The Nordic Green Technology http://nordicgreen.org Save Our Earth and Go Green for Everything Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 NordicGreenhttp://feedburner.google.com Earth Day 2010 | Green Solutions to make every day Earth Day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/VQCJ0jiOk_Y/earth-day-2010-green-solutions-to-make-every-day-earth-day.htm http://nordicgreen.org/earth-day-2010-green-solutions-to-make-every-day-earth-day.htm#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:36:23 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=102 Earth Day 2010 | Green Solutions to make every day Earth Day
Green Solutions to make every day Earth Day

Earth Day 2010 is April 22. Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day.

http://www.earthday.org/

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/earth-day-2010-green-solutions-to-make-every-day-earth-day.htm/feed 0 http://nordicgreen.org/earth-day-2010-green-solutions-to-make-every-day-earth-day.htm How To Reduce Waste Material from Your Home http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/uSEJtB6ZTd0/how-to-reduce-waste-material-from-your-home.htm http://nordicgreen.org/how-to-reduce-waste-material-from-your-home.htm#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:12:48 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=100 How To Reduce Waste Material from Your Home
Household is the biggest contributor for waste material. Therefore, the issue of household waste disposal cannot be taken lightly. We as residents can take measures to “alleviate” this garbage. Here are the things we can do.

  1. To the extent possible, reduce the waste we produce. It can begin by just spending items that we really need. If the amount of excess, such as vegetables, fruits, and other foods, will rot, and disposed of in the trash.
  2. Pressing the volume of waste can also be done by reducing the packaging of goods that we buy. If possible, buy goods in large containers to be stored into a special place that can be used repeatedly.
  3. Selection of packaging waste management also helped. Polar buy goods with packaging paper, because the most easily recyclable paper. After that then select packaging cans. If there is no choice, then purchase the goods in plastic containers. As much as possible avoid the use of Styrofoam, since these materials cannot be recycled.
  4. Do not take it as well as unnecessary packaging, e.g. plastic bags to carry the groceries. Better to use cloth bags used repeatedly. Plastic garbage is most commonly found in sewage, and remembers, plastic cannot be decomposed in the soil.

Various efforts above can indeed help to better waste management. But if we want to take an active role in reducing waste, recycling is an option the next action. Various methods can be done to make us useless garbage back, such as making compost.

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/how-to-reduce-waste-material-from-your-home.htm/feed 2 http://nordicgreen.org/how-to-reduce-waste-material-from-your-home.htm World Water Day 2010 | Photos and Images Event http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/U7SpSsPbodk/world-water-day-2010-photos-and-images-event.htm http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-photos-and-images-event.htm#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:02:29 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=89 World Water Day 2010
Filled with beautiful images from around the world, there are photo galleries communicate in a simple and elegant way the key messages about this year’s World Water Day 2010 theme: Clean Water for a Healthy World.

If you enjoy these images, tell your friends and colleagues. Enjoy this photos below :

World Water Day 2010 Photos and Images Event
World Water Day in Indian
World Water Day 2010
Children check their fishing traps for any fish that they may have caught in Vietnam
Clean Water for a Healthy World
Children swim in polluted river in Surabaya, Indonesia

[http://www.unwater.org]
More Photos will be added soon

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-photos-and-images-event.htm/feed 0 http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-photos-and-images-event.htm World Water Day 2010 | Clean Water for a Healthy World http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/gfVJm0uJ8Yw/world-water-day-2010-clean-water-for-a-healthy-world.htm http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-clean-water-for-a-healthy-world.htm#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:50:11 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=85 Every year, 1,500 cubic kilometres of wastewater are produced globally. While waste and wastewater can be reused productively for energy and irrigation, it usually is not. In developing countries 80 percent of all waste is being discharged untreated, because of lack of regulations and resources. And population and industrial growth add new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water to the equation. Human and environmental health, drinking and agricultural water supplies for the present and future are at stake, still water pollution rarely warrants mention as a pressing issue.
To do something about that UN-Water has chosen Clean Water for a Healthy World as theme for World Water Day 2010. The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.

[http://www.worldwaterday.org]

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-clean-water-for-a-healthy-world.htm/feed 0 http://nordicgreen.org/world-water-day-2010-clean-water-for-a-healthy-world.htm The Green Enterprise 2010 | Driving Competitive Advantage with Sustainability http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/8hh8xF-xXJQ/the-green-enterprise-2010-driving-competitive-advantage-with-sustainability.htm http://nordicgreen.org/the-green-enterprise-2010-driving-competitive-advantage-with-sustainability.htm#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:56:07 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=81 The Green Enterprise 2010 | Driving Competitive Advantage with Sustainability
This full day conference provides case studies, advice, and networking to help drive competitive differentiation involving sustainability for corporations. Attendees include VP/Director of Sustainability, VP/Dir Marketing/Supply Chain, VP/Dir EHS, VP/Dir Facilities, VP/Dir of Environmental Affairs, and CFO/IR. Firms who supply Walmart, report to CDP, or who are following the impact of the recent SEC ruling on climate disclosure should also attend.
The Green Enterprise 2010 will held on Thursday, April 15th 2010 at Embassy Suites at Logan Airport, Boston, MA.
For more information you can visit here

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London’s Strata Tower is the first building to integrate turbines directly into its facade. Developed and contracted by Brookfield Europe, the tower is a tricky engineering feat indeed, especially granted the gusty blasts of wind that construction crews had to deal with while raising it. The 148-meter Strata Tower features three wind turbines that will generate enough electricity to meet eight percent of the building’s requirements.
London’s Strata Tower Integrates 3 Wind Turbines into Facade
The 42-story tower, developed and contracted by Brookfield Europe, was designed to take advantage of the area’s 35 mph wind speeds. It also takes into account the Venturi effect created by nearby structures that drive the wind through the turbines at faster rates, which is projected to generate 50 MWh of electricity annually, according to Inhabitat.

