From Guest Blogger Nadav Ziv: Simple Green Fixes for the Average Home

Let us start with steps that can be taken in that all important of places, the bathroom. (more…)

Let us start with steps that can be taken in that all important of places, the bathroom. (more…)
While solar power has become prevalent in the mainstream construction business in the past decade, passive solar design has been used around the world for thousands of years. Ceramic tiles and stones walls in the Mediterranean made it possible to keep homes cool even under the scorching heat of the summer sun. Likewise, small window openings and semi-subterrain living spaces in northern climates promoted efficient heat retention. (more…)

Strangely, perhaps Dad’s greatest pet peeve was the misuse of the word “frugal” itself. When he declined to spend money on himself, perhaps for a new car, his friends at his tony country club might call him “cheap.” “No, that’s not correct. I’m frugal,” he’d respond. (more…)


While sustainable renewable resources are steadily rising, with a sharp rise in the last 5-10 years, and nuclear power usage has actually fallen, how are industrial sectors actually responding to this? (more…)


The Immense Growth of Solar Energy (more…)

Take, for example, the sun: an incredible resource that provides light and heat and makes life on Earth possible. It is completely free and offers the benefit of solar energy without asking for anything in return. (more…)

Unfortunately, he’s a huge believer in hydrogen, which I think is fatally flawed in terms of use as an energy carrier. In particular, I believe that batteries are a stronger bet to become the storage medium for off-peak energy, due to the already existing ubiquity of electricity. Having said that, I’m looking forward to the presentation, and meeting a few more people interested in the subject.

I invite readers who are trying to wrap their wits around the future of energy generation and consumption to check this out. (more…)