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How a school can save $300 and 1.2 tonnes of CO2 this summer holidays
Schools waste a great deal of energy over the summer school holidays. In 2005 CarbonetiX worked with the Victorian Department of Education and Training to produce a School Energy Shut Down Guide and then promoted its use to schools around Victoria, ...
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High mains voltage is causing 15 millions of tonnes of un-necessary greenhouse gas pollution
In Australia electricity codes stipulate that the supply voltage of mains electricity should be 230 volts (phase to neutral). For example in Victoria the Essential Services Commission has mandated in the Electricity Supply Code that the voltage of supply should be ...
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Computers Off Australia
Computers Off Australia is a not-for-profit organisation and Green IT labelling initiative designed to educate and recognise organisations that are doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint through the implementation of power management and virtualisation technology. We all agree that ...
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What is a comfortable office temperature – and why this is very important when it comes to reducing carbon emissions
Changes to temperature settings are a little known but easy way of getting significant carbon savings in offices. In office buildings the single largest energy user is the heating, cooling and ventilation system. This system will typically account for 40% to ...
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“The emperor is only wearing speedos!” – the folly of not urgently pursuing the obvious first step to slow global warming
In the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale an emperor is proudly dressed in clothes that supposedly only the wise can see until a boy shouts out “the emperor has no clothes”. When it comes to the climate change response the seemingly obvious ...
