Archive for the 'water' Category

Apr 20 2010

Government raises bar on green tech standards for the home

Published by Heather Clancy under building,conservation,energy,environmental health,green tech,water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to make the requirements for earning an Energy Star designation for your home more rigorous. The standards are supposed to result in the creation of new homes that about 20 percent more energy-efficient than those conforming to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. This would translate into utility [...]

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Apr 05 2010

Research aims to harness solar energy to purify water

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech,solar,water

A new project in Saudi Arabi — being spearheaded by IBM and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) — seeks to create a water desalination plant that runs off solar energy. The location of the project is significant, since Saudi Arabia is apparently the largest producer of desalinated water. The plant being [...]

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Mar 17 2010

Smart water sensors use wireless to detect dryness levels

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation,green tech,water

So, you might have heard that it’s a bit wet here in New Jersey. So, as I was pursuing the green blogs this evening, this item jumped out at me from EarthTechling: an article about new sensors that use wireless to detect when the soil is wet and keep from overwatering. The technology, which is called [...]

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