Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Nick
Program is Getting 10x Bigger!
Washington DC’s SmartBike, the first bike-sharing program in the USA, is about to be supplanted by a much bigger and better bike-share. It will be based on Montréal’s Bixi and grow the number of bikes and stations almost ten-fold!
Bike-Sharing is Awesome
SmartBike has only 120 bikes and 10 stations, but the new version of the project will have about 1,100 bikes and 114 stations all around the district and in the neighboring Arlington County.by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada. View full article here.
If you live in the Washington DC area, commuting on a bike sounds like a good idea to avoid traffic during the weekdays and even the weekends. Think about how much money you can also save and how you can reduce your carbon footprint.
Who knows, maybe one day you’ll be around K street or Logan Circle, and we may have bike rush-hour traffic like this…
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program
Monday, May 24, 2010
Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program
Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Nick
Program is Getting 10x Bigger!
Washington DC’s SmartBike, the first bike-sharing program in the USA, is about to be supplanted by a much bigger and better bike-share. It will be based on Montréal’s Bixi and grow the number of bikes and stations almost ten-fold!
Bikes in Washington DC
Bike-Sharing is Awesome
SmartBike has only 120 bikes and 10 stations, but the new version of the project will have about 1,100 bikes and 114 stations all around the district and in the neighboring Arlington County.by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada. View full article here.
If you live in the Washington DC area, commuting on a bike sounds like a good idea to avoid traffic during the weekdays and even the weekends. Think about how much money you can also save and how you can reduce your carbon footprint.
If you would like to learn more about what you can do to go green, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zipcode and selecting contractors in your area.
Tags: bike, Washington DC
This entry was posted on Monday, May 24th, 2010 at 10:22 pm and is filed under Environment, Featured Content, Green Technology, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Greening your home: part 3 of 5
Greening your home: part 3 of 5
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Nick
Coming up is Memorial Day! Before you start the holiday, you can make sure your home is comfortable for everyone by following a few more green tips on heating and cooling as part of our Greening Your Home series.
Heating/Cooling…
1. Install a programmable thermostat to keep your house comfortably warm in the winter and comfortably cool in the summer.
2. Lower the thermostat on your hot water heater to 120°F. Take short showers instead of baths.
3. During the heating season, keep the draperies and shades on your south-facing windows open during the day to allow the sunlight to enter your home and closed at night to reduce the chill you may feel from cold windows.
4. Clean or replace filters on furnaces once a month or as needed. Clean baseboard heaters, and radiators as needed; make sure they’re not blocked by furniture, carpeting, or drapes.
5. Winterize windows with weather stripping (for all moveable joints) and caulk (for non-moving parts). Also, install a window kit to the inside of your windows to help keep cold air out and warm air in.
If you would like to learn more about what you can do to go green, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zipcode and selecting contractors in your area.
Tags: energy efficiency tips
This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 8:57 pm and is filed under Do it Yourself. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Greening your home: Part 4 of 5
Greening your home: Part 4 of 5
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Nick
Coming up is Memorial Day! Before you start the holiday, you can make sure your home is comfortable for everyone by following a few more green tips on being more efficient with your laundry needs as part of our Greening Your Home series.
1. Wash only full loads of clothes in cold water using cold-water detergents whenever possible.
2. Don’t over-dry your clothes. If your machine has a moisture sensor, use it.
3. Clean the lint filter in the dryer after every load to improve air circulation.
4. Periodically inspect your dryer vent to ensure it is not blocked. This will save energy and may prevent a fire.
5. Look for the ENERGY STAR and Energy Guide labels. ENERGY STAR clothes washers clean clothes using 50% less energy than standard washers
6. Get your kids involved (www.loseyourexcuse.gov)
If you would like to learn more about what you can do to go green, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zipcode and selecting contractors in your area.
Tags: energy efficiency, laundry
This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 8:59 pm and is filed under Do it Yourself, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Greening your home: part 3 of 5 Memorial Day Special
Greening your home: part 3 of 5
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by admin
Coming up is Memorial Day! Before you start the holiday, you can make sure your home is comfortable for everyone by following a few more green tips on heating and cooling as part of our Greening Your Home series.
