January 17, 2011
In case you missed… save the paper .. save the env. Need a windows version too (I’m not sure if they came out with it already or not)
The WWF format is a PDF that cannot be printed out. It’s a simple way to avoid unnecessary printing. So here’s your chance to save trees and help the environment. Decide for yourself which documents dont need printing out – then simply save them as WWF.
January 16, 2011
This would make sense right?
It gets hot –> the sun sends in more solar power –> AC works on Solar
So the hotter it gets the more solar energy the AC uses without an expensive effect on the bill. But the first 50K units are going to be sold in the US and then the local Chinese market, which begs the question – are we spoilt with all this technology that make life easier?
The first 50,000 units will be sold in the American market. After that, the units will also be available for purchase in China, according to company sources.The air conditioner, independently developed by Gree, mainly uses solar power, using normal electricity only when solar power is inadequate, said Huang Hui, chief engineer of Gree Electric Appliances.
via China turns out first solar-powered air conditioner – GlobalTimes.
January 14, 2011
A different form of sustainability.. social sharing of resources instead of purchasing
Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption | Video on TED.com.
December 24, 2010
How true is this? But even after this information a lot of people will still do it. Why? Because it sucks to sit on a cold seat and hold a cold steering wheel, basically I’d rather be in a warm car than a freezing car.
But idling is totally unnecessary, which is why many communities have enacted ordinances against the practice. Don’t take my word about idling being ineffective, but do listen to my mechanic, Rob Maier, who runs Maier’s Garage in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He says, “You don’t really need to idle your car, because of the efficiency of modern fuel injection, which eliminated carburetors and chokes. The only reason to let the car idle at all is to get the oil circulating, but after 30 seconds that’s a done deal. My truck has 150,000 miles on it, and I just throw it into gear and go.”
via Should You Warm Up Your Car in Winter – Warming Up Car – The Daily Green.
December 9, 2010
Listening to a podcast last year on this, I thought China was wholly responsible but apparently not so much
Last year’s climate summit in Copenhagen was a political disaster. Leaked US diplomatic cables now show why the summit failed so spectacularly. The dispatches reveal that the US and China, the world’s top two polluters, joined forces to stymie every attempt by European nations to reach agreement.
November 29, 2010
A very compelling short review of the people behind what our generation would remember from things happening in the online world with Napster, Bittorrent, Dvd-decryptors and Winamp. We all remember using these at one time or another before the advent of Netflix, Itunes and their like. Had they gone the way of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, they may have had it rich but some people just don’t care about the money. We just need enough to live.
A decade ago, four young men changed the way the world works. They did this not with laws or guns or money but with software: they had radical, disruptive ideas, which they turned into code, which they released on the Internet for free. These four men, not one of whom finished college, laid the foundations for much of the digital-media environment we currently inhabit. Then, for all intents and purposes, they vanished.
via The Men Who Stole the World -TimeFrames- Printout – TIME.
November 28, 2010
Even the oil rich people are thinking beyond the petroleum era and we’re just getting started,
The Masdar project is the result of a government initiative by the sultans who control Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates, and it was meant as a model that would help prepare the country for the post-petroleum era.
via Podcar City : San Jose – News – CNN/Time: Cities: A Walled Green Utopia Rises in the Middle East.
November 28, 2010
Nice concept, would be awesome on smartphones and would probably be the end of inductive charging
Hyland’s Nokia E-Cu (E for environment, Cu for Copper) phone features a copper exterior and a thermogenerator integrated interior that converts heat energy into electric energy.
via Nokia Concept Phone Charges in Your Pocket | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World.
October 22, 2010
Another article on GIS+CAD and BIM
Intelligent, information-rich 3D models will span the entire infrastructure lifecycle, from initial planning to operations and maintenance.
via CE News.
October 20, 2010
Planning Engineer's Blog 