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General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'average home-owners are screwedMost cannot drop $30K on solar panels. The rich people buy panels, drop consumption from the power grid. Electric company compensates buy raising rates to the remaining (non-rich) customers. So the rich get richer and the poor learn to read...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Solar Heating, Earthships, net-zero energy home, energy home, General Electric Co., winter

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

A zero energy home in Oklahoma

A zero energy home in OklahomaTankless microwave water heaterhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051122.gthotwater1122/BNStory/TechnologyWrong tankless water heater diagramThe diagram shown for the tankless water heater system is for a gas fired unit even shows a gas line in the diagram. This is exactly how my Bosch 125HX unit works. The caption directly above...

Tags: ROI/TCO, zero energy home, energy home, investment

Discussion threads 2006-05-15

Additional Resources

Cleantech Open: And the award goes to ... EcoFactor

Home energy management technology from Ecofactor, which could play a role in the smart grid, gets big thumbs-up at the 2009 Cleantech Open business plan competition. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Clean Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Home energy displays show you the juice (photos)

There are dozens of companies preparing home energy displays to help consumers find ways to save energy, but it's hard to say which approach will stick. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Energy, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-20

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Vizio VO320E

Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, Vizio, Vizio VO320E

Product reviews 2009-11-16

More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid

Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

EPA's Energy Star program continues to have teeth

It wouldn't surprise me if the real motivation was...In a poor sales market, I'm wondering if many homeowners are looking for an edge and attempt to get certified just to have their home stand out when trying to sell it.people make a bigger difference than organizationsThis is good evidence for...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Energy Star, EPA Energy Star program, EPA Energy Star, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Apple's big box store debuts in NYC

Not like Best BuyBest Buy does not do panoramic walls of glass.Apple Stores do not a jerk at the exit door asking to see your receipt.That looks really uglyUgh, the designer needs to be fired, quick.RE: Apple's big box store debuts in NYCHow does that in any way look like...

Tags: Construction, iStore, Apple Inc., big-box-store, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Asus UL50AG-RBBBK05

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. This year has undoubtedly been defined, if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shave size--and even...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, ASUS, laptop computer, processor

Product reviews 2009-11-11

Green building boom

Somebody please explain something here.How can these green building--and associated manufacturing--jobs not be the same old "not green" jobs just slid into a new spot? Are these in addition to the "not green" jobs. Are the old "not green" just canned and dropped from the rolls of humanity....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, McGraw-Hill Construction, job

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

ZEROlab to measure carbon footprints

RE: ZEROlab to measure carbon footprintsJust a company that is more then willing to take away your rights and freedoms. Last time I looked CO2 is a needed ingredient in the process of life, for without it we have no life no plants, no food. CO2 is a much needed...

Tags: Blogging, ZEROlab, carbon footprint, CEC, Al Gore

Discussion threads 2009-11-08

Seeking a bright idea on light bulbs

Government please helpI need to big Gov to feed & cloth me.Dimmable Light BulbsI hope those new dimmable light bulbs are completely dimmable from 0 to 100% in a linear scale.Otherwise, incandescent is the only way to go for home automation as I use ramp rates in Insteon lamp modules.CFL's...

Tags: Engineering, bright idea, CFL

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon

Bankrupt USAIn other news, Oboma gives out TRILLIONS of dollarsto other energy vendors with no liability andno need to repay.All of the tax payers will pay with higher taxes,inflation and worthless dollars.China is putting a stop to loaning the USA money.We are in deep, trouble.China is going to own this...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon

Fed money goes for energy and water industries to get more efficient. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Lobbyist, Hardware, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-05

House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

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.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...

Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-05