Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
energy, Tag
- Reducing Your Electricity Bill - 10 top tips Mon, 30 Oct 17, 4:06amElectricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.
- Cheap Electricity and Energy Efficiency Mon, 28 Sep 09, 5:59amHow to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.
- Solar Power - the facts about setting up Solar Power Mon, 10 Sep 12, 10:21amSolar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.
- Windows and saving on heating and cooling costs Wed, 25 Nov 09, 5:52amWindows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.
- What is Passive Solar? Wed, 31 May 17, 6:38amPassive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.
- The country's most generous rooftop solar rebate has been slashed without warning, amid growing concerns about a lack of progress on renewables reform and grid stability in the NT.
- New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019 Tue, 7 Apr 20, 1:41amMost new electricity globally was green and coronavirus bailouts must boost this further, says agency
- Australia should be world leader in solar thermal power, expert says Tue, 18 Feb 20, 12:36pmDespite hiccups in the technology's development and the cancellation of a proposed large project in South Australia, a energy expert with almost five decades experience says Australia should be building, constructing and...
- Households to be paid for daytime green electricity use during lockdown Sun, 5 Apr 20, 11:33pmFall in energy use combined with bright, breezy weather leads to lowest electricity prices in 10 years
- Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline | Bill McKibben Sun, 5 Apr 20, 7:14pmThe oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment
- Government set to make decision on UK's largest coalmine Wed, 1 Apr 20, 4:00pmVerdict expected after four years of protracted talks as production of the fossil fuel fell to record lows of 2.9m tonnes
- Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and help save the climate? Wed, 1 Apr 20, 5:00pmAnalysts say the coronavirus and a savage price war means the oil and gas sector will never be the same again
- What are Labour leadership candidates' green policies? Wed, 1 Apr 20, 5:00pmLisa Nandy, Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey answer 17 questions put by the Guardian
- Fiddler’s Ferry and Aberthaw plants shut as firms ditch coal Wed, 1 Apr 20, 2:58amShutdown of SSE and RWE plants comes before UK ban on coal-fired power from 2025
- Aberdeen: teetering between its high-carbon past and a green future Mon, 30 Mar 20, 1:04amA city more reliant than most on oil and gas reserves hopes to profit from a shift to net zero
- Snowy Hydro 2.0 will cost more and deliver less than promised, 30 experts say Sat, 28 Mar 20, 6:00amGroup calls for independent review of project it says would permanently damage Kosciuszko national park
- Utrecht rooftops to be ‘greened’ with plants and mosses in new plan Sat, 28 Mar 20, 1:02am‘Vertical forest’ tower will have 10,000 plants on its facade in bid to reinvigorate biodiversity
- UK greenhouse gas emissions fall for seventh year in a row Fri, 27 Mar 20, 12:45amMore than a third of British electricity was generated by renewables in 2019
- Dakota access pipeline: court strikes down permits in victory for Standing Rock Sioux Thu, 26 Mar 20, 11:02amArmy corps of engineers ordered to conduct full environmental review, which could take years
- World's wind power capacity up by fifth after record year Wed, 25 Mar 20, 9:48pmOffshore windfarms and onshore projects in US and China fuel one of strongest years on record
- Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...
- Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.
- Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices