If you water your lawn during the summer months, 40% of your total water use could be going towards your lawn. What better reason to make a rain barrel?
Nissan EV; Human-powered monorail; Smart-tech for water savings; Solar-powered moon rover; Passive solar home.
Nissan readies its zero emission car for debut. Another EV coming from another foreign carmaker - and we wonder why American manufacturers are having trouble keeping afloat! Expected to garner a 100-mile range, the lithium-ion battery powered car will hit dealer [...]
For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership recognized 20 partners for generating the most green electricity on site.
A safe, non-toxic home in Arizona; Calculating your travel carbon footprint; Pizza Fusion gets LEED certified; smart Eco-Driving Initiative; USPS green roof in NYC
A safe non-toxic house in Arizona. Kathy Hemenway’s home in Snowflake, Ariz., is a refuge from the gases, chemicals and electromagnetic fields that are nearly ubiquitous in our 21st century world. Her [...]
Texas gets largest wind farm; FedEx hybrid-electric trucks; Solar bluetooth speaker; Using superbugs for biofuels; Euorstar reduces train emissions
Texas gets largest wind farm in US. Energy start-up Baryonyx has won bids for three land leases from the state of Texas to build data centers powered primarily by wind farms. The Texas-based company’s leases include [...]
Nissan wireless charging; PreFab Modular Off-Grid Living; Solar bags; LEED hotel in San Diego; Tuvalu going 100% renewable by 2020
Nissan brings wireless charging to electric cars. Inductive charging – which uses electromagnetic fields and coils that interact but never touch – is currently used for things like electric toothbrushes and artificial hearts. Nissan now [...]
Wyndham goes wind-powered; Greenest building ever?; Toyota’s cheap fuel cell car; Cleaner Fuel for Ships ; Getting water out of the air.
Wyndham’s New HQ Powered 100% by Wind Energy. Powered 100% by wind energy, Wyndham Worldwide’s new headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., highlights the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability with a number of green features. Now [...]
Electric Bike + Laptop + Phone; Samsung greens their factories; Solar-powered moon rover; Terra-Gen Power wind financing; Big box stores targeting lighting inefficiencies
Electric Bike + Laptop + Phone. Not much to say, really, other than it is an electric bike with a laptop holder and a built-in smartphone. Cool.
Samsung to Go Green. Samsung wants spend [...]
Shake that AA battery; Electric scooter by BMW; IKEA solar-powered lamp; Joel Makower talks cheap energy; Nissan hybrids to Japan
Shake that AA battery for more juice. A concept battery by Mint Energy would allow us to shake the battery to recharge it - pretty cool! The idea takes the recharging component of a hand-crank [...]
Eco Tech Daily recently had the opportunity to test the new Lehr Eco Trimmer, a propane powered trimmer with all the power of a conventional gas trimmer.