Where can you go to find more information on environmentally friendly ideas?
Of course the internet and libraries are staples to any information that we are looking for. Many web sites have videos posted on that will provide enough programming that would keep you busy for a lifetime. Most of these videos are shot in, “the backyard” and are of poor quality and have little production value, but if you are not in the mood to read and just want to watch some programming then tune in to the “Living With Ed Show.”
So if you are looking for some high quality content, high quality ideas, without the hassle of endless hours of search engines, try tuning into the Living with Ed show on the Home and Garden Network. On this show Ed shows us all kinds of ideas from the installation of wind turbines and solar tubes, to using solar powered Christmas lights. The battle between Ed and his wife, Rachelle Carson, over what is environmentally friendly and what is aesthetically pleasing provides insight to the decisions that we all face when considering these changes. The conflicts also provide excellent comedic relief.
Last Monday, Ed and Rachelle headed over to their friend Beverly De Angelo’s home to help make the home more sound proof. Beverly plans on making her home an urban oasis. She wants it completely one hundred percent sound proof, inside and out. Several stories are usually associated with each episode and last Monday was no exception. Ed learns that a neighbor has installed a system that captures used water from your dishwasher, tub, bathroom sink, and laundry. The system then filters this water so that it can be used to water your lawn, plants or anything else that needs water. More information about these systems can be found at http://www.rewater.com.
Rachelle also show Ed a fake grass product from AGL grass. This only leave us to wonder what Ed and Rachelle will be up to next week. Rumors are swirling that this could be the most groundbreaking episode ever.
Be sure and tune in Next Monday, Nov 5 at 10:30 EST to the Home and Garden channel for the Living with Ed show for additional ideas on how we can all help to make our choices more environmentally friendly.
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One of the biggest problems that the solar industry faces right now is the ability to have enough silicon for the increased demand of solar products. This is a nice story form emagazine on how IMB expects to recycle enough silicon for 6000 homes by recycling defective semiconductor chips.
Turning the Chips Around
November 2, 2007
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
IBM’s recovered silicon could help drive down costs for solar panel production.
Computer maker IBM has found a way to save money, reduce waste, and contribute to the development of the solar power industry with just one smart innovation—recycling defective semiconductor chips and sending the recovered refined silicon to manufacturers of photovoltaic solar cells. A worldwide shortage of refined silicon, the key ingredient in both semiconductors and solar cells, has kept prices for solar power artificially high in recent years, and photovoltaic producers welcome the news of IBM’s breakthrough in processing its wasted chips for them.
“It reduces our cost and it reduces our carbon footprint,” says Thomas Jagielski, who heads up environmental operations at IBM’s chip factory in Burlington, Vermont. “And it provides resources to the solar industry.”
Currently IBM discards upwards of three percent of the semiconductor chips it produces due to flaws that could impact the quality and performance of the computers it helps to create. By recycling these chips, the company expects to save about $1.5 million a year, while getting credit for helping make solar power more affordable for both producers and consumers.
“One of the challenges facing the solar industry is a severe shortage of silicon, which threatens to stall its rapid growth,” says Charles Bai of the Chinese solar company ReneSola, which has agreed to purchase some of IBM’s recycled silicon. “This is why we’ve turned to reclaimed silicon materials sourced primarily from the semiconductor industry to supply the raw material our company needs.”
Across the computer industry, as many as three million silicon wafers are discarded every year. IBM analysts say that the amount of refined silicon they could harvest from such chips would generate about 13.5 megawatts of energy annually if used in solar cells—enough to power about 6,000 typical American homes.
I would like to see an outdoor/indoor solar light that I could leave outside during the day and bring inside at night. It seems that would give at least some kind of light during the night.
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One of the biggest problems that the solar industry faces right now is the ability to have enough silicon for the increased demand of solar products. This is a nice story form emagazine on how IMB expects to recycle enough silicon for 6000 homes by recycling defective semiconductor chips.
Turning the Chips Around
November 2, 2007
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
IBM’s recovered silicon could help drive down costs for solar panel production.
Computer maker IBM has found a way to save money, reduce waste, and contribute to the development of the solar power industry with just one smart innovation—recycling defective semiconductor chips and sending the recovered refined silicon to manufacturers of photovoltaic solar cells. A worldwide shortage of refined silicon, the key ingredient in both semiconductors and solar cells, has kept prices for solar power artificially high in recent years, and photovoltaic producers welcome the news of IBM’s breakthrough in processing its wasted chips for them.
“It reduces our cost and it reduces our carbon footprint,” says Thomas Jagielski, who heads up environmental operations at IBM’s chip factory in Burlington, Vermont. “And it provides resources to the solar industry.”
Currently IBM discards upwards of three percent of the semiconductor chips it produces due to flaws that could impact the quality and performance of the computers it helps to create. By recycling these chips, the company expects to save about $1.5 million a year, while getting credit for helping make solar power more affordable for both producers and consumers.
“One of the challenges facing the solar industry is a severe shortage of silicon, which threatens to stall its rapid growth,” says Charles Bai of the Chinese solar company ReneSola, which has agreed to purchase some of IBM’s recycled silicon. “This is why we’ve turned to reclaimed silicon materials sourced primarily from the semiconductor industry to supply the raw material our company needs.”
Across the computer industry, as many as three million silicon wafers are discarded every year. IBM analysts say that the amount of refined silicon they could harvest from such chips would generate about 13.5 megawatts of energy annually if used in solar cells—enough to power about 6,000 typical American homes.
Sources: Planet Ark; CNN Money
I would like to see an outdoor/indoor solar light that I could leave outside during the day and bring inside at night. It seems that would give at least some kind of light during the night.