Renewable Energy Sustainable Living

Net-Zero Energy Consumption is Taking Office Buildings Off of the Grid

January 11, 2013December 24, 2018KevinLeave a Comment

Guest Blog by Garret Stembridge Going green is no longer as simple as recycling aluminum, plastics and newspapers. Today, businesses are taking additional, extensive measures to minimize their carbon footprint, most significantly with net-zero energy consumption. Office buildings account for approximately 19 percent of all energy consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, costing an […]

Stanford and Princeton Have Solar Breakthroughs

December 21, 2012KevinLeave a Comment

It’s not often that you can talk about two solar breakthroughs back to back. But, researchers at both universities, Stanford and Princeton, have turned the light on with new solar technology. Stanford researchers have developed solar cells made completely out of carbon. This has the potential of drastically reducing the price of the cells since […]

Is Apple’s Environmental Concern Improving?

November 21, 2012July 27, 2021KevinLeave a Comment

Guest Blog by Reese Jones With the declining progress of environment in today’s world, many movements enter the scene to prevent it. Manufacturers begin to use eco-friendly materials to produce products that will help save the environment. However, recurring reports are against Apple’s “contribution” to the ecosystem. In the past few years, Apple has been […]

Eco-Friendly Equipment for Office-Based Businesses

October 25, 2012April 26, 2020KevinLeave a Comment

Guest Blog by Dan Whiteside As the world becomes more environmentally aware, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd is determined to stay on trend. They’ve recently introduced a new line-up of eco-friendly and cost-effective printers with advanced colour printing technologies – but what other energy-saving products are proving popular? Let’s find out: Manual shredders Destroying bank statements, […]

TimberTower Sees Wood in Future of Wind Turbines

October 24, 2012January 8, 2014KevinLeave a Comment

Okay, so this green story is a bit retro in that didn’t wind turbines (wind mills) used to be built out of wood? Well, now the towering steel behemoths that speckle the plains like tamed Transformers are taking a new direction thanks to a company called TimberTower. The German wind turbine company has produced a […]

Lower Domestic Subsidies Pushes Growth in Utility-Scaled Solar Power

September 17, 2012May 11, 2016KevinLeave a Comment

By Guest Blogger Mathias Maehlum On 1st of August this year, the feed-in tariff in the UK, which enables household to put excess electricity generated by solar panels back on the grid for profit, was lowered by a quarter – from 21p to 16p for every kWh. On top of this, the payment lengths will […]

Vampire Energy: What It’s Costing You and How To Prevent It

August 1, 2012August 1, 2012KevinLeave a Comment

By Guest Blogger Justin Bencsko The phenomenon of Vampire Power is costing American households millions of dollars every single day. Studies estimate that about 5-10% of the average household’s energy bill comes from this Vampire Power. Calculate that to a dollar amount across the country and you have about $4 billion in wasted spending every […]

MyCar All-Electric Vehicle From GreenTech Automotive

July 13, 2012KevinLeave a Comment

GreenTech Automotive (which has no connection to Green Tech Gazette, I swear) has unveiled its all electric MyCar, a two-seater with a range of up to 115 miles before needing a recharge. MyCar will bring 426 high paying jobs to its manufacturing plant in Mississippi. According to the press release, “GreenTech Automotive (GTA), a U.S.-based […]

7 Tips to Green Computing

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012KevinLeave a Comment

By Guest Blogger Matt Powell Computing and technology is now responsible for 2% of the global carbon footprint, a significant amount for just one sector of industry. It’s therefore important that end users do whatever we can to reduce our impact on the environment. The following tips are simple things you can do to contribute […]

EV Evolution- When Can the Masses Afford it?

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012KevinLeave a Comment

By Guest Blogger Charlie Oszvald We all know the reasons to consider electric vehicles- they are energy efficient, do not run on gas, have minimal to no tailpipe emissions. But are electric vehicles affordable to the public, or are they luxury cars that are only available to the wealthy? Read on to understand what is […]