It’s the birthday of journalist and activist Jonathan Kozol, a teacher in Boston, who wrote largely on his experiences with school segregation and institutionalized racism. I had an extremely progressive English teacher my junior year in high school who guided …
Category: Efficiency
A Renaissance in Environmentalism? Energy Efficiency Is Starting to Make a Real Difference
I’m a big fan of renewable energy in all its forms, but, as I’ve often commented, efficiency is really the low-hanging fruit in terms of reducing the environmental footprint associated with energy. In the U.S. alone, the efficiency technologies we’ve …
UK Receives Top Score in Energy Efficiency
Congratulations to Aedan Kernan (2GreenEnergy contributor) and our other friends in the UK. Your fine country received top honors in terms of energy efficiency rankings — #1 out of the 12 nations considered. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), …
A Low-Tech But Highly Effective Concept in Water Conservation
Frequent commenter Brian McGowan writes: While I don’t have flush-free urinals in my house, I do collect the water from the water softener regeneration and the rinse cycles of my washing machine and use that to flush my toilet. Brian, …
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From Guest Blogger Kyle O'Brien: Top Ways To Cut Back On Fuel Consumption
It’s no secret that today’s car manufacturers have spent a good deal of time in the first decade of 2000 to present day on making their vehicles as fuel efficient as possible. From aerodynamic changes to more streamlined mechanisms underneath …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Water Conservation
Question: Approximately how much water is wasted every year by EACH urinal in men’s bathrooms around the world? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Breakthroughs in waterless urinal technology save a significant volume of water, thus eliminating the greenhouse …
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From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Heat Recovery Device — Should I Do It?
Quite a few years ago I thought it would be good to recover heat from drain water since heating water is very energy intensive. A couple of my plumber friends and I discussed several ways to do it trying to …
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Clean Energy’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Frequent commenter Larry Lemmert waxes metaphorical with the respect to our clean energy targets: We need to go after the low-hanging fruit before climbing the tree and going out on a limb to harvest energy that has a negative payback …
For the Home Buyer: An Energy Efficiency “MPG” Sticker
I had breakfast when I was back in New York last week with my friend and colleague Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks.com, during which we talked about all the “long-hanging fruit” for reducing the environmental impact associated with generating and consuming energy. …
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Webinar: How to Increase Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures and WHY
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAdKwrPHy9w] Here’s 2GreenEnergy’s November webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance joined me for a lively discussion we called “How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures — and WHY.”
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