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Remodelled house generates more energy than it uses

It is AMAZING how much CFLs save ....Not just in raw wattage consumption, but on reducing the heat load on air conditioning.It adds up to BIG BUCKS every month!LEDs the next big thingCFLs require about 1/3rd of the energy to produce a given light output, when compared to incandescents.LED bulbs,...

Tags: Engineering, CFL, light-emitting diode, mercury

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?

LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?We have mostly CFLs in our house.They are very bright for the wattage the use. They also have different spectrum values. But the mercury is a nasty drawback. I hope the LEDs will have a similar selection of the...

Tags: Engineering, receptical, light-emitting diode, CFL

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Is green living just for the rich?

Is green living just for the rich?Al Gore & Obama living richYes, I would agree Al Gore is getting rich off carbon bogus lies.RE: Is green living just for the rich?I don't buy into the "green movement", at least not in its entirety. Sure, I'll use CFLs, but that's...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Arrhenius, CFL, cheese

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

The CFL kerfuffle

The CFL kerfuffleThe NY Times deserves to go bankruptThat kind of shoddy journalism makes me glad they will eventually go out of business. Personally, I have swapped about 80% of the bulbs in my home with CFLs. One 6 pack of GE bulbs worked for about an hour in my...

Tags: Monitors & displays, CFL

Discussion threads 2009-03-29

Is the LED revolution coming?

Is the LED revolution coming?Not so fastLED's are a great technology, however they are still very expensive to implement. I spent approximately $250 in bulbs (from www.thebulb.com) for CFL's to convert my entire home [and thats with the Energy Star discount code]. Grand total of bulbs? About 40. Now I...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, bulb, LED Bulb

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun). Any bright ideas?

Needed: a truly green source of light besides the sun. Any bright ideas?The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW by Jeff WilsonThis past year the exorbitant cost of fuel has seriously damaged our economy.After filling up the family vehicles and paying more for every consumer product whose cost...

Tags: Engineering, CFL, light-emitting diode, bright idea, Needed

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun). Any bright ideas?

Fossil fuel prices are dropping so all the folks who rushed into the alternative energy branch of greentech are going to be slogging up a steep and slippery slope for some time. But can't somebody come up with a good idea for artificial lighting that is both more efficient...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Fossil Fuel Price, CFL, MERCURY, Worldwatch, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Towards low-cost LED lighting

Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical. Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED lighting

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks back

Father of the compact fluorescent bulb looks backLED/CFL and DimmersThere are not many CFLs that are dimmable, but if they are, they don't dim well below 20% like at the home theater and when it comes to "sunrise" effect during the time I wake up around 5:30 AM. CFLs must...

Tags: Vertical industries, CFL

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

Lights out for conventional bulbs in California?

Lights out for conventional bulbs in California?Humming?I have CFL's throughout my home as well as at work. Although my hearing may not be that good, I have never heard them hum nor have I heard anyone complain about it.As for the environmental concerns of temperature and humidity, not as big...

Tags: Engineering, CFL, mercury

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

Additional Resources

Global warming? No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

Harry, cut the BS. Write about tech some time.or get a job.Stop Preaching...and writing in a condescending tone. You and Blanchenwhatshisname should start your own site and stop posting this junk to a TECH site. Throwing in a line at the end about Green Jobs doesn't mean your...

Tags: Gender and diversity, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

CFL Calculator Free for iPhone 1.0.1 (Mobile)

CFL Calculator Free for iPhonee helps the environment and save money by converting from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs. It is easy to get bogged down in the calculations - kilowatt hours, hours of use, and watt differentials. Simply type in your average light bulb usage time per...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Hour, Mobile, MF Software, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-13

CFL Calculator for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

CFL Calculator for iPhone helps the environment and save money by converting from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs. It is easy to get bogged down in the calculations - kilowatt hours, hours of use, and watt differentials. Simply type in your average light bulb usage time per day,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Hour, Mobile, MF Software, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Mid-week HDTV news: Plasmas are hot sellers (again); Vizio remains tops in LCDs; Sony delays next OLED set

Sony LCDI can see why Sony's sales are dropping in the HD market. Their projection LCD's are a piece of junk and high priced. They don't even last a year before they require service, and usually completely fail at 5 years or less. I'd stay away from...

Tags: Monitors & displays, LCD, Sony Corp., Vizio, organic light-emitting diode

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

New and better solar cells

New and better solar cellsIf enough new and better monkeys flew out of my buttthey could make wind power work, provided they didn't need to eat, breath, and crap.If if if if if if.How about a solar tech that doesn't require the mining and use or production of heavy metals...

Tags: solar cell, environment

Discussion threads 2009-07-25

How do I... Use the Windows Common Feed List to manage RSS feeds?

With the release of Windows Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, and Outlook 2007, Microsoft has also included a new feature, the Windows Common Feed List CFL, as a viable option for managing your RSS Feeds. Wally Bahny shows you how it works.

Tags: RSS Feed, Wally Bahny, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Download resources 2009-06-24

Is green living just for the rich?

When a clebrity celebrates green living, one standard reply: I can't afford it. Is the slow food movement only for latte-sipping Prius drivers? Here in my semi-rural part of Oregon the locally-produced, organic cheeses cost at least double what the mass produced cheeses cost at the big chain...

Tags: Food, Cheese, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Overblown Wi-Fi signal worry: Don't toss that baby monitor

Overblown Wi-Fi signal worry: Don't toss that baby monitorOther possible solutions includeRelocating your workspace to the nursery.Relocating baby to the home office.Day care center.Cold cathode backlights on TFTs may also be a problemI've noticed that when my laptop screen goes off, wifi-transfers/downloads proceed much quicker.>20KBytes as opposed to 5-10KBytes with...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, baby monitor, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

NFL Office Pool 11.0 (Windows)

NFL Office Pool is ready for you to run the pool and you can handle not only the pros but NCAA, CFL, WFL, and even Arena Football. It's preloaded with all the scheduled NFL match ups. Players can make picks online and the software will automatically download picks (or you...

Tags: Software, Dolphin Ltd., NFL, Microsoft Windows, NFL Office Pool, Tie-breakers, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-04-22

News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-30