Archive for September, 2009
Donate Your Boxes After You (global warming) Move
No commentsBy Amy Nutt
You have moved into your dream home, or your next stop on the property ladder, unpacked all of your boxes, and put everything in its place. Your house looks great, with one big exception, that huge pile of broken down cardboard boxes in the corner of the basement. What do you do with [...]
Make your home office green (conservation)
No commentsBy Annie Deakin
Electronic equipment
Maximise natural lighting by using the sun’s energy to brighten your office. You don’t need any building permissions to install this Solar Mate panel (239.99) from Nigel’s Eco Store. Even in dreary old Blighty, it will store between 8-11 hours of light for its bulb. Screensavers save the screen, not energy, so [...]
Geo-environmental Solutions Needed in Solving Containment Problems (stop global warming)
No commentsBy William Hauselberg
Any new construction or retrofitting of an existing structure comes with a number of environmental and civil engineering problems. These problems are made more difficult when there are environmental containment issues involved. Special care must be made to contain contaminated groundwater and leachate to prevent contamination of clean water sources.
Contaminated groundwater is a [...]
