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See How Much Energy Your Neigbours Use
I spotted this on Springwise a while ago but thought it was quite interesting and I’d share. A company called Positive Energy in America works with local utility companies to let people know not only their energy use but also their neighbours. ...
6 Sources Of Limitless Energy
These might actually work! The Business Insider’s Green Sheet goes through six sources of permanent alternative energy at various stages of development. There is no guarantee they will work, of course, but researchers are spending billions of d...
Cut Your Energy Bills
Consumer Reports magazine outlines a few ways you can save $1,500 per year on your energy bills. If you go the cut your energy bills link and navigate the subsections that are linked to in the left hand column of the overview article. The story delv...
TrickleSaver Energy Saving Product Review
We’re previously mentioned TrickleSaver, a device designed to stop the flow or drain of standby power when appliances are not being used (often called vampire power). Well, we got our hands on the products for a test. We were sent the PC Trickl...
TrickleSaver Aims To Stop Power Drains
A company called TrickleStar have launched two products to help you save energy in your home. The PC TrickleSaver and TV TrickleSaver have been designed to stop the flow or drain of standby power when appliances are not being used. When a PC is on, t...
The World’s 10 Most Iconic Green Office Buldings
I’ve not heard of the Ahoys blog before but when they contacted us about the 10 most iconic green office buildings in the world, I thought it’ be rude not to check them out. And I’m glad I did, it’s a really interesting articl...
Interview With Ford’s J Mays - Detroit Auto Show 09
J Mays, Group Vice President, Design, and Chief Creative Office for Ford Motor Company talks to Life Goggles and Ron Doron from The Drivers Seat.TV. Topics include the future of design for hybrid and electric vehicles, melding the Fusion and Mondeo t...
Detroit Auto Show 2009 - A Sign Of The Times
Today we welcome a guest post by Ron Doron, Sr. Test Drive Editor for The Drivers Seat.TV, who attended the North American International Auto Show in partnership with Life Goggles. The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is the premier sta...
Interested in 100% Electric Scooters and Bikes?
We received a press release from a new store called eCo Wheelz which we thought looked interesting. The store specializes in electric bikes, battery-powered scooters and mopeds. They are 100% electric and the owners say they provide an excellent mone...
Will Carpet Save £156m Of Energy?
Apparently carpeting a room could help UK 26 million households save £60 each (around £156m) in heating bills this winter. Carpet insulation is 10 times higher than that of hard flooring and is one of the most effective thermal insulators. As carp...
Starter For Change Kit Eco Product Review
Working on Life Goggles I get to review some cool stuff. Some mundane, but useful stuff too, and then some really cool stuff. The Starter For Change Kit is definitely the latter and was a joy to look at, review, and use. Essentially a box containing ...
Quick Tip Of The Day - Is Your Fridge / Freezer Running Well?
A reader (thanks Mathew! That’s not him pictured by the way.) sent us this little story a while back that I thought might be of interest to you all: “Today my fridge/freezer packed up. Well, actually it is my landlord’s, so I did n...
Get Solar Electricity For Your Electric Car
An interesting video for you, the first half is about Zap Electric cars, a company with a very tall president with very small cars. The second half is about how they have teamed up with Akeena Solar panels to offer one heck of a consumer solution for...
Is Your Fridge A Work Of Art?
As a follow up to our Save $100 Per Year With A New Fridge article a few weeks ago (which highlighted the US Department of Energy’s Recycle My Fridge campaign), they now have an Art Fridge competition. There will be a National Fridge Art Exhibitio...
