News, Videos and Press
-
Painting your roof white better than a PV system in slowing global warming
Lawrence Berkerley National lab reported November last year on some fantastic research into how "cool roofs" can help slow global warming. White surfaces reflect rather than absorb radiation, and can be effective in re-radiating ...
-
Solar Air Conditioning – Cool Technology!
A recent Sustainability Assessment job took me to the corner of Victoria to the town of Mildura. A town of around 30,000 people, Mildura borders NSW on the Murray River. In summer the maximum temperature averages over 30 degrees and ...
-
Indoor plants make buildings safer
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are found in concentrations consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors. These cause significant health risks. Now scientific research has confirmed that the solution is ...
-
You have SPAM with a huge carbon footprint
You may have come across this news item a couple of months ago but it is worth taking another look. Although, the study was conducted by a major spam-ware corporation, it is clear that junk e-mails have a ...
-
What surface area is required to solar power the whole world?
View "Todd's Postereous Blog" to see a map of the world showing for each continent the area that needs to be covered with solar panels in order to meet all ...
-
Weather in August our most extreme on record
David Jones, the bureau of meteorology's head of climate analysis, as reported in the the Age, said earlier this week that temperature benchmarks for August had been broken in every state and territory. ''In duration, extent and the magnitude of ...
