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Energy efficiency standards for appliances should include upstream costs

Technology / Energy

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy should consider gradually changing its system of setting appliance energy-efficiency standards to a full-fuel-cycle measurement, which takes into account both the energy used to operate an appliance, ...





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Energy Dept. issues boiler, furnace guides

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 19, 2007 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy efficiency standards for residential furnaces and boilers were pumped up Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy.


Red Hat to Build a Virtual Appliance OS

Technology / Software

created May 10, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The open-source solutions provider has partnered with Intel Corp. to deploy appliances in a virtual machine to bring enterprise-class management and security to the PC.


A new refrigerator could save you cool cash

Technology / Energy

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.


Home heating efficiencies offer 'hat trick' of savings: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving the energy efficiency of Maryland homes heated by natural gas would generate a "hat trick" of economic and environmental benefits over the next 10 years, including more than 80,000 new jobs, savings of hundreds ...


Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Technology / Energy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 12

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency (for non-concentrator solar cells) of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell.


Experts say cap and trade not enough

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 8

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report in a new policy brief that cap and trade climate policies alone will not be sufficient to put the nation on track to achieve a 50 to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse ...


Packeteer, Microsoft Team Up on Branch-Office Box

Technology / Software

created May 08, 2007 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The all-in-one iShaper appliance offers WAN optimization and quality-of-service prioritization in a unified platform, Packeteer says.


Survey: Most effective dental braces are least attractive

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to the attractiveness of orthodontic braces, less metal is better, according to a recent survey.


Hot electron solar cell

Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Cell Power Efficiency

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2 weblog

Scientists have experimentally verified a theory suggesting that hot electrons could double the output of solar cells. The researchers, from Boston College, have built solar cells that successfully use hot ...


Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy efficiency technologies that exist today or that are likely to be developed in the near future could save considerable money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Fully adopting ...



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