daylight saving Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:49:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 The Morning Challenge Suggests Japanese People To Wake Up 1 Hour Earlier For Saving CO2 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/morning-challenge-co2-saving-20100630/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/morning-challenge-co2-saving-20100630/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:49:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8271 It looks like the Japanese aren't going to stay behind the English with daylight saving (or vice-versa), and launch a campaign that encourages people to change their wake-up and sleep time one hour earlier to save lots of tons of emitted carbon dioxide.

The post The Morning Challenge Suggests Japanese People To Wake Up 1 Hour Earlier For Saving CO2 appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/morning-challenge-co2-saving-20100630/feed/ 0 8271 Research: Postponing 5 O'Clock Tea By 1 Hour Could Offer Huge CO2 Savings https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-postponing-5-oclock-tea-1-hour-offer-huge-co2-savings-20100627/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-postponing-5-oclock-tea-1-hour-offer-huge-co2-savings-20100627/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:01:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8206 You surely remember how it's like in winter: you wake up, it's dark, you turn the lights on. When you go to work, there's finally more light, but when you return at around 5, say, it's dark again, and you feel like you've been missing the whole day. But that's not the point. The idea is that you consume much more electricity and resources if your schedule doesn't match the daylight.

The post Research: Postponing 5 O'Clock Tea By 1 Hour Could Offer Huge CO2 Savings appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-postponing-5-oclock-tea-1-hour-offer-huge-co2-savings-20100627/feed/ 1 8206