Tag: Appliances - Page 5
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Survey: Do You Go Hot or Cold in the Laundry?
Our investigative team conclusively proved that using cold water to wash saves a lot of energy and still gets your clothes clean. Some in comments disagreed. How do you wash? image: plan59 Do you wash in cold water? (
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Washing Laundry in Cold Water is the Same As...
A full 90 percent of the energy used in washing clothes goes toward heating the water, so it stands to reason that using less energy by washing in cold, unheated water would create significant
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The Future of Fridges: Tall, Narrow with Water Filter Built In
I often quote Architect Donald Chong's line "small fridges make good cities", where the kitchen responds to to the marketplace, the baker, vegetable store and neighbourhood vendor. In Europe, the fridge suppliers get this; they offer units like this 2
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Just What We Needed Dept.: Seven Things You Don't Want for Christmas
My favorite talmudic anecdote is from the Rabbi who noted "my life has been blessed, because I never knew I needed anything until I had it." I know exactly how he felt; How have I coped without this One Click Butter Cutter? found on Dvice. No wonder
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Ed Begley, Jr. on Saving Energy, Saving Money, and Looking Up
Photo credit: Ed Begley, Jr./LOOK UP Ed Begley, Jr. is a busy guy. Between his show Living with Ed on Planet Green, his other acting gigs -- you've seen him in movies like "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind", in guest spots on "Arrested Development," and
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The Pot Plate is Perfect for One Pot Meals
On Planet Green, Kelly is cooking up a series of one pot meals. She tries to find cooking techniques and recipes for people without a lot of time (who usually buy too much takeout) or money (not uncommon these days) so these meals are "fast, easy,
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Frugal Green Living: Freezer Sales are Way Up
There is nothing in our freezer but martini glasses; we shop every day. But lots of people are buying freezers now to sock away bargains. Consumers Reports says that annualized sales of upright freezers sales jumped 17%, chest freezers 10%.
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GE Reinvents the Fridge
Over the past few years we have waited for GE's ecomagination to change from pretty pictures to reality, and now we are beginning to see the results. In 2009 they are rolling out "Smart" Energy Management Enabled Appliances that can talk to the
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Australian Households Paid $15,000 to Go Green
For some time now, governments at the federal, state and local level in Australia have been trying to tempt their constituents to go green, via the financial incentive of rebates. Just yesterday, the state government of New South Wales announced it
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Itron and Tendril Create Dialogue Between Smart Homes and Utilities
Tendril and Itron are pairing up to solve the issue of communication between smart meter-equipped homes and utility companies. Their new solution would allow for a two-way communication between smart meters and utilities without the need for a home to
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Sanyo's Eneloop Solar Light & USB Charger
We came across this nice little addition to the Sanyo eneloop solar family recently while browsing environmentally oriented electronics makers sites.
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Updated Einstein Fridge to Use Solar to Keep Your Drinks Cold
When Einstein and his protege Leo Szilard decided to invent a refrigerator, they wanted something sturdy - the fridges of their 1920s could explode if seals failed. So
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First Ever Skype Phone Made From Sustainable Wood
The PAPPA* Phone It’s likely that nobody asked Hulger to make a phone for use with Skype out of sustainable wood. But they did. And the result is an unlikely combo of Skype, a program that’s one of the most satisfyingly realized visions of the future
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The Triplex Outlet: Why Didn't Someone Think of This Before?
I can think of a couple of
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New Devices to Eliminate Phantom Power Losses
Digital Home Thoughts recently posted several reviews on new devices aimed at eliminating phantom power losses. (Phantom power, you may remember, is the electricity you're paying for from all of the appliances
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Appliances Artistically Spill Their Guts
When it comes to appliances, they don't build them like they used to, to last a long time and to be relatively easy to repair. Now they are built to be thrown away as replacement can often be cheaper than
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Waste of Energy Dept: Laser Park Right
I was not unhappy when the Sharper Image went bankrupt earlier this year; the store seemed entirely devoted to selling superfluous junk that was all connected to wall outlets. Its demise might have saved us a coal fired power plant or two, except
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Waste of Energy Department: In-Car Microwave
It is surprising that this wonderful product comes out of the UK; I would have thought the long commutes in the US and Canada would have proved more fertile ground for a microwave designed for "meals on the move! Compact and portable. It is advised
