LG Electronics Launches Solar Powered Hybrid Air Conditioner
Warming up in winter by using the Sun is one thing, but cooling down in the summer by using the same Sun is way more interesting. LG Electronics just announced yesterday that they will launch their first air conditioner powered by a solar panel.
Samsung Unveils LCD Monitor That Powers Itself Solely From Your PC's USB
Samsung has unveiled a 18.5-inch LCD display that consumes only 6.3W. The announcement, made at SID 2010, has been accompanied by a demonstration in which such a display was powered only via a USB 2.0 cable from the PC it was linked to!
Southern California Implementing 53 MW Ice Energy Storage for Air Conditioning Systems
Ice can be used to store energy (though the other way we may be tempted to think) just like hot bricks or molten salt. Several Southern California municipal utilities will be implementing ice-based energy storage devices to reduce the air conditioning consumption in government offices and commercial buildings. Over the next two years, they will install 6,000 devices at 1,500 locations, storing around 53 megawatts of energy in total.
Electricity-Producing Shock Absorbers On Their Way to The Market This Summer
After sleeping for a while, energy-producing shock absorbers appear in the news again. Levant Power, a company from Massachusetts, produces such shock absorbers that are developed by Cambridge. The company claims that their product can lower fuel consumption by 1.5 to 6 percent, depending on the vehicle and driving conditions.
Hydrophobic Coating Inspired by Water Ferns Could Make Ships Consume 10 Percent Less
Water ferns have tiny hairs that are superhydrophobic. Their properties, if applied in real life conditions to a sail boat, for example, could lead to a reduction of up to 10 percent of the boat's fuel consumption by reducing friction.
For Efficient Fridges: New Magnetocaloric Material Also Cools Under Mechanical Pressure
Magnetocaloric materials have been the most advanced in this field by now. The researchers' new material also produces a caloric effect under hydrostatic pressure. For developing their discovery, they worked on a high-pressure system developed by the UPC.
DIY: How to Build an Energy Meter for Your Stand-by Devices
This DIY presents a device capable of detecting the stand-by mode of low-consuming electronics in your home (like plugged-in phone chargers, without the phones attached) etc. The metering starts when the devices enter stand-by and stop when they start consuming in large amounts.
Self-Propelling Water Cooling System Could Green Computers Up
Less than a year ago, we have been talking about Chunlei Guo, a researcher that, along with his assistant Anatoliy Vorobyev, has demonstrated how by nano-sculpturing metals with a powerful laser, can make liquids flow upwards, defying gravity.
Hydra Energy Saving Device Uses Your Phone to Tell Your Energy Vampires
For every device there is plogg, a measuring apparatus mounted between the wall socket and the consumer that measures its power consumption and wirelessly sends that consumption to a central server around your house.
SkySail Offers Big Boats Up to 30% Reduction in Fuel Consumption
Cargo boats are among the most polluting things on Earth after cars. Most of them have no emission control and do not obey regulations put in place only a few years ago. Because their value is huge and their profits are enormous, only unobtrusive green thinking can change the way they travel and pollute the air.
