Category: Enviroblog
Greenest cars ranked by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Usually we do not write about cars here but when looked at the most recent ACEEE rankings found it really interesting. To our surprise the greenest car at the top of the list is not completely electric: Toyota Prius Prime SE, which is plug-in hybrid.Actually 4 out of top 10Read More
San Jose does care about where the plastic goes
One of the trickiest plastic products for recycling is what commonly known as “Styrofoam”. More precise classification of that is “Closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam” or XPS. Often in day-to-day conversations we do not differentiate it from expanded polystyrene foam (EPS or Thermocol), which is quite different but for the purposeRead More
Do Smart Home technologies help to fight global warming?
With proper design, programming and installation Smart Home technologies can have a tremendous impact on energy consumption and reduce amount of energy that need to be dissipated from the surface of the planet. We’ll just take an example of the home heating. Typical bedroom in the house with central HVACRead More
Environmental impact comparison of traditional and modern weather membrane materials.
For the thousands of years humans were trying to find best protection from weather elements to be able to relax in comfort of the home. With evolvement of construction from a bunch of stones put together to skyscrapers we’re progressively improving efficiency and durability of the building materials. In frameRead More