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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Fireplaces Aren’t Just For Decoration

November 29, 2007 – 11:33 pm

Since winter is definitely on it’s way we decided to do an article about fireplaces.  Since nothing beats sitting in front of a warm fire while it’s snowing outside and drinking some hot coco.
Now a days fireplaces are thought of more as a decoration then as a source of warmth and even cooking.   They can still [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Fireplace, Heating | Comments (0)

Government Grants for Alternative Energy

November 27, 2007 – 11:38 am

By: Warren Peters
In his State of the Union Address for 2007, President George W. Bush called for a 22% increase in federal grants for research and development of alternative energy. However, in a speech he gave soon after, he said to those assembled, I recognize that there has been some interesting mixed signals when it [...]

By admin | Posted in Alternative energy, Government Issues, NREL, US dept of energy | Comments (0)

A Digester Waiting to Happen

November 24, 2007 – 5:35 pm

A biodigester is a simple renewable energy resource that is largely overlooked. Mainly because it has two main componenets that people don’t like to talk about. Feces and methane. Over Thanksgiving my Uncle reminded me about digesters and how they can be a great source of alternative energy. Especially in rural [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in BioMass, Biodigester, Energy use, designing green, green ideas | Comments (0)

$1 per watt of Solar Energy

November 20, 2007 – 7:13 am

In September the University of Colorado announced that the manufacturing of low-cost, high efficiency solar panels is nearing mass production. The technology is patented by Professor W.S. Sampath, a mechanical engineering professor at Colorado State.
The process should make the total cost to consumers as low at $2 per watt,including instillation cost, which is half of [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Community Issues, Green Cities, energy efficient, solar cost, solar panels | Comments (6)