Articles tagged with: Energy savings

Balla that recharges. Launched in London eco disk Bar Surya
Posted in Energy, Solar on 22 July 2008

In London the new fashion of the night is go to disco knowing not weigh on the planet in terms of production and waste of energy. It ‘been opened in these days eco disco Bar Surya, near King’s Cross. The owner, manco to say, you call Dr. Earht (Mister Earth). Other names that the provocateurs of the DJ and night club managers!

Everything seems inspired the environment, starting from the name for Hindus Surya is the deity who represents the sun! Part of local energy comes from wind turbines and solar panels. The furniture is made of recycled materials or parts and even water is recycled water. The videos sent to TV broadcast from around the local transmit messages strictly eco-educational.

But there’s more. Much of the energy needed to establishment derives from the dance floor. Customers of disco dancing produce energy. Moving on track guests of operating crystals, pressed between them, generate power for the electric system and the air conditioning system. Even before his inauguration The Republic had anticipated the news explaining what’s behind this track!

We can solve it. Al Gore launches his challenge: 100% by renewable energy within 10 years
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy on 21 July 2008

If Barack Obama says: If some ffa, Al Gore replies: Sadda ffa It calls on all Americans to expect at this point in history something more from politicians who will represent and especially to put into practice the free will and choice: convert all sources of renewable energy within the next 10 years. In short, something that goes far beyond the revolution and that it is put into practice almost immediately. Party as the campaign We can solve it where Al Gore speaks openly of a political class not responding to the choices that await America in the future. He says in his speech:

To be sure, diraggiungere the target of 100% renewable energy and clean within 10 years we have overcome many obstacles. Currently, for example, we do not have a unified national network that is sufficiently advanced to connect the areas where the sun shines and the wind blows toward the city from east to west where the necessary electricity. The conditions of the infrastructure of our national network are often critical.

Photovoltaics, the MIT solar concentrators low cost
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Solar on 18 July 2008

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It ‘a small revolution that could increase the efficiency of solar panels and therefore energy efficiency. He discovered the team of prof. Mark Baldo at MIT: The secret is in a paint organic nature that should be applied on glass surfaces and allows the capture of infrared and ultraviolet rays that trapped in glass, which became like a big slab of fiber optics, flowing outwards. In practice, solar cells are only at the central part while the broader is covered by paint, currently stabilized at 90%, which provides for the capture and dissemination. We see a little ‘more in detail as is the process:

What ago. It ‘been shown a significant improvement at low cost in the provision of solar concentrator. With the new device the power produced by a solar cell increases by 40 times without the need to track the sun.

Why is it important? The sun is an inexhaustible source of clean power. The major obstacles to wide
dissemination of solar power systems are due to costs. With this system will improve performance and lower costs.

Leaf, the first condominium to zero emissions is in the Marche
Posted in Energy on 26 June 2008

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It ‘was inaugurated yesterday the first mini - a condominium zero emission type passive constructed Angels Rosora in the province of Ancona. The building has six apartments and condominiums that dwell there, employees of the group Loccioni, will become part of the project LEAF (Life Energy and Future), the community that will live using only the energy that comes from natural sources and solutions and technological domotiche highest level.

The idea was born at home Loccioni, a company that deals directly domotics which also took part Enel, Whirlpool and Cisco. The building was built with the direction south, but also has a storage system for hydrogen or appliances with very high efficiency. The walls are insulated to retain the heat in winter and cool in summer.

It’s called Czeers MK1 and is the first boat to photovoltaic panels
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy on 28 May 2008


Colleagues Yacht & sail reported this jewel of technology that not dispiacerà to the lovers of the sea: a motorboat powered with solar energy. And ‘built dall’olandese Czeers entirely of carbon, has a hull designed as that of competing models, is 10 meters long and solar panels feed the engine from 80 kw to a speed of 30 knots. The interiors are extra, of course say that does not pollute. The price? Upon request, of course!