Wake Forest University Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Swimming Pool Waves Can Produce 10 kWh Per Day, WFU https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swimming-pool-waves-wfu-energy-20140116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swimming-pool-waves-wfu-energy-20140116/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:26:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45201 Nobody says that the best and the most valuable green energy generating technologies have to be large scale. In fact, as a smart person has claimed, “every little helps”, and if we could all find a way to harness even the smallest bit of energy from any renewable source, it could all add up to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/swimming-pool-waves-wfu-energy-20140116/feed/ 0 45201 New Polymer That Harvests Both Heat and Light Invented at Wake Forest University https://www.greenoptimistic.com/polymer-heat-light-wake-forest-20110405/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/polymer-heat-light-wake-forest-20110405/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:01:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17809 One day we will get as far as taking a shower and turning on the heat in our room with the energy our roof has collected over the day. And when I say this I feel encouraged by the new solar-thermal device based on polymer material that Wake Forest University researchers invented.

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