 |
Also visit our Blog and Green community websites http://www.ckgreen.com/, http:/www.clickking.net/
Energy Saving
The links below provide an overview of ways to save energy, find assistance to make your home energy efficient and what your state is doing to help save energy. These links are your information gateway to cutting edge energy saving ideas. Find products and services to reduce your overall energy use.
Energy Solutions for Your Building
Renewable Energy
The resources here will help you find energy-saving and renewable energy products and services. Explore these products and services to find ways to save money and make your home, vehicle, and workplace more energy efficient.
Find products and services that use renewable energy technologies, including alternative fuels, solar, geothermal, and wind power.
Calculators and Tools
The calculators and tools on these pages can help you evaluate your energy use and whether energy efficient products or renewable energy are right for you.
Buildings:
Homes:
Industry:
Industry calculators to help industry plant managers evaluate energy efficient technologies.
Vehicles: Fuel calculators
Fuel-Related Topics of Interest
For more information on alternative and advanced fuels, go to the following pages:
Green Products Guides
You can save energy by carefully selecting the products and services you use at home, in your vehicle, and at work. These resources will help you find products and services to reduce your energy use. Explore the following sections to start saving energy and money:
Blogs
TreeHugger
is a
fast-growing
web
magazine,
dedicated
to
everything
that has
a modern
aesthetic
yet is
environmentally
responsible.
Our
influential
audience
stops by
frequently
to check
out the
latest
news,
reviews
and
recommendations
for
modern
yet
green
products
andservices.
Consumers
also
rely on
the
directory
to help
facilitate
their
buying
processes.
TreeHugger
is the
most
effective
way for
them to
find
well
designed
products
that are
also
ecologically
sensitive.
GreenBiz.com
~
Sustainable
Business,
Cleaner
Production,
and the
Bottom
Line
Grist
Magazine
~
Environmental
news and
commentary
from
Grist
Magazine
WorldChanging
~ Tools,
Models
and
Ideas
for
Building
a Bright
Green
Future
An
Inconvenient
Truth
~ An
Inconvenient
Truth
RSS feed
Alternative
Energy ~
Renewable
Energy
Inhabitat
~
Future-forward
design
for the
world
you
inhabit
Seed
Magazine
sustainable
style
foundation
Power to the people- Environmental Atlas of Europe — Denmark
Video: A collection of videos about Europe's environment.
UTAH - Ready Set GO CNG
Consumer use of the fuel is most prevalent in California and New York, but Utah is catching up fast. More than 5,000 CNG vehicles are on the roads in Utah. With a state tax incentive credit and CNG prices at about 86¢, it’s no wonder that even the governor drives a CNG vehicle.
Many other states have federal vehicle tax credits in place to provide incentives for drivers to purchase CNG vehicles or to convert their vehicles, if it's one of the limited number that qualify, to run on CNG fuel.
Certified Natural Gas Vehicles
Top 10 Ways to Go Green
1. Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) approximate the glow of incandescent bulbs and use 75% less energy.
2. Use a Smart Power Strip. These strips sense when your computer or TV is asleep and electronically unplugs devices that depend on them, such as a printer or DVD player, until the controlling device wakes up.
3. Insulate your water heater. The newest electric water heaters have plenty of insulation. But if you have one built before 2004, wrap it in an insulating blanket and save 10% -- about $30 -- annually on your water-heating bill.
4. Turn down the heat. For every degree you lower your home's temperature during the heating season, subtract 5% from your bill, according to the Alliance to Save Energy. An Energy Star programmable thermostat ($70) saves more than twice its price within a year.
5. Set the washer to cold. Use cold water to wash your clothes and save 50% of the energy you would otherwise use for hot water. Set your dryer on the moisture sensor, not the timer, and cut energy use by 15%.
6. Dim the lights. Install light dimmers, which cut electricity use by the same percentage that they lower the light.
7. Stop drafts. As your father would say, don't heat the great outdoors. Put weatherstrip around the frames of your front and back doors and save about $30 per year in energy costs.
8. Lower your water temperature. Set your water heater at 120 degrees. If your heater does not have a temperature gauge, dial down until the water feels hot, not scalding. (Before going too low, make sure your dishwasher has a booster heater, which gets the temperature back to 140 degrees, necessary for proper cleaning.)
9. Use timers on lights. Install occupancy sensors or timers on lights in areas you use only occasionally and for exterior lights, which tend to get left on during the day, light timers can be easily installed by anyone with basic wiring skills.
10. over the hot tub. Hot tubs lose heat even with the top on. Float a thermal cover under the hard cover and cut energy use by one-third.
Utah residents will be
charged 6.85% for sales
tax.
Copyright © 1999 - 2010 Click King. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Statement Terms and Conditions