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Chimney Pillow Saves on Energy Bills


If you own an older home, you’re probably no stranger to drafts that come blowing into your living room each winter. Rather than cranking up the heat, a simple device can put an end to the drafts as well as your giant heating bills. The Chimney Pillow is an air-tight, tear-resistant inflatable bag made from [...]

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Stylish Areaware Mango Eco-Friendly Radio


Want something that will look retro, stylish and is also eco-friendly? The Magno AM/FM radio is handcrafted in Indonesia from naturally harvested new growth wood. The added bonus? For every tree that is used in production of the Mango radios, a new one is planted. The radios are manufactured by Areaware, a New York City [...]

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Panasonic Eco Light Changes Brightness, Saves Power


Panasonic will be releasing an energy saving eco-friendly light in March of this year. The Auto-Eco Light-Control Twin Pa will automatically adjust it’s light output (and consequently energy usage) based on the brightness of the room. The eco light measures the brightness in a three-meter area below the lamp and adjusts its light to maintain [...]

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Low-cost LED Light Bulbs Coming


The Centre for Galium Nitride at Cambridge has developed a new method for producing Galium Nitride. Imagine that. What’s exciting about this is that Galium Nitrade (GaN as the kids like to call it) is the most expensive component of LED light bulbs. Until now Galium Nitrade could only be grown on pricey sapphire wafers. [...]

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Fujitsu Introduces Esprimo Green Computer


This week Fujitsu announced the impending release of the first zero-watt computer. The Esprimo Green will hit stores this summer. Fujitsu boasts that the Esprimo Green uses absolutely zero power while in standby mode while still being “administrable”. Fujitsu plans on giving a demonstration of the Esprimo Green Mobile Think Client at the Cebit technology [...]

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New Eco-friendly Refrigerator by Whirlpool


Whirlpool introduced its new line of green appliances this week. The new eco-friendly kitchen appliances include their Resource Saver refrigerator, dishwasher and range. The star of the line-up has to be the eco-friendly refrigerator which uses the same amount of power as a 60-watt light bulb. The green fridge also comes equipped with Whirlpool’s 6th [...]

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Energy Efficient Air Conditioner


The winner of the Boston Innovation Prize is an eco-friendly air conditioner that is 30% more efficient than standard models and does this by using water vapor as a cooling agent. Past attempts at using water vapor in air conditioners resulted in cost prohibitive air compressors which required expensive titanium. This water vapor version uses [...]

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Power Strip that Monitors Electricity


This neat little eco-friendly gadget acts as a power strip to protect your electronics while calculating how much power each device uses. The handiness of this item is really way up there. You can assess the power usage of everything in your home that gets plugged in. Have a voltage party and invite friends over [...]

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Eco-Friendly Underwear Better Than Going Commando


How often do you think about your underwear? Not often? Well, a U.K. group who call themselves More Than Pretty Knickers, hopes to change that by producing a new video that draws attention to pollution and other hazards involved in producing and transporting underwear. Many people are unaware of the amounts of toxic chemicals that [...]

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Green Gadgets: Eco-Button Puts Your Computer on ‘Ecomode’


Looking for a new way to reduce your carbon footprint? With over 165 million home computers in the United States alone, electricity is used and abused on a much larger scale – translating to over 5 million tons of wasted C02 from idle computers. However, the eco-button, a new green gadget for your computer, is [...]

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