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Guest posting today. I work for Linden Lab, the company that makes Second Life. Second Life is the largest non-game virtual world today — we have more than a million unique users every month, and over 7000 individual servers. At a couple of hundred watts per server, that adds up to a lot of power. A couple [...]
Stop Idling sign One of the issues we have been discussing on the Enfield Energy Committee is a ‘No Idling’ policy. The idea is that when a car is left idling while its owner goes into the store, it continues to spew its carbon dioxide in the air — hurting the environment and wasting fuel. I [...]
Simple Solar Hot Water The store has been open just about 4 weeks and we are about to install the first solar hot water system sold through the store! At the high level view of the system, there is a closed loop of pipes containing water/glycol that transfer heat from the solar collector on the [...]
Panels on a Barn Over the last few weeks I’ve had a chance to discuss a number of interesting uses for small solar panels. The most obvious places to use solar energy are where you can get unobstructed sun and you are far enough away from your home or other building that you can’t easily [...] Some Upper Valley Towns (VT/NH) I officially became a member of our town’s energy committee this week! Well… an alternate member, but that’s a good start. This was the same week as the yearly meeting for the region’s energy committees to get together and share ideas on how to help our towns set goals and raise [...] Over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to speak with people in detail about their energy usage. Specifically, by looking at the latest electric bill we have been able to get some insight into equipment or processes that are using much more electricity than expected. Here are three examples: 1 – I visited [...]
Biking in San Fran Bike Trip You have to admit that the most energy efficient means of transportation doesn’t require gas, diesel, or electricity. Walk, run, bike, swim, or kayak to work next week — to celebrate ‘Bike or Walk to Work Week‘! Eat a good breakfast and that’s the only fuel you’ll need. My husband [...] My cousin Leslie sent me this link over the weekend for Wattzon.com. Here is how they describe this site: “WattzOn is a free online tool to quantify, track, compare and understand the total amount of energy needed to support all of the facets of your lifestyle”. I really like the concept of measuring energy usage for [...] |
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