CHINA WATCH Yesterday marked the one-year countdown to the opening of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. Greenbang took a picture of the skies, just to keep a record. Maybe today’s weather can predict that of next year’s Olympics opening day. It seems pretty promising. But, as we’
A friend of Greenbang’s has just bought a house on the Bedzed development in South London. It is the only carbon neutral housing estate in the UK and includes grey water recycling, a local combined heat and power station and directional wind funnels on the roofs to ensure residents
What is this all about? Brits are spending more on goods with labels that make products seem friendlier to the environment. Well yes, I can see that. But this bit… “Up to 40 per cent of Brits reckon their shopping will be 100 per cent ‘green’ by March next year.
Fancy learning a new verb made up by the American business people of this world? No? Thought not. Me neither. Moofing means working from home – which Greenbang hasn’t blogged much about yet, but he does quite a lot of. So he’s truly sorry this is the first piece.
Well it’s obvious – if the rate firms are buying up server hosting space continues, there’s going to be a HUGE demand for more power. Apparently the electricity boards have told the banks in the UK – well London anyway – “no more server farms, please – our grid cannee cope captain”
CHINA WATCH China has frozen planned industrial projects in six cities and five industrial parks along four major river systems to prevent them from being further contaminated. Wuhu industrial park is one of the five which were indicted by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) for its role in polluting
It seems blindingly obvious that if you’re going to build a dishwasher (or washing machine, or whatever) that consumes much less power than its predecessor, you would expect it to do so without sacrificing its ability to actually do the job. Well, it seems some companies beg to differ.
That’s right, a new hybrid 3-wheeled scooter from Piaggio reckons it can eke out 170 miles (nearly 275 kms from less than 4 litres of fuel–or 70+ kms per litre). EcoGeek has the news: Scooters are fuel efficient all on their own, so when you add in an
The UK government consultation on smart meters is now open for business. The theory is that high-tech meters showing householders exactly how much energy they are using in real time will act as a deterrent and help cut the massive carbon footprint of the domestic housing sector. (Get all the
Greenbang likes the Times, but he was pretty astonished to read this piece the other day, which makes the claim that walking to the shops is more damaging than driving to the shops. “Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories
CHINA WATCH The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has signed a partnership with oil giant BP to set up the Clean Energy Commercialization Centre (CECC). The centre will focus on creating “clean” energy from coal, which currently accounts for about 70% of the country’s total energy consumption. As the
Energy consultants and other related are cashing in from the surge of interest in sustainability, green issues and just good common sense energy efficiency measures. As this article in Reuters highlights, these firms have recorded ‘exponential growth’ all of a sudden. Steven Winters said green was not even on the
