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Ten Tips For Making Your Home More Environmentally Friendly

This article gives 10 simple tips to make your home more environmentally friendly . These tips are designed to help homeowners improve energy efficiency, save money and decrease their carbon footprint

7 Apr 2009

Facts and Guidelines For The Use of Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are widely marketed as an energy saving replacement for incandescent bulbs. This article outlines some facts and guidelines to assist in the adoption of CFLs to replace normal bulbs

31 Mar 2009

How Hybrid Cars and Plugin Hybrid Vehicles Work

Increasing concerns about the environment and petrol prices are driving the market for Hybrid Electric Vehicles or HEVs. The advantage of HEVs is that they combine the benefits of petrol or diesel engines with electric motors. This article examines how hybrid and plug in hybrid cars work

17 Mar 2009

Key Elements Required for Compliance Focused Environmental Management Systems

The compliance-focused EMS model is intended to supplement, not replace, EMS models developed by voluntary consensus standards bodies, such as the ISO 14001 EMS standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization. This article gives key elements for a compliance-focused EMS model

17 Mar 2009

Environmental Management Systems, What Is An Environmental Management System and How An EMS Can Benefit Your Business

Corporations and organizations are being encouraged to use environmental management systems (EMSs) that improve compliance, pollution prevention, and other measures of environmental performance but what exactly are EMSs

10 Mar 2009

Solar Panels and Hailstorms, Can Solar Panels Withstand Impact Damage of Hail Stones

As solar panels have become cheaper and climate change concerns have increased one of the primary questions potential purchasers of a solar electricity modules have is what happens to solar panels in a storm, particularly if that storm involves hail

2 Mar 2009

Ten Simple Ways for Consumers to Save Money on Electricity Bills

With consumers and businesses alike looking for ways to reduce expenses, never has there been a better time to become more energy efficient and ultimately save money by altering electricity use. This article looks at 10 ways to save money on electricity and reduce energy use

23 Feb 2009

Seven Steps to Saving Energy and Money With an Environmentally Friendly IT Department

Managing the energy demands of computers can have great benefits for the environment, but in most corporate environments it is the cost savings that draw management to explore green IT options. This article looks at ways in which the IT department can lead the charge down the green path for companies of any size

17 Feb 2009

Green Weddings, How to Help the Environment and Hold Your Own Environmentally Friendly Green Wedding

As the world becomes increasingly environmentally aware brides and grooms are responding by walking their wedding celebrations as green as possible. This article examines 'Green Weddings', also known as ' Natural Weddings' and looks at how you can hold your own green wedding

15 Feb 2009

Saving Energy and Money in the Kitchen

We don't tend to think a lot about the amount of energy we use in the kitchen but the simple act of cooking uses around 15 percent of the energy consumed in the home. The following tips will help you save energy and money in the kitchen

27 Jan 2009