When it comes to light bulbs and the environment, is the cure worse than the disease?
Nobody denies that the use of traditional incandescent lighting is bad for the environment. Incandescent lights heat a filament inside a tube to produce light; and more than 90 per cent of the energy is used to create heat, wasting electricity.
They are so inefficient that several governments plan
All around the world, workers in branch offices use the latest technology tools, from e-mails and instant messaging to Web portals and video conferencing, to get their jobs done. Even employees in the same building – often on the same floor or in adjacent cubicles – use these and other communication tools to collaborate.
So why do so many people, especially those in information-based
GREEN
is the colour of today’s campus activism, with students lighting a fire under universities to take a lead on the environment.
But, today the trend comes with a twist. Instead of a 1960s-style march on the president’s office, student leaders are sitting with administrators as equals to map a more sustainable future. Sometimes students even chip in their own money for
Cities are no longer waiting for their national governments to take the lead in reducing air pollution. They're taking matters into their own hands.
Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley announced a plan in September to reduce heat-trapping gases to three-fourths of 1990 levels by 2020. The plan calls for installing solar panels on municipal property and building alternative fueling
[There are a couple of upcoming meetings-workshops on how cyber-infrastructure and research networks can help universities and research networks reduce their carbon footprint and possibly even earn carbon offset dollars.
The first meeting will be the California-Canada summit to be held in Montreal October 26-27. This is an invitation only event which will involve leading carbon
[There are a couple of upcoming meetings-workshops on how cyber-infrastructure and research networks can help universities and research networks reduce their carbon footprint and possibly even earn carbon offset dollars.
The first meeting will be the California-Canada summit to be held in Montreal October 26-27. This is an invitation only event which will involve leading carbon
