Litchfield Schools’ Energy Savings

Lexus brings country’s 1st luxury hybrids
LEXUS Manila recently launched the first full-hybrid luxury vehicles in the Philippines at its grand showroom at Fort Bonifacio, Global City. Two models were introduced, namely, the 2011 RX450h, a ruggedly handsome hybrid model and its elegant counterpart, the LS600hL model.

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Citgo Lubricants’ Greenway Fleet Optimization Program
Citgo Lubricants announced a new program to optimize fleet performance, both economically and environmentally, called the Citgo HD Greenway program.

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Con-way Truckload Receives Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Award From The Eastern Shawnee Longhouse Management …
JOPLIN, MO–(Marketwire – 11/08/10) – Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW – News ), today announced that it has received the Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Award from The Eastern Shawnee Longhouse Management Authority. This award is presented annually by the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce to a business in the Four State Area (Missouri …

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New Boeings to help expand network: SpiceJet
New Delhi, Nov 8 : Domestic low-cost carrier SpiceJet Monday said the 30 Boeing-737s it has ordered for $2.3 billion will help it expand its domestic network and fly to international destinations.

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Litchfield Schools’ Energy Savings
LITCHFIELD—Approach the office of the facilities manager for Litchfield public schools and because the lights are out you may think that Tony Crowe is not there. You would be wrong. Lights out while he is at the computer is just another way that Mr. Crowe saves energy.

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Green Energy Savings: Saving You Penny by Penny

Summer. It’s one of the most beautiful times of the year. It’s pretty, bright, and everyone just seems happier when it’s the summer. However, there are a few downsides. One would be sunburn (ouch!) and the other would be your electricity bill. In this heat, it can be deadly to not try and cool down your home. You can do so with fans or air conditioners or a mix of both. You could use the fans, facing in the opposite direction of the air conditioner, to pull the cool air from one room into another to cool down your whole house, if necessary. But the fact of the matter is, staying cool can mean quite a large utility bill. It doesn’t matter if you have a dinky little apartment or a quite sizable house.

However, you can save and be good to the earth too. It’s not nearly as hard as you might think. Here are a few ways that you, average Joe or extraordinary Moe can enjoy green energy savings:

When it comes to green energy savings, the first thing that might come to mind is a tiny little car that can only go thirty four miles per hour. But it isn’t quite like that…

There are also plenty of ways that you can save on your electric bills. One is to unplug all unused appliances in the house and to turn off your A/C and leave your windows open. (If you do this, it is recommended you use a window screen so that you don’t end up with millions of bugs inside your house.) However, there are other options that will lead to less bugs and also to more green energy savings. You won’t even have to turn anything off!

There is a certain type of system that not only reduces your energy usage, but also saves you on your electric bill. Not to mention that the small amount of waste from the system is bio safe and you’re able to dispose of it without affecting the environment.

However, there are a few things that you need to know about these systems.

For one, they work with both single and three phase appliances. This means that pretty much everything from your toaster to your computer to your washer can be more energy efficient. There are two sizes to choose from, both of which are relatively small.

This system also prevents a power surges that can potentially damage your appliances, up to certain amperages. Now, keep in mind that if you have a power surge that exceeds that amperage, you will have some issues. On the other hand, being protected at least partially is better than having ten different surge protectors.

You’re most likely wondering how exactly this system works…well, it’s easy! Pretty much, it saves all of the extra electricity and stores it. Then, instead of having to pull electricity from your company (so to speak), you simply pull it from that little box and voila! The lost electricity is lost no more and neither are your green energy savings!

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5 Eco Ideas That Make Real Savings

We are all told about the impact we are having on the environment and we are all encouraged to buy eco-friendly products as greener alternatives, however, many eco ideas cost many and whatever savings they make to the environment impact our wallets too.

However the advantages of living a greener and more natural way, recycling and adopting and eco-friendly lifestyle, should save us money not cost it!

There are many ways we can help the planet and also save money and some of these savings to both our pockets and the environment can be massive, here are five green ideas and eco-friendly products that can really make a difference:

5. Open fires – this may sound contrary to living an eco friendly way but by burning recycled waste you can heat your home without relying on mains gas or electric that comes from power stations. Using log makers that compact recycled material in to tight logs will ensure the waste burns slowly, providing more heat and less smoke. As well as a log maker keeping materials dry in a log store will ensure you get maximum heat and less smoke.

4. Energy saving light bulbs. These use five times less electricity than conventional bulbs and last a lot, lot longer too. Nearly all types of bulb fitting have an energy saving light bulb alternative.

3. Pure wool duvet. Returning to natural materials isn’t just environmentally friendly but natural fibres like wool is far warmer than manmade fabrics. A 100% pure wool duvet will allow you to have the heating off at night saving a tidy sum on your heating bill.

2. Eco clothes airer. Keeping the tumble dryer off saves us on our electricity bills and protects the environment but having clothes lying on radiators looks cluttered and prevents the heat from warming the rooms. Eco clothes airers are ceiling mounted and make use of the heat trapped under the ceiling so the radiators are free to warm the room as the clothes are being dried.

1. Heating and insulation. Perhaps the biggest savings on our bills and the best way to reduce our gas and electric consumptions is to ensure the loft is well insulated and that our heating systems are well maintained and serviced. A faulty boiler or bad insulation will cost you a fortune and the increase in use of power will harm the planet too.

