we use energy — turning machines off when we’re not... Read More
Organic HVAC Systems?
Share his morning after grabbing my first cup of joe at work I received a message from one of our community members John J. Jerabek alerting me to a research doc that NASA put together. So I hunkered down at my desk preparing myself for a 50 page report; to my surprise it was concise, to the point and contained some great information I haven’t seen before about going green at home. The article John sent over talks about Bill Woverton, an environmentalist... Read More
