Archive for March, 2009

Spring Time Energy Conservation

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by soohool

Now that Spring has officially arrived there are a few things we can do to continue conserving energy that won’t cost a dime.
1.  Shut off your furnace’s pilot flame.  You can save an average of $5/month by shutting off your furnace’s pilot light.  Instead of letting the flame burn in stand-by mode for the next [...]

New Energy Monitor and Twitter

Posted on March 1st, 2009 by soohool

At this year’s Greener Gadgets conference, hosted in New York by the Consumer Electronics Association, some new cleantech concepts and devices were introduced.  A big hit seems to be the Tweet-a-Watt (by Phillip Torrone) which is an energy monitor that integrates a ZigBee wireless data module and links to Twitter.
How does it work?
Well, the new energy [...]