Hybrid Cars and Fuel Savings – Feasible Options

As an engineer I have been studying and following the renewable energy debate and developments for well over 30 years and many useful as well as useless inventions/solutions have crossed my road of discovery.

One tendency, which always seems to stand out, is the all or nothing approach.

All wind power or all nuclear power or all wave, solar etc. and lately all hydrogen, rarely ever a composite/combination of current conventional and renewable energy resources.

The latest fads seem again all nuclear or all hydrogen and the most laughable of them all “Carbon Sequestration”.

CO2 Sequestration, i.e. compressing CO2 and pumping it to the bottom of the oceans or into some geological cavity is as costly in energy consumption as the building, as well as decommissioning of nuclear power stations and the storage of radio active waste and equally hazardous.

Using Bio Fuels, with its current technology, is a bit like incinerating your breakfast, lunch & dinner to drive your car.

Even more fascinating is that all of these latest offerings are not feasible for another 10 to 30 years, requiring huge amounts of funding to prove or disprove their viability. So it seems that invariably concepts are being promoted which have no immediate application when there are ample and proven concepts that can be implemented now with considerable immediate benefits.

Methods such as co-generation (recovery of waste heat) or preheating by renewable resources rarely rate a mention. Both methods are only a few of the many options guaranteeing substantial reductions in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Again, the aspect of the hydrogen as fuel debate is the all or nothing approach. It is nothing new that cars (and planes) can run on hydrogen. The catch here is the, currently, enormous cost of the fuel storage and the non-existing infrastructure. It is even proposed to generate the hydrogen from, would you believe it, carbon based fuels or nuclear power.

One can only wonder why the viable and relatively low cost conversion of existing means of transport is so rarely being considered as an option. For many years now the conversion of petrol powered vehicles to LPG/CNG was feasible, economical and aided the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Hybrid cars, powered by a combination of internal combustion engine, batteries and electric motor can be another, but still very expensive, option to lower fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

So why not use hydrogen in combination with conventional fuel to reduce your fuel consumption and your environmental footprint? It is a proven technology. A low cost on-board hydrogen generator produces small quantities of hydrogen serving as a combustion enhancer. This hydrogen generator only operates while while your petrol/diesel engine is running making it perfectly safe, saves substantial amounts of fuel and does not require any hydrogen storage. In other words no hydrogen is produced when the engine is not running.

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Energy Dept. funds CO2 recycling, ‘solar fuels’
Part of a stimulus plan, the Energy Department creates a California-based “innovation hub” for artificial photosynthesis and funds tests to use waste CO2 in building materials and plastics.

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Green Brook, Middlesex set to share $1M in federal funds for flood projects
GREEN BROOK — Preliminary planning for the next projects in the Green Brook Flood Control Commission’s longterm solutions to repeated flooding along the Raritan River received a boost Friday, with the approval of a $140.5 million energy and water appropriations bill for New Jersey by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Green Brook, Middlesex set to share $1M in federal funds for flood projects
GREEN BROOK — Preliminary planning for the next projects in the Green Brook Flood Control Commission’s longterm solutions to repeated flooding along the Raritan River received a boost Friday, with the approval of a $140.5 million energy and water appropriations bill for New Jersey by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Energy-saving home improvements pay off
GOING GREEN – Tax credits can be up to $1,500 for upgrading heating, cooling systems, insulation or windows.

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Massive Green Roof Helps Postal Service Deliver Big Energy Savings
WASINGTON, DC — Green roofs, green buildings and an energy management system has put the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on the fast track to its 2015 energy reduction goal.

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Big Fuel Savings Are Possible, But It Will Cost Us

Basel’s Wellink Counters Banker Ackermann on Benefits of Rules
June 11 (Bloomberg) — Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Chairman Nout Wellink defended the economic benefits of new banking rules, after Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann said they may result in job losses.

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The Pressure’s On
It is one of the most beguiling questions in NASCAR this season: What is wrong with Roush Fenway Racing?

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Voice of the People for June 11, 2010
Before we vent our rage at BP and the federal government over the gulf disaster, understand that the insatiable worldwide demand for fossil fuel is what drove this crisis. America is the greatest consumer of crude oil on Earth.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY
Rob McEwen hopes we manage to avoid the “darkest hour” describing fearsome parallels between the Weimar Republic to the United States of today. Interview with The Gold Report.

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Big Fuel Savings Are Possible, But It Will Cost Us
Current technology can cut automotive fuel use by up to 50 percent, but it won’t be cheap. See what your options are if you want to up your efficiency quotient.

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Quest for cost savings leads Haywood to outsource trash and recycling

SHS sophomore e-recycling Sunday
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Household recycling centres open longer for summer
Aberdeen’s four household waste recycling centres have moved to summer opening hours, which means they are open for an extra three hours every day. 2010/05/12 20:01:16

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Governor Rendell Signs Bill Extending Recycling, Waste Tire Cleanup Funding Through 2020
Says Recycling Programs Support 80,000 Jobs, Contribute Billions to PA’s Economy

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City will take more kinds of plastic for recycling
Changes to the city of Hays recycling program now enable residents to recycle a wider variety of plastic products. Plastic bags, however, no longer can be accepted.

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Quest for cost savings leads Haywood to outsource trash and recycling
Faced with a tall and growing stack of bills in the solid waste department, Haywood County commissioners are seriously considering offloading part of county trash and recycling operations to private companies.

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