There are many simple and easy ways to save energy while in the kitchen. One way is to match the cooking method to the meal. Try to minimize the area that needs to be heated to conserve energy. In other words, try to limit the number of cooktops you use or use a toster oven instead of a real oven. Another tip is to use sturdy, flat-bottomed cookwear. When boiling pasta, a flat-bottomed pan could acually save 50% energy more than a warped-bottom pan! The final tip is to keep the stove burners nice and clean. It may be hard to believe, but squeaky burners could save alot of money and energy! When they become blacked they absorb more heat and reduce burner efficency, so keeping them shining will reflect all of the heat onto the cookwear. These super easy tips could possibly take hundreds of dollars off your heating bill each year!
By Rhyan Montgomery
www.aceee.org/consumer/cooking
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Top 5 Solar Powered Countries
by Ivy Long
Theses are the top ten countries that use the most solar energy!
1. Germany-the world's leader... its most likely that Germany will stay number one.
2. Spain-was the world's leader!
3. Japan- is thrid globally and also a country worth emulating!
4. United States- U.S. should grow a lot in the up coming years.
5. Italy- second in 2009!
http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/
Theses are the top ten countries that use the most solar energy!
1. Germany-the world's leader... its most likely that Germany will stay number one.
2. Spain-was the world's leader!
3. Japan- is thrid globally and also a country worth emulating!
4. United States- U.S. should grow a lot in the up coming years.
5. Italy- second in 2009!
http://1bog.org/blog/top-10-countries-using-solar-power/
Eco-Friendly Paint
by Tori Riggs
Did you know that paint can hurt your health? Some paints release low level toxic emissions in to the air for years after they have been applied, causing the air in many homes to be even more polluted than outside air. The solution to this toxic problem is buying and using non-toxic paints, such as Sherwin Williams and SoyGuard brand paints. The health benefits of non-toxic paints include reducing the amount of toxins in the air which helps everyone, even those who have alergies. Using non-toxic paints also reduces landfill and groundwater contaminants. Non-toxic paints are easier to clean up and dispose of and they don't have the same noxious odor of regular paint once finished. Using non-toxic paints can help the environment clean up and can help you save money, time, and the health of your family.
To learn more, visit http://eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_paints.htm
Did you know that paint can hurt your health? Some paints release low level toxic emissions in to the air for years after they have been applied, causing the air in many homes to be even more polluted than outside air. The solution to this toxic problem is buying and using non-toxic paints, such as Sherwin Williams and SoyGuard brand paints. The health benefits of non-toxic paints include reducing the amount of toxins in the air which helps everyone, even those who have alergies. Using non-toxic paints also reduces landfill and groundwater contaminants. Non-toxic paints are easier to clean up and dispose of and they don't have the same noxious odor of regular paint once finished. Using non-toxic paints can help the environment clean up and can help you save money, time, and the health of your family.
To learn more, visit http://eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_paints.htm
Baseball Game Bills
To help save the environment and reduce the cost of electric bills in stadiums, some countries, like South Korea, are trying to speed up their baseball games. Korea is in the process to also install energy saving products like scoreboards as a plan to cut emissions. Also, other countries are thinking of eliminating night games altogether.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Fluorescent Lights
By: Rachel Skillicorn
Fluorescent lights are a good way to save money in any place; schools, business buildings, or even in your homes. These types of lights are very bright as you can see in the picture which could upset people, and also could get annoying to look at. Fluorescent lights provides increasing efficiency, decreasing heat emissions, and they have environmental benefits and are said to be more "economical" than other normal light bulbs. These are little, but great way to start helping save your money and energy.
Energy saving ideas
1.Use your blinds, open them in Winter on the sunny side to let heat in... close them on the non sunny side then do vice versa for summer.
2.Replace filters regularly
3.Find a system with a high SEER the higher the better.
4.Make sure vents have nothing over them or anything reducing air flow.
5. Make sure all doors are closed to prevent heat from escaping.
http://www.energyright.com/
2.Replace filters regularly
3.Find a system with a high SEER the higher the better.
4.Make sure vents have nothing over them or anything reducing air flow.
5. Make sure all doors are closed to prevent heat from escaping.
http://www.energyright.com/
Sunday, October 31, 2010
The Nissan Leaf
By: Noah Turner
The car company Nissan has recently created a fully eletric car that will soon be released in North America, Europe, and Japan. The large battery pack on this car supplies it with enough energy for 100 miles of use. The Nissan Leaf can get to approxamently 90 mph smoothly and queitly, but because of it's low driving range is more of a commuters car and not so much for road trips.
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