‘project green’ Archives
Emergence of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Emergence of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cells By Michael Vargas While hybrid cars use the combination of electric with fossil fuels, the result have been only a relatively small increase in fuel efficiency. Electric cars are becoming more popular, but they have a very limited range when compared to gas engines. Natural gas has been providing heat [...]
Easy Ways to Reduce Your Company’s Carbon Footprint
Easy Ways to Reduce Your Company's Carbon Footprint By Harvey McEwan People regularly use the term "carbon footprint" to describe their individual impact on the environment, but the time has come to consider it in a wider context. A lot of damage is being done by industry. As the need to reduce energy consumption and waste becomes more [...]
How To Track the Carbon Footprints of Your Enterprise
How To Track the Carbon Footprints of Your Enterprise By Darla Carlisle A carbon footprint, in general, encompasses all the information needed to calculate your emissions, whether you are looking at it from an individual, business, or institutional perspective. Your footprint is also regarded as your baseline: it is your starting point from [...]
Lessen Your Carbon Footprint With a Solar Lamp Post
Lessen Your Carbon Footprint With a Solar Lamp Post By Kathleen R Cole Lately, people have begun to realize the importance of renewable sources of energy, such as solar power. In such a scenario, it is obvious that the trend of using a solar lamp post has picked up pace. The light fixture in this lamp post is powered by solar energy. [...]
New California rules require cleaner cars
New California rules require cleaner cars. California, long a national leader in cutting auto pollution, pushed the envelope further Friday when state regulators approved a suite of rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and put far more more pollution-free vehicles on the road in coming years. The package of Air Resources [...]
City vehicles powered by cooking oil
The city of Smyrna, Georgia, implements plans to save fuel costs by converting cooking oil to bio-diesel.
Stop Air Pollution Now!
Stop Air Pollution Now! By Lyla Feldman My next car will be a hybrid or something of the like. Exhaust fumes coming from automobiles are one of my biggest pet peeves. In some places in the United States, if your car is older than a specified amount of years, you need to get a smog test done in order to drive it. Sadly, other places seem to be [...]
Environmentalism In The Workplace
Environmentalism In The Workplace By Mark X Andrews Businesses are currently undertaking initiatives to promote greater corporate environmental responsibility. International organizations like the United Nations encourage development of environmentally friendly processes and technologies as a commitment to nature. There are simple ways in [...]
Space! Where Solar Energy Is Limitless
Space! Where Solar Energy Is Limitless By Debbie Shockley The plan behind Space Based Solar Power is to send satellites in orbit around earth equipped with solar panels to collect the sun's energy, thereby; converting it to microwaves which are sent back to earth to be picked up by special by a special antenna called a "rectenna." It sends it [...]
Carbon Footprint Versus Ecological Footprint
Carbon Footprint Versus Ecological Footprint By Steve Auger The term carbon footprint has been growing in popularity over the past several years, primarily due to the heightened awareness of climate change. A carbon footprint consists of the net greenhouse gases emitted by an entity, individual, organization or nation. Personal carbon [...]
