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Building Automation Systems don’t save energy
Building Automation Systems (BAS), otherwise known as Building Management Systems (BMS) or Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems don’t save energy. But their operators can. A BAS system will often cost the equivalent of around one year’s worth of energy bills. ...
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Clean coal air freshener video
Video by the Coen Brothers. See comments on this video on youtube.
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Lifecycle efficiency of LEDS the same as compact fluorescent
Research recently undertaken by Siemens says that the lifecycle efficiency of LED lights is equal to that of compact fluorescents. Measuring the lifecycle efficiency involves looking at the energy to manufacture and dispose of the product, in addition to the energy ...
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The Climate Savers Computing Initiative
The Climate Savers Computing initiative aims to reduce computer energy consumption by 50% by 2010. Organisations on its board of directors include Dell, Google, Intel, HP, Microsoft, CSC and WWF. It has hundreds of members, ...
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Electric cars – affordable and available in Australia by 2012?
Nissan has just unveiled the prototype of its first electric car, the Leaf, available in Australia from 2012, and in Japan and the USA from next year. It will have a range of 160kms, a top speed of 140km/hr and ...
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McKinsey says energy efficiency could reduce energy use by $1.2 trillion – but reinforces the dangerous viewpoint “think climate – think government”
A new report has identified that the USA could reduce its energy consumption by 23% by 2020 through energy efficiency. The report has been prepared by McKinsey and Company, who are well known for their studies on the economics of cutting ...
