When I had my marketing consultancy, one of the main goals was to get high rates of return on the direct mail campaigns. My secret weapon: giving away highly valued content. To that end, I used to write “planning guides” …
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You’ve decided your next car purchase will be one of those hybrid vehicles everyone’s been talking about for its eco-friendliness and fuel efficiency. But right now, you just can’t afford one. In the meantime, is there anything you can buy …
From Guest Blogger "Wise Energy" – How Eco-Friendly Tires are Saving Gas Read More »
When Hive Lighting did its presentation at this year’s Clean Business Investment Summit, I remember thinking, “Wow, this is really good. A true breakthrough in lighting for film-making and still photography that combines advantages in quality, cost, and energy efficiency.” …
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In the United States, transmission and distribution losses accounted for 260 teraWatt-hours (billion kWhs) of energy last year. Here’s a report in which Duke Energy, Silver Spring Networks and Power Analytics share their strategies for cutting these distribution losses, thus …
Over 50 years ago, an exciting new light source emerged and was quickly put to its first practical use in vehicle indicators. Nowadays, the light emitting diode (LED) is put to widespread use, from television remotes to aircraft landing lights …
From Guest Blogger Daniel: A Bright Future for Street Lighting Read More »
As we frequently discuss, the real low-hanging fruit when it comes to greenhouse gas reduction lies more in energy efficiency than it does in renewables. Efficiency invokes largely proven and inexpensive technologies, and holds the promise of putting many millions …
Low-hanging Fruit in Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Energy Efficiency Read More »
Fans of highly efficient internal combustion engines will be interested in this: a modern-day variant on a Wankel rotary engine of 50 years ago. By firing 16 times per revolution, it achieves extremely high torque in a very small volume; …
Here’s an article that points to a controversy about smart-grid, i.e., about the concept of two-way communication between the electric generation plant and the customer, and the application of intelligence to flow of information. Apparently, someone is alleging that the …
Some of the fastest return on investment you can get is by retrofitting a leaky, energy wasting building with high R-value insulation and efficient appliances. Many estimates show that US buildings use close to 50% of the total annual energy …
Guest-blogger Adam Barley from the U.K. represents Ebico, a non-profit organization that supplies both gas and electricity to households across Britain, and offers some handy and informative energy-saving tips. Here is an infographic on energy efficiency and conservation that readers …
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