Climate Positive
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Linfox video on their carbon reduction program
This 8 minute video shows how Linfox is going about reducing its carbon emissions. What stands out for me in this video is the broad commitment across the organisation to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Use it to help inspire a ...
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Canberra to be Better Place’s first city for electric vehicle recharge network
Yesterday Better Place announced that Canberra would be the first site in the national rollout of its electric vehicle recharge network. Construction of the network will begin in 2011, with services available to electric vehicle owners from 2012. ActewAGL - the electricity ...
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Linfox cuts energy use by 9%, on track for 15%
Linfox is well known for the “You are passing another Fox” sign on the back of its vehicles. But the company has also cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 9% in the last eighteen months, and is ...
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Imagineering a better place
Today I had the fortune to see Shai Agassi, founder of Better Place, talk about his vision for the electric car future. Shai calls himself an imaginer – “I imagine the future and engineer towards it”. ...
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LED lighting – the way of the future
If LED lighting continues to develop as fast as it has over the last five years, within ten years it may well be the main form of lighting in use across the world. And lighting in new buildings may look ...
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Measurement number one for Wesfarmers in reducing their carbon emissions
Earlier today I interviewed Cameron Schuster, Sustainability Manager of Wesfarmers Limited. Wesfarmers owns Coles, Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks, Target and a large number of other businesses. Cameron’s says the following three things are critical to any organisation wishing to cut their carbon ...
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Which Solar Hot Water Heating System?
(Part Two) The first part of this topic was published on the 8th of May. Flat Plate Solar Collectors Flat panel (aka flat plate) collectors work on the principle of copper pipes running through a glass covered collector, often connected to a ...
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Climate Positive Diet – Belgium’s Ghent leads the way
If you know much about climate change you'll know that cows and sheep produce a lot of greenhouse gas. In fact a cow can produce around 200 litres of methane a day, and methane has global warming potential 23 times ...
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Which Solar Hot Water Heating System?
(Part One) One of the most energy intensive (and therefore costly) processes in any house is the heating of water. Heating water accounts to about 37% - 40% of the annual energy consumption in an average Australian household and about 20% ...
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Action gets results
Its been a while since our last blog post. Which of course means we have been busy helping our customers save lots of carbon! Its always tremendously satisfying to see customers act on our advice and thus cut their energy costs ...
