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Taking fertility drugs does not increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, a large Danish study reports.

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Image credit: Together Campaign
January CFL Sales Beat Whole of 2006
Times may be hard, but people are still willing to fork out money if it saves them energy in the long run. CFLs are being adopted at an astounding rate in the UK, at least if the latest press release from the Together Campaign is anything […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Images via Philips
TVs are the only technology making a big switch. As we head towards more advanced lighting - such as solid state lighting and energy harvesting for powering LED and OLED lights - the industries of lighting and IT collide, in a good way.
“Over time, as the shift from analog to digital technology […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Designer Joan Nadal took on the challenge to re-design one of the most common everyday objects: the humble clothes hanger. A small object with a large environmental footprint if we consider that of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate hangers manufactured per year, only 15% are recycled. That is enough to fill the Empire State […]

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Testing granite from Green building options
We have written about the dangers of radon and radiation emitted from certain types of granite before; it is a controversial subject that draws the ire of the industry.
And while the industry says “It’s misleading to even hint that we would knowingly sell a product that might harm consumers!”, […]

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Image via: Marco Traerso - Flickr.com
The New York Times reports today that a small, but growing, segment of the US population is choosing to ditch the fridge permanently. The carbon savings, not to mention the savings on the electricity bill are not necessarily huge. Yet some feel this is just the next thing on the […]

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Image via RBRC
Call2Recycle’s latest report on battery recycling numbers shows that recycling old batteries is really catching fire with consumers. The program had a 9.6% increase in its collection of rechargeable batteries during 2008, with a whole 6.9 million pounds being collected and recycled.
So what happened that made recycling rates jump?…

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Rob Bernard addressing best practices for data centers at The Green Grid’s forum.
The keynote speech at The Green Grid’s 2nd Annual Technical Forum was made by Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist for Microsoft. His speech highlighted two important pieces of the energy efficiency pie. First, that fighting global warming is a team sport, which means […]

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Images via Philips
TVs are the only technology making a big switch. As we head towards more advanced lighting - such as solid state lighting and energy harvesting for powering LED and OLED lights - the industries of lighting and IT collide, in a good way.
“Over time, as the shift from analog to digital technology […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None