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Small Electricity Savings At Home Can Have Big Impact

November 8, 2010

Common sense, every day actions such as switching off lights, unplugging appliances when not in use, reducing heating and washing clothes on cooler cycles may have a bigger impact on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions than previously estimated. Technorati Tags: London, Research, saving electricity Related Posts:Rock Legend Paul Simonon Was Arrested During Greenpeace ExpeditionBlackfriars [...]

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Microsoft Hohm and Blue Line Innovation launch energy-monitoring partnership

August 16, 2010

Microsoft and Blue Line Innovations have joined forces to give consumers real-time information about their energy use, with simple graphs that show how to save energy and money. Technorati Tags: Blue Line, Microsoft, saving electricity Related Posts:Small Electricity Savings At Home Can Have Big ImpactSaving energy: Microsoft launches tool to measure energy usageIdeas to green [...]

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Ideas to green your home

April 16, 2010

Our homes are a good place to start when it comes to adopting a greener lifestyle. They consume copious amounts of energy, produce a hell of a lot of trash and may include toxic materials in its building. Nasty, right? Technorati Tags: Electricity generation, Energy, Feed-in Tariff, Money, Renewable energy, saving electricity, Sustainable energy, Technology, [...]

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How to save electricity during winter

November 23, 2009

Image by the_exploratorium via Flickr It’s getting colder out there, which means more pressure on our home heating systems and a huge increase in electricity consumption. But there are things we can do to mitigate the environmental impact of staying warm in the cold season. Technorati Tags: Electricity, Heat, House, saving electricity, Solar heating, Stove, [...]

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