Clean energy/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Renewable energy wind farm
Renewable energy

什么是清洁能源?

...cleanestenergy? Despite how commonly the term ‘cleanenergy’ is used, there is actually no such thing. At least not in the power delivery market ; there are only various levels of ‘dirty’energy. Starting with the worst and moving up, that would in general be - coal, oil, natural gas and propane, wood and other bio-...

Wind turbine © Jinterwas, Flickr
Lifestyle and environment

Clean energy infrastructure and efficient-housing for Canada's Indigenous communities

...CleanEnergywebsite is championed by LumosEnergy,CleanEnergyAdvisor and Mentor to Indigenous communities across Canada. LumosEnergybrings extensive experience and innovative strategies tocleanenergyproject development generating a suite of social and economic benefits for Indigenous communities and peoples. W...

Bullfrog clean power
Renewable energy

Bullfrog Power makes clean renewable energy available to all of us.

...cleanenergyto compensate for your personal consumption, so that much less power will be generated through more harmful methods. Bullfrog operates under the same principle, so you can give yourself the same pat on the back for generating power. They simply inject an amount of greenenergyequal to your consumption i...

Saving Energy in Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs - Our Top Tips to Save Money
Natural swimming pools and ponds

Top tips for energy efficient swimming pools - reduce pool cleaning & running costs

...energy, and as solar heating systems for pools, see our how to guide onenergysaving ways to heat a pool here . Robotic poolcleaners save on electricity costs Robot poolcleaners have revolutionized the swimming poolcleaning task and are anenergysaving method of moving toward the goal of ‘greener’ pools. Essen...

Green building certifications

Powerhouse: the new standard for positive energy design

...energyperformance and generation to include the full lifecycle. In short, the entire ecological footprint of the building, including embodiedenergyof building materials and decommissioning at the end of its life must be offset by its ownenergyproduction. The requirements for certification as stated on the Powerhou...

Why Electric Heating Systems are Best for Sustainable Homes
Heating with electricity

Heating with Electricity - The Best Choice for High Efficiency & Zero Energy Homes?

...energy-efficient home, to focus on savingenergyrather than injectingenergy. By reducing the heat load of a home, the premium on a single BTU of electric heat becomes less of an issue if a house is designed to use 75% lessenergy为例。虽然在某个特定地区,电供暖可能更贵,在……

Decentralized Energy Generation for LEED, Passive House & Green Homes
Renewable energy

Which is the Best Type of Home Energy Generation for Green Homes?

...energyhas been even further developed in its ability to power houses!Energyitself cannot be created or destroyed, and every time an individual gets on a bike for whatever purpose, they are using their own foodenergy. So wouldn’t it be great if at the same time they were producingcleanenergyto help power devices ...

Smart Homes, Technology & UV can Help Reduce COVID-19
Cleaning and maintenance

Keep homes cleaner & safer with smart home features & UV light

...cleaner we can keep the surfaces in our homes, the less we risk virus transmission amongst those we share them with. It is essential to keep touched surfaces in homescleanto avoid spreading the virus to our kids, parents and spouses, so… the less stuff you touch the better! Since most people are puttering around tr...

Trinity portable wind turbine for charging devices
Wind power

The Trinity portable wind turbine will charge your gadgets on the go.

...energygenerators will stop climate change, and yes, we agree that it will take more than that. What devices such as this do is create an awareness of the importance of ending our reliance on fossil fuels, and they remind people of the need to develop renewablecleanenergysources if we are to have any impact on slowi...

60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours (In Theory Anyhow)
Renewable energy

Can you really power your home with a bicycle generator?

...energy.Energyis the great equaliser,” says Bhargava, adding that over half of the world’s population have no access to electricity or access to electricity for two or three hours per day. Having access toclean, freeenergywill enable poverty-stricken communities to not only light their homes but to connect to the...

Wood Combustion - How it works and the different stages
Wood stove and biomass heat

Wood Combustion – How Firewood Burns & How to get the best heat while being eco-friendly

...cleanair, but only if the stove is used with correctly dried & seasoned wood, operated in a manner consistent with its design and is connected to a properly functioning andcleanchimney pipe or stack. Many people do not realize that the chimney is the engine that drives the stove (or fireplace) and that if the chim...