Green Homes Sell!
Monday, June 7th, 2010Many builders attending the National Green Building Conference stated that they have been able to sell sustainably built homes considerably faster than the traditionally built new homes that have been languishing in today’s tough market. Especially energy efficiency remains the feature most important to consumers interested in green buildings. Good news is also that the price […]
Drill Baby Drill!
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Will we learn before it is too late? Watch the mess off the Louisiana coast. On April 20th 2010 an oil rig exploded and took 11 workers down to the sea floor. Initially it was said that there is no oil spill, then they said about 160,000 l (1,000 barrels) of oil spill into the sea […]
Wind To The Rescue
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Nantucket / Massachusetts gets the first US off shore wind-energy farm, and many don’t like it. Germany switches on the “Alpha Ventus” wind park located in the North Sea, they celebrate it. And off the coast of Louisiana an oil spill threatens nature and the livelihood of fishermen and oyster farmers. What is going on […]
Earth Day
Thursday, April 22nd, 201040 years ago the first “Earth Day” was conducted. There was an oil spill that fouled Californian beaches. The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire, Time magazine wrote that “a person does not drown in the river, but decay”, and smog was a daily occurrence in many big cities in the US. Confronted with these environmental […]
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Wednesday, April 7th, 20102009 Microsoft and Intel commissioned a study looking at environmental benefits of digital media compared to old school CD (or vinyl albums, do you still remember?). Researcher at Stanford came to the conclusion that there are energy– and CO2 savings between 40% and 80% when music is distributed digitally as compared to sending CDs. Another study […]