Energy Costs

Green Biz: Powerhouse Dynamics

In 2008, as the market for home energy management systems grew, Nielsen Van Duijn and Carsten Steenberg founded Powerhouse Dynamics to commercialize a monitor they had developed as a side project. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that their system, which connects to a home’s circuit breaker, allows homeowners to track where and when they consume the most

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Cruising With The WENG

In a matter of weeks, Stanford University graduate students have built an electric car they hope will make daily travel more environmentally friendly, efficient, and fun. The WENG–”Where Everyone Needs to Go”–is built for short-range, low-speed drives and may soon be the cool new way to cruise the neighborhood–and possibly the antidote to the fully

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Zero Energy Homes Catch On

USA TODAY reports that homes are increasingly being built in the United States to use little or no energy, a trend that could help reduce U.S. dependence on oil and gas, according to a new book. Zero energy homes are becoming the new green,” says David Johnston, one of the nation’s leading experts on green

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Cool Invention: The sOccket

It’s soccer’s newest utility player: A ball called the sOccket generates and stores energy as players kick it, then provides energy at home. reports Readers Digest. Fifteen minutes on the field captures enough energy to power a small light for three hours and may help people in developing nations replace kerosene, a leading cause of

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The Bloom Box

Large corporations have been testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid. Will we have one in every home someday? 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl reports. What do you think about the Bloom Box? Will the oil companies bury the technology? Does it sound too good

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