Unplugged Living

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.
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March 25th, 2008

Teaching Energy Conservation

With the help of a $5000 grant given to two teachers by PG&E, students would be able to learn more about solar energy and how to conserve energy. These two teachers (who teach science, by the way) are Mike and Lynn Skutches and they have cooked up a campaign which would be put into action […]

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March 3rd, 2008

The Expenses That Go With Going Solar

You have dreamed of having the capacity to save a lot on your electricity bills. You have already planned tons of ways on how to save on electricity. But still, it seems like it just would not happen to you. Even if you do save much on your electricity consumption, there is not really much […]

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March 1st, 2008

Is The Chevy Volt Really Green?

First, take a look at this video I found over at YouTube.

Well, I honestly found the Chevy Volt to be a really interesting vehicle. Imagine, all you need is to plug the vehicle in any ordinary electrical socket and let the car’s battery charge. After a couple of hours of charging, you could now make […]

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January 26th, 2008

Can We Be Oil Independent?

Is this really possible? Can we really rid ourselves of being too “attached” to oil?
Well, according to some scientists from the United States, they have come up with a plan that would make us shy away from using oil. They say that they are proposing a project that would make use of solar energy instead. […]

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January 1st, 2008

LEDs Light Up Rockefeller Center’s Tree

For this year, the Christmas tree over at the Rockefeller Center in New York City is a Norway Spruce. It stands some 84 feet tall and it sure has become the center of attraction of those who are in the area. The tree is surely green and I mean it literally and figuratively. See, it […]

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December 21st, 2007

Solar Attic Fan

While some countries this December to January is experiencing snow and the weather is really cool, our friends from Australia is feeling the opposite.
Based on the temperature forecast at wxmaps.org a good portion of the country would be experiencing about 30+ celcius. This solar gadget would probably be a nice addition to their […]

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November 6th, 2007

Canberra May Become Full-Time Solar Powered Soon

There are already around 50 homes in Canberra, Australia which make use of solar power. And according to the country’s officials, they are planning on paying these solar power using households four times than what they are receiving now “for the unused electricity they sell back to the power grid”.
The officials believe that this could […]

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October 18th, 2007

Recycling With Friends And Neighbors

The nearest recycling center is quite a distance away from your neighborhood. And when you think about it, you would be spending much on gas just to send out just a small number of items for recycling.
One of the things you could do would be to organize your neighbors and your friends. Together, you can […]

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October 17th, 2007

Traveling For The Environment

Unless we all walked to work or to school or to wherever we are going, we are going to ride in transportation that emit harmful gases to the environment. Of course we cannot just stop using vehicles. We can help lessen the gases that our environment waddles in.
One of the most common ways of helping […]

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