Tag Archives: Green Solutions

Affording Solar Power at Your Location

Affording Solar Power at Your Location

One of the biggest deterrents to more residents not investing in solar power is the fact that the installation process costs nearly half of what the house may cost according to the geographical location. Although financing is available through many companies, it could still take you more than 10 years  Read more »

Add Comments May 16, 2013

Give eco friendly promotional products and increase business value

Give eco friendly promotional products and increase business value

Minimize pollution, save the environment, use green products; these are the messages that frequently hit your ears and eyes through billboards, newspapers, magazines and electronic media. So the marketers have decided to support this noble cause and also gain benefit for their company. 

Add Comments May 7, 2013

Green innovations for a sustainable future: Air Cleaning Paint – Let’s paint the world

Green innovations for a sustainable future: Air Cleaning Paint – Let’s paint the world

Most eco-friendly products on the market focus on reducing their environmental impact, through the materials used  efficiency in manufacturing and energy-efficiency (for electronic products). The Air Cleaning Paint sets a new standard for green products. It minimizes environmental impact by lower VOC levels, while its air cleaning technology continuously absorbs air pollution by using sunlight  Read more »

1 Comment May 5, 2013

New LED Street Light Design Could Eliminate Light Pollution

New LED Street Light Design Could Eliminate Light Pollution

Current street light designs spreads light into unwanted directions which wastes energy and results to non-uniform light patterns, unnecessary upward-reflection, and glare (very uncomfortable for drivers). This inefficient use of lighting is called “Light Pollution” – term for misdirected artificial light. In some cases conventional street lights losses half its light due  Read more »

1 Comment April 30, 2013

The Great GreenWall of Africa – 4,000 Mile Wall of Trees Against Climate Change

The Great GreenWall of Africa – 4,000 Mile Wall of Trees Against Climate Change

Across the East-West stretch of Africa an ambitious and unique project is underway to plant adjacent “Wall of Trees” as a preventive measure against the rapidly expanding desertification of the Sahara. Because of its immense scale, with the wall stretching 4,200 miles long and 9 miles wide covering the entire width  Read more »

Add Comments April 26, 2013

Algae lamps absorb 200 times more CO2 than a Tree, Is it possible?

Algae lamps absorb 200 times more CO2 than a Tree, Is it possible?

Algae on street lamps does not usually make sense. But for several years now Pierre Calleja, a french biochemist, has been developing a street lamp that feeds on vast amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere. What is more amazing is that it is more efficient than trees, tests shows  Read more »

Add Comments April 24, 2013

50MW Wind Power Expected In Pulupandan, Philippines

50MW Wind Power Expected In Pulupandan, Philippines

Philippines, Negros Occidental – The town of Pulupandan will soon get a taste of clean energy from wind turbines that are set to produce 50 megawatts (MW) of wind power by the end of 2015. This huge project is funded by a Filipino-owned power generation firm.

Add Comments April 20, 2013

Help Spread the Word: Ask GAP to Detox our Water

Help Spread the Word: Ask GAP to Detox our Water

The textile industry in Indonesia has been caught dumping waste water with a pH of 14 directly into the Citarum River. If you can’t remember your chemistry lessons from school – most drinking water has a pH between 6.5 and 8.5. Oven cleaners have a pH around 12. 14 will  Read more »

Add Comments April 19, 2013