Posts Tagged ‘energy saving’

• 2011 Solar Decathlon: Spreading a Good Message Despite All Odds

  The 2011 Solar Decathlon, which is a ten day event where groups of college students create homes that are powered entirely by capturing the energy from the sun, is now in its fifth year. The idea behind the event is …

• 15 Ways Under $30 to Save Energy

  Photo credit: pfala A common problem that I run into is that people think that it costs a lot of money to go green. In some cases this may be true, but there are a lot of small things we …

• Change your Windows XP Power Profile to save energy

  Yesterday we got this email from Matt Bentley: Changing Microsoft XP power scheme settings determines whether or not power-saving CPU features are activated in a machine when idle. All modern desktop CPU’s past the AMD Athlon XP and the Intel …

• Black is not (always) Green

  It’s time to clear this up folks. Hopefully you already know that surfing with a black background (on your computer screen) will not always save energy. If not, let me explain why black backgrounds aren’t that green. Black backgrounds can …