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New Power Saving Product Reduces Standby Power Consumption


We all know that reducing standby electricity is a sure way to reduce your energy consumption, saving you money & helping to reduce your household’s impact on the environment. The patent pending adaptor senses when you device switches to standby mode, and cuts all power to it, effectively removing standby wastage. It in turn uses [...]

Do Power Saving Plug-In Adaptors Work?


I was always skeptical about this devices.. Noticed them on eBay – and stumble upon the occasional website selling them with big claims of huge % losses.. Anyway – looks like they aren’t all that they are cracked up to be.. This retailer came clean after they found that their products didn’t work. Check out [...]

Picture: Sharp Unveil Low Energy LCD TV


At just 1.1″ (29mm) thick this prototype LCD television from Sharp on display in Tokyo, Japan this week is the thinnest in the world. Not only is the television slim, its power consumption is the lowest of any LCD in the world. As I previously stated in High Powered Gadgets Threaten Energy we need to [...]

Energy Performance Certificates Influence Buyer Decisions


After commenting on the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates last week, research released today, compiled by Drummond Madell on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust suggest that the EPC rating of a house will influence 29% of peoples buying or renting decisions. This is a positive sign of the effect EPCs will have in future [...]

Picture: Sharp Unveil Low Energy LCD TV


At just 1.1″ (29mm) thick this prototype LCD television from Sharp on display in Tokyo, Japan this week is the thinnest in the world. Not only is the television slim, its power consumption is the lowest of any LCD in the world. As I previously stated in High Powered Gadgets Threaten Energy we need to [...]

Energy Performance Certificates Influence Buyer Decisions


After commenting on the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates last week, research released today, compiled by Drummond Madell on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust suggest that the EPC rating of a house will influence 29% of peoples buying or renting decisions. This is a positive sign of the effect EPCs will have in future [...]

Picture: Sharp Unveil Low Energy LCD TV


At just 1.1″ (29mm) thick this prototype LCD television from Sharp on display in Tokyo, Japan this week is the thinnest in the world. Not only is the television slim, its power consumption is the lowest of any LCD in the world. As I previously stated in High Powered Gadgets Threaten Energy we need to [...]

Energy Performance Certificates Influence Buyer Decisions


After commenting on the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates last week, research released today, compiled by Drummond Madell on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust suggest that the EPC rating of a house will influence 29% of peoples buying or renting decisions. This is a positive sign of the effect EPCs will have in future [...]

Planet Relief Big "Switch Off" Switched Off


The now defunct Planet Relief and its predecessor Live Earth, had both planned for a big switch off. The idea that thousands of households around the country would switch off simultaneously in a grand gesture to save the planet. Cameras positioned in prime aerial city locations around the UK would watch as the UK switched [...]

The Green Provocateur


After reading “The Green Provocateur” and Donnachadh McCarthy’s attempt to take on corporate organisations head on, I was to a certain degree pleased to see that the response from individuals, the corporates and the blogging communinty, here, here and here, in most cases was polite and positive. Which had me thinking about doing the same [...]