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Dog Waste

Students Use Dog Waste to Light Park

Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Leisure , Organic Waste , Parks & Recreation , Waste Management Every day, about 200 dogs and their owners visit the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. When they go home, they leave behind about eight cubic yards of dog waste, plastic bottles, bags and other trash. Read more
Energy Savings

Save Big on Heating, Cooling Costs with Efficiency Controls

Posted on May, 2012 Categories: Building Green , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning, also known as HVAC Read more
Green Toys

Helping to Develop Green Toy Standards

Posted on March, 2012 Categories: Business , Check It Out! , Consumer , Recycling , Waste Management , Water Management Catherine Wilt, director of the Center for Clean Products at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, is working to make toys healthier, safer, and more environmentally-friendly. Read more
Vegetable Oil-Fueled

Greenspeed, Worlds Fastest Vegetable Oil-Fueled Vehicle

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Transportation The world’s fastest vegetable oil-fueled vehicle – conceived, built and driven by a team of Boise State University undergraduate students dubbed Greenspeed – will be on display at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C. Read more
NREL Solar Cell

Tiny Solar Cell Could Make a Big Difference

Posted on January, 2012 Categories: Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Featured , Solar How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse?  How about six hundred microns wide — about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen? Read more
Coffee Beans

Using Coffee to Brew up Energy

Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Energy Savings , Organic Waste , Waste Management The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota recently announced  it is leading a project to develop an efficient renewable electricity technology for coffee-processing plants. Read more
Mushroom Kit-2T

Grow-At-Home Mushroom Kit

Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Organic Waste , Waste Management The Back to the Roots' grow-at-home mushroom kit lets you grow up to 1 1/2 lbs of gourmet, tasty oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days...right from the box.  The soil inside is 100% recycled coffee grounds - safe & sustainable.  Inspired by the idea of producing local, fresh food from what was an urban waste stream, Read more
Electroncis

Looking for Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Consumer Electronics Products this Holiday Season?

Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , E-Waste , Featured , Waste Management The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today offers the following advice to consumers who want to “give green” and are looking for Read more
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP'S SUB-$15 LED BULB

Award Winning World Bulb

Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Check It Out! , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Lighting "The World Bulb gives off a clean, bright light equivalent to that of a conventional 60-watt incandescent bulb, but while using 85% less electricity." Read more
Organic Waste

Composting During Winter

Posted on November, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Featured , Organic Waste , Waste Management As interest in composting continues to grow, a common question is “Can I compost in winter?”.  The answer is an emphatic – maybe.  Composting season essentially ends when temperatures are regularly below 40 degrees (F). Read more
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