Energy Harvesting: Powering Up the Battery-Free World Oct 31, 2010 23:58 ideyoshi Kume Though the thermoelectric conversion device is small, the heat exchanger used to attain the high efficiency for a given temperature differential is relatively large. This component is expected to account for the majority of module cost. The heat exchanger is critical in [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: AIR POWER, BATTERY POWER, ENERGY COLLECTION, HEAT TRANSFER, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESEARCH EXPLORE, SAVE ENERGY, THERMAL | No Comments »
ECO FRIENDLY HOME DESIGN ARTICLE by Cynthia Booth New Jersey school of architecture professor presents us how to construct an environmental-friendly home with limited funds Did you know 2 New York based architects designed an asymmetrical home with a fixed cost of $250,000? Architects and Jersey City residents Richard Garber (assistant tutor at the Newjersey [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ECO ISSUES, ECO REPORTS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY STORAGE, GEOTHERMAL, HEAT TRANSFER, INSULATION, SAVE ENERGY, THERMAL | No Comments »
Inexpensive Highly Efficient Solar Cells Possible ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2010) — Thanks to two technologies developed by Professor Benoît Marsan and his team at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Chemistry Department, the scientific and commercial future of solar cells could be totally transformed. Professor Marsan has come up with solutions for two problems that, [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Editor
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Smart’ Fridges Stay Cool By Talking To Each Other CSIRO’s Sam West demonstrating the workings of the interactive management screen on one of the demonstration ‘smart fridges.’ (Credit: Photo by CSIRO) ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2009) — Smart’ fridges that run on renewable electricity and are capable of negotiating the most energy efficient way to keep food [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: COLD FREEZE, EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, THERMAL | 25 Comments »
Residential Mandatory Disclosure Commencing with energy efficiency by May 2011, phase-in mandatory disclosure of residential buildings for energy, greenhouse and water performance at the time of sale or lease will be invoked. This scheme is being instigated by the Commonwealth Government and will unify the many existing State schemes that are now in existence. To [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Editor
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KOREA DOES IT CLEAN IN COAL FIRED POWER PLANT Boilers – a power plant’s heart Fluidised -bed boiler installation. www.doosanheavy.com Internet link Korea South East Power runs an eco-friendly power plant armed with state-of-the-art, high- efficiency environmental facilities – including a DeSOx & DeNOx System, and electrical dust collectors- but a new fluidised bed boiler [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by Editor
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German Giants Launch $76 Million Credit Initiative For Geothermal Development The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, development bank KfW and reinsurer Munich Re have launched a 60 million euros ($75.9 million) credit initiative for the expansion of geothermal power in Germany. The investment will be used to finance drilling of geothermal projects, a Munich [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Editor
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