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Plumbing is SO Last Season: New Water Generator Pulls Water From Thin Air
The quest for a clean and pure drinking water is a worldwide concern and finding better ways of addressing the need for safe drinking water is a task that scientists have struggled with for many years. Now, it seems that an important piece of the puzzle has presented itself quite literally “out of thin air.” It’s called the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) and it has just entered production by Florida, USA based WaterPure technologies.
Basically, the AWG is a technological response to what is fast becoming a global water crisis. The need to provide safe and clean drinking water is essential to survival. Not only because of the simple fact that human beings need water to live, but because water-borne pathogens are among the most common causes of serious illness worldwide. The problem is that in many parts of the world the water supply is minimal and commonly the quality of available water is continually degrading due to varying reasons, including environmental shift, industrial contamination and contagious disease. Because of these common risk factors associated with native ground water supplies, the AWG presents a significant advantage in comparison with competing filtration and purification technologies that require the use of standing water, since the AWG device is used to instead extract water from the atmosphere. Continue reading
New Contract for Lime Energy Places Company at Head of Green Collar Field
Lime Energy has positioned itself as one of the leaders in the green collar field of Eco Consulting and retrofit. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Lime Energy [Nasdaq: LIME] has a stated mission of improving physical environments where people live, work and play; delivering superior financial health for energy consumers; and purifying the natural environment. Furthermore, Lime Energy describes itself as being devoted to leading an energy efficiency movement by offering excellent service towards their customers, shareholders and all the other communities.
Through the company’s energy efficiency solutions, “clients can spend dramatically less on energy and building operations”. Thus, clients will be producing less waste, promoting a cleaner natural environment and living in a more comfortable and productive physical environment. Since clients are able to save money on energy, clients can invest in other opportunities which would foster a more productive business.
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Tagged baltimore, Chicago, eco friendly, energy, energy efficiency solutions, energy solutions, environment, fire stations, Illinois, innovative water solutions, johnson controls, lime energy, maryland, natural environment, rainwater catchment, sustainability, thermal energy, water
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Alaska’s First Geothermal Plant: The Frontier State’s Green Energy Breakthrough
King Salmon is a community known for its strong salmon fishing tradition and for the violent 1912 eruption of Mt. Katmai which collapsed into itself, making 2,000 feet of mountain disappear. But nearly a century later King Salmon, the nearest community to the impressively wild and prehistoric Katmai National Park and Preserve has become a home base for energy discovery. Because of this, residents are not only focusing on their fishing tradition, but on the drilling process.
A project converting Planet Earth’s trapped heat into energy is not new. However, the one underway on the Aleutian Chain’s northern tip is going to be Alaska’s first. Naknek Electric Association’s drilling marks Alaska’s first opportunity to have their very own utility-grade geothermal plant. Aside from being host to Alaska’s first geothermal plant residents of the Bristol Bay region will also benefit in other ways, since utility rates are projected to decrease by 50% or more. At first, only three communities; Naknek, South Naknek and King Salmon, will be able to connect with the new power source. However the project’s goal is to bring in all 28 villages of the Bristol Bay region to the new power source.
The first geothermal well measuring 10,000 feet or nearly 2.5 miles in depth was drilled earlier this summer, at a cost of $20 million. The second well is estimated to cost approximately $9 million and will begin this fall. A third well is still in the planning stages.
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10 Ways to Make Your Home Green
Given the recent ecological disasters of the past 3 months with the BP oil spill. Its even more important now to make an environmental contribution today. So, before any other calamity comes our way, let us all take the time to make our homes green. If you take the initiative now, you can share with neighbors and make a real lasting contribution. Together, we can make whole world greener, by starting with our very own homes.
10 ways to make your home more green:
1) If you’re handy and creative, then you might as well think of building things for your home that are made up of recyclable materials. Most cities have architectural salvage stores where you pickup previously used building materials and incorporate the raw materials into your home. Continue reading
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