Solar Powered Flushometer

There is an invention for toilets that will help conserve energy. There is a thing called a exposed-solar-powered dual flush water closet flushometer. They are part of the Sloan SOLIS collection. They are the fist solar powered senser operated flushometers. If the user does not automatically press the button it will atomatically flush by itself!!! AMAZING!! This invention is not that recent but it is AMAZING!! and also a very new type of technology.



By Rhyan Montgomery

Water Conservation Ways

Looking for water conservation ideas? Well, at http://wateruseitwisely.com/, the website lists a hundred ways to conserve water. One of these ways includes using the water collected on your roof and in gutters to water your garden. Instead of running your food under water to thaw it, just defrost in the freezer, and this is safer for your food too. And if you have ice left over in your cup from a restaraunt, don't throw it down the sink! Throw the ice in a plant, where the ice will melt and water the plant. Visit this website to find other ways to save water and cut the cost of your water bill.

Solar Powered CoffeeMaker

by Ivy Long

Coffeemakers are a dime a dozen, but when they're solar powered, they are both concept and novelty. It works with sunlight which heats the water that is put in to the coffeemaker. The coffeemaker will also make tea for you. The solar panels on this coffeemaker are built in the battery. This coffeemaker is totally inexpensive and eco-friendly. If you like solar power then this is the coffeemaker for you.

Wooden Phone

by Kaila Thieman

These phones are Eco friendly, but not in the normal way. They are actually made of wood! It has a keypad and a camera. it looks just like a piece of wood with a screen added. They think that this breakthrough could someday lead to other items being made out of wood such as ipods and laptops. This still needs some work and is not yet a finished idea but if it could someday be improved it would be a great way to help the earth. Wood is totally recyclable so this wouldn't build up in the landfills.

http://www.inventionreaction.com/weird-inventions/Maple-Phone-Developed-By-Yoon-And-Lee

To Blackle, Or Not To Blackle

You may have seen or been to a Google owned website named Blackle. http://www.blackle.com/ This website is the opposite of Google, color wise. Blackle is not bright white, but a midnight black. This website has claimed to save energy by not using as many watts by displaying black instead of white. Other sources claim the opposite.



Sources say that Blackle does NOT work if you have an LCD monitor. In fact, it does the opposite! With LCD monitors, Blackle actually causes you to LOSE one watt hour. The only way Blackle works is if you are using a non LCD monitor.



sources: http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/does-a-darkened-google-really-save-electricity-104/

http://http//wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_Blackle_really_save_energy

Energy Sources

By:Rachel Skillicorn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_development

Renewable Energy are natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and (geothermal) heat. They are an alternative from fossil fuels and nuclear power.

Wind: The turbines that are created from wind cause rotation of magnets which makes electricity

Geothermal: When the heat turns into steam it pushes the water back up which is used to turn turbines into electrical energy.

Tidal: When the tides come and connect with the water turbine they turn and that can turn an electrical turbine or gas compressor.

Energy Effiecient Computer

By: Morganne Williams





For a growing crowd, energy efficient computers are a must have. If all of the computers in the United States were energy efficient we could reduced gas emissions by the equivalent of 2 million cars and save about $2 billion. If you don't have an energy efficient computer you can still save energy using the one that you have now by programming a sleep mode or turning it off when it is not in use.



For more information go to:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/sustainable/5-energy-efficient-computers.htm