Heating/Cooling…
1. Install a programmable thermostat to keep your house comfortably warm in the winter and comfortably cool in the summer.
2. Lower the thermostat on your hot water heater to 120°F. Take short showers instead of baths.
3. During the heating season, keep the draperies and shades on your south-facing windows open during the day to allow the sunlight to enter your home and closed at night to reduce the chill you may feel from cold windows.
4. Clean or replace filters on furnaces once a month or as needed. Clean baseboard heaters, and radiators as needed; make sure they’re not blocked by furniture, carpeting, or drapes.
5. Winterize windows with weather stripping (for all moveable joints) and caulk (for non-moving parts). Also, install a window kit to the inside of your windows to help keep cold air out and warm air in.
If you would like to learn more about what you can do to go green, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zipcode and selecting contractors in your area.
Tags: Memorial Day Tips
This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 8:57 pm and is filed under Do it Yourself, Energy Audits, Green Remodeling, Green Technology, Uncategorized, sustainable products. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Time to eMonitor your home
Time to eMonitor your home
Posted on May 14th, 2010 by alex
This outta be the next best thing for any home! Are you one of those wise-conscious owners who tries to police energy usage in your homes? Smile now, help is within your reach. In several efforts to curtail high billing expenses or maintain energy-conserving discipline, an improved technology has been developed just for these kinds of measures. PowerHouse Dynamics introduces eMonitor – a home energy manager. This eMonitor provides information on how much electricity is used in a room or by appliance consumption. eMonitor is considered a long term investment with initial saving on energy bill from 5% to 20% of installation within the year. One can consider eMonitor a good auditing device that would analyze as well as outline proper daily usage of energy.
At a marginal price of $799, the eMonitor is served with a 5-year monthly service – which is reasonable enough if equated on its savings. Its active recommendation through email or phone (with the necessary app) counts as one of the features from the device. I am sure lots of people will be interested to know how much energy is wasted. However most folks do not know that if they buy into this technology, they would be contributing to lowering their carbon footprint. I suppose the government can create some type of incentive program for leveraging energy bills or housing infrastructure…Just a wishful thought. Nevertheless, eMonitor will serve a much greater purpose than expected.
If you like to have an analysis of heat loss at your home or small business, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zip code and selecting contractors in your area or visit www.sobuka.com
Tags: Energy-Conserving, Home
This entry was posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 11:07 am and is filed under Energy Audits, Featured Content. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Nissan Showing new LEAF
Nissan Showing new LEAF
Posted on May 7th, 2010 by alex
Talk about bang for your buck!!! Nissan’s Leading Environmentally-friendly, Affordable, Family car is a trend setting type of engineered battery car. Its battery pack estimated at (£6000) which is $8,896 raises a lot of interest as well as reasonable pricing that is drawing tons of reservation for this car when it launches in not so far 2011. Nissan LEAF will be in tough competition with GM’s Volt in terms of driving range; then again there will be “logical” reasons to give when the time comes. Nevertheless, Nissan LEAF has been designed to be self-sustaining. Annual car maintenance doesn’t apply with this vehicle (except yearly brake pad inspection) and its navigation system is globally connected especially for re-charging purposes for stations. I guess we will soon start hearing more about charging station expansion and infrastructure in 2011.
I hope other manufacturing car company can follow suit or compete to bring the best of clean energy to the United States as well as getting back to leading in manufacturing [which interprets as more long lasting green jobs]. Nissan LEAF offers more with its new technology and affordability with all things considered ( pricing for 5-car seater, driving range and up-keep). These are the immediate factors that need be trendy so that climate changes and environmental technology become the new “hip” for the decade.
If you would like to have an analysis of heat loss at your home or small business, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zip code and selecting contractors in your area or visit www.sobuka.com
Tags: Electric Car
This entry was posted on Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 5:21 pm and is filed under Featured Content, Green Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
