Unplugged Living

April 30th, 2008

Yo Philadelphia! It’s A Solar Plant For You.

Soon, Philadelphia would be welcoming a new plant in their area. And yes, it is a solar power plant.
In a report, the city is going to have a solar power plant and it would be built by Exelon Generation Co. and Epuron LLC. Together, these two companies are going to create the plant and they […]

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April 29th, 2008

Summer Is Solar Roof Conversion For Macy’s

The sun is totally at its brightest during the summer season and many people are taking advantage of this time to convert their homes or businesses to go solar. One of the newest converts is a store and this is the famous Macy’s. Just recently, the company has mounted and installed a solar roof at […]

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April 28th, 2008

L.A. Celebrates Earth Day

In Los Angeles, California, people there celebrated Earth Day last Tuesday. And with Los Angeles being known for having quite a fun-loving culture had done their celebrations with quite a number of various events. The list of happenings includes musical performances that were free to watch for anyone interested, as well as a festival which […]

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April 26th, 2008

Cleaning Up On Earth Day

The world celebrated Earth Day yesterday and as part of recognizing that event, a number of students from elementary school Immaculate Conception in Canada went out to the Black Oak Heritage Park to clean up. They did not only help pick up the pieces of trash that could be found at the place but they […]

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April 25th, 2008

Consumer’s Guide to Solar Energy

I came across this pdf document developed by the US Department of Energy and I think people who are thinking of going into solar energy will find this useful.
The document contains information such as

 Investing in a PV system
Tax Incentives
PV Sizing
 Selecting a PV provider
 Connecting PV to the grid

Here’s the link to the document.
Tags: alternative energy, Solar, […]

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April 24th, 2008

More B5media Giveaways!

Earlier this week we posted a list of our first round of giveaways here on the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Those giveaways aren’t even over and here comes wave Two!  How fun is that?
If you haven’t signed up for the first round, check out a complete list on our resident Pet Lover Blog and then the […]

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April 24th, 2008

LED Night Light

I just bought an LED night light for our room.   I was looking for something with very low power consumption and automatically shuts off  during the day.    I found one that only consume 0.5watts  with a light sensor.
What I like about LED lights is that it takes a long-long time before (longer than CFL […]

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April 23rd, 2008

b5media lifestyle channel giveaways!!!

What a fun week we have on tap here at b5media! Especially in the Lifestyles Channel! Many of our bloggers have worked on putting together some awesome prizes just waiting on you to win them!
Here are some of the giveaways going on right now!
There will be more giveaways going on throughout the […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Earth Day 2008

Earth Day 2008 (every April 22) - I watched National Geographic Channel and I’ve been alarmed by some of the things happening like the melting of the ice in the polar ice caps. I wished a lot of people are watching NGC just to be aware of what’s happening. […]

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April 21st, 2008

Safeway Goes Solar

As part of the celebration of Earth Day which is on its 39th year, Safeway Inc., a company based in Pleasanton, California, had converted two of its stores to solar power. This has just been done a couple of days back. The two stores which would now be running using solar power would be those […]

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