green utah real estate: Looking for a Solar Alternative? Soon, you may just be able to paint it on! - 03/24/08 01:03 PM
Everyday the field of Solar Energy is coming up a with a miraculous new way to generate power and this new way is pretty dang exciting in my book! According to this Swansea university press releasea researcher by the name of Dr. Dave Worsley is developing a way to paint solar … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Would you live in a home made out of relish trays and frame corners? Recycling at it's best. - 03/22/08 09:46 AM
Another cool would you live in feature. So how about it? Would you live in a home made out of pictures frames, wine corks and relish trays? This truly brings some truth to the old saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
You can learn more about Dan Phillips and the … (3 comments)
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green utah real estate: Everything Old IS New Again! Ideas on Solar Energy from the October 1934 Issue of Popular Science. - 03/19/08 10:28 PM
It is funny how there are no new ideas. Just good old ideas that were left by the wayside.
In October of 1934 Popular Science published this article on Solar Energy and the future that it would hold for us. Why does it seem today that we are just getting to the … (5 comments)
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green utah real estate: Plant More Trees - Spring Planting Season is Here. - 03/19/08 09:38 PM
While Fall is the best time to plant trees, Spring comes in close as another good time. Just don't plant in the middle of the summer.
So if you are thinking of planting a tree this Spring, check out arborday.org for the 9 things you should know about planting trees or click … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Treehugger on how to green your home buying. - 03/19/08 09:26 PM
I came upon this postover at Treehugger.com today and it is absolutely worth a read by anyone shopping for a home and by agents who are working with clients in today's developing green marketplace. Believe it or not, but it is happening and people are buying green, looking for green and … (1 comments)
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green utah real estate: Perhaps your next light and your next solar panel will roll off the presses like your newspaper - 03/12/08 12:24 PM
The speed at which technology is changing everyday is amazing to me and what is coming about as a result of this change is even more amazing!
Can you imagine that your next light fixture will be printed on a sheet of plastic? Get ready for it. This article from CNETexplains GE's … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: The Story of Stuff - Have you heard it yet? - 03/08/08 04:31 PM
I posted on The Story of Stuff several months ago and after reading this quote on treehugger.com I felt compelled to go back and watch the story of stuff again and then I felt compelled to urge all of my readers to once again watch it if you haven't and watch it … (3 comments)
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green utah real estate: Take down that ivy and let GROW fill the space with power from the sun and the wind! - 03/04/08 12:28 PM
I came across thison the web yesterday and I have fallen in love with it as a gardener, environmentalist and lover of the modern ascetic! So I emailed them and asked if I could blog about it and they said yes! Read on to learn more and please visit their website.
The … (5 comments)
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green utah real estate: Turn those trans fats into oil for you car! Green Motor Oil coming at the end of the month! - 03/03/08 11:35 AM
Green Earth Technologies has announced the arrival of their Green Motor Oil on store shelves this month!
This motor oil has been developed by using nano technology to transform those trans fats, now illegal in many places, from fryers to your cars engine. So that 200 pounds of waste tallow from … (3 comments)
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green utah real estate: A taste of why we need clean energy in Utah. - 02/25/08 04:05 PM
I stumbled upon this blog today when doing a search for photos of the dreaded inversion here in Salt Lake City and think it is very worthwhile to post a link on my blog.
If you want to understand my passion for environmental change take a look at this blog. You … (0 comments)
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green utah real estate: Have you ever seen a wind turbine fail? - 02/25/08 03:49 PM
All I can so to the video below is wow! Turbines have a governor to keep them revolving at a slow pace during high winds. This one obviously failed. I can only imagine the damage something like this could cause in a large scale wind farm. By the way I am … (7 comments)
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green utah real estate: Now this is promising! The world's largest (today) solar plant is coming to Arizona in 2011. - 02/25/08 03:45 PM
If, and only if, congress renews the clean energy tax credit this year, they will be building the worlds largest solar plant in the Arizona desert. Thanks to a partnership between Arizona Public Service and Abengoa Solar the state of Arizona will be able to provide solar powererd electricty to about … (6 comments)
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green utah real estate: I have seen the future and the possibilities are endless with renewable power! - 02/23/08 06:01 PM
I came upon this video today over at treehugger. Scientists are now working to make Germany fully reliant on Renewable energy sources. Generating enough power through the use of wind, water and biogas to keep all of Germany electrified. I do hope that we see these things in our country someday … (1 comments)
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green utah real estate: The air car is coming!!! - 02/23/08 08:54 AM
Now this is exciting news! According to this Cnet article the 106 MPG air car will be arriving in the US in late 2009 or early 2010.
From the article: "According to its initial, estimated, specifications the Air Car will go 848 miles on an 8 gallon tank of gas. The size … (14 comments)
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green utah real estate: Would you live in dirt? How would you run the comps on that??? Rammed earth homes. - 02/22/08 10:42 PM
It has been a long time since I posted a would you live story! This one is great. As the world move more and more to alternative and sustainable means of construction things that were laughed at as hippie ideas just 30-40 years ago are proving to be beautiful and doable … (2 comments)
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green utah real estate: Tankless Water Heaters - Does it Take Longer To Get Hot Water? - 02/20/08 05:14 PM
Over on the LA Times Blog called Pardon Our Dust, they have posted an entry on how long it takes to get hot water to your faucet with a tankless heater vs. a conventional heater.
The basis of the story is that tankless owners, myself included, are always asked (told) that … (8 comments)
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green utah real estate: I was on TV thanks to AR! Going Green: Cash-Saving Tips That Help Environment - 02/20/08 11:39 AM
As I posted last week I was contacted by ABC 4 our local affiliate here in Salt Lake City about doing a news story. They came upon my Active Rain Blog through a Google search and called me based on what they saw. Soon after they were at my house filming … (11 comments)
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green utah real estate: They say you need thick insulation. Do you? Listen and see. - 02/17/08 03:06 PM
Here in Utah there is a local podcast production that does casts that debunk a lot of what the "experts" say. Sure the "experts" that are debunking it may be a litle biased, but I think you can learn great things as well.
Last week a local builder and friend of … (0 comments)
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green utah real estate: New Listing-Enjoy Life from High Above The City and Only 10 Minutes From Downtown! - 02/14/08 07:56 PM
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green utah real estate: Tidal and Wave Power: Amazing new technologies for our future. - 02/13/08 11:06 AM
I have covered a lot of alternative sources of energy with Wind Power and Solar Energy, but nothing is more captivating to me than what has been coming along for several years now as a potential power source for millions of people everywhere. Completely clean energy that creates no greehouse emissions … (6 comments)
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