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/first-building-with-built-in-wind-turbines-london%e2%80%99s-strata-tower-integrates-3-wind-turbines-into-facade.htm/feed 1 http://nordicgreen.org/first-building-with-built-in-wind-turbines-london%e2%80%99s-strata-tower-integrates-3-wind-turbines-into-facade.htm Green Building | Solar Wind Generator Green Construction http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/yvQvzdIyHkU/green-building-solar-wind-generator-green-construction.htm http://nordicgreen.org/green-building-solar-wind-generator-green-construction.htm#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:23:02 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=71 Solar Wind Generator at work on a western NY construction site, completely replacing the framing crew’s gasoline generator. Saved the framing company, Canadice Construction, the expense of 553 gals of gasoline in a 4 month period. This is really amazing. ? Finally someone is using readily available technology in such a practical way. Its so simple. Way to do your part to be green. Watch video of Solar Wind Generator Green Construction below :

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/green-building-solar-wind-generator-green-construction.htm/feed 0 http://nordicgreen.org/green-building-solar-wind-generator-green-construction.htm How Can I Power Small Appliances in my Home Using Solar Energy? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/A5Nw0DnY7GI/how-can-i-power-small-appliances-in-my-home-using-solar-energy.htm http://nordicgreen.org/how-can-i-power-small-appliances-in-my-home-using-solar-energy.htm#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:29:56 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=62 How Can I Power Small Appliances in my Home Using Solar Energy?
When you consider all of the items in your home that use electricity, the list, as well as the cost, can be daunting. Many people are beginning to use solar energy for at least some of the power required in their
households.

Solar energy can help power some of your small appliances, particularly if those appliances are in a certain area of your home. For example, you may want to provide solar power for many of the electronic devices in a home office to protect them in the event of a power failure. To do this, you can buy or build your own solar power generator. An Internet search will provide a wide range of generator suppliers. However, you can build your own unit, often for less than $400.

Here is one way to build your own generator. You can make or purchase solar cells to make a solar panel. New cells are available from many retailers, or you may consider buying used or slightly imperfect cells at significant discounts on eBay. Next step: Purchase a deep-cycle rechargeable battery, one that is at least 12 volts. These batteries are often used for boats or recreational vehicles. Be sure to buy a container for the battery to cover any terminals that might be accessible. You will need to obtain a 12-volt DC-power meter. Then, buy a DC input, which will allow you to run DC-powered appliances. Many appliances are AC-powered, so you will have to purchase an inverter, which will convert the DC power to AC. Before buying the inverter, estimate the amount of power you will need. Wattage is usually found on most electrically powered items, usually on the bottom or back of the item. You can also find typical wattage for many items on the Internet. Combine the wattage of the items you plan to power with your generator, and then buy an inverter with at least that wattage.

Attach the meter and the DC input to the top of your battery, using a drill. With insulated wire, attach your meter to the battery’s wing nut terminals. Be sure that you connect the negative pole before the positive one. In the same manner as you connected the meter, connect the DC input and finally the solar panel to your battery.

When you place your solar panel in the sun, note that it can take up to eight hours to power a never-used or dead battery. Allow about three hours to charge a weak battery.

About the Author
Shannon Bell writes for residentialsolarpanels.org a non commercial blog focused on her Photovoltaic experiences to help people understand how and why they should save energy and invest in solar power. She writes on residential photovoltaic power for homes to help people learn how to start save energy from the scratch and then apply those experience to the next level.

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Many have tried to build magnetic engine, but it is difficult, and the difficulty is that somehow isolate the beam and the magnetic field in one direction, so that it can repel “correctly stator magnet and following of the magnet does attract or repel stator until boost reaches the position within the movement direction.

Anyway, here is another experimenter who uses rotating magnets in the stator, if correctly aligned a certain pattern that tries to find each time you start the engine, producing a movement of the rotor, and therefore energy.

The idea is that the magnet does not produce energy in itself, but the arrangement and the magnetic flux really. And if you find the right alignment pattern, I see no reason why it should not. Just watch the Video of Magnetic Motor Working below.

]]> http://nordicgreen.org/video-of-magnetic-motor-working.htm/feed 0 http://nordicgreen.org/video-of-magnetic-motor-working.htm The Revolution of Tiny Solar Cells http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NordicGreen/~3/eQ_Sn6HmNQ0/the-revolution-of-tiny-solar-cells.htm http://nordicgreen.org/the-revolution-of-tiny-solar-cells.htm#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:27:28 +0000 admin http://nordicgreen.org/?p=48 Sequins tiny size of solar cells have been developed by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories. It might be the preferred alternative energy for the holiday season. This wonderful project is funded by the U.S. government. The dimensions of size flakes of crystalline silicon solar cells only 14-20 microns thick and measuring 0.25 to 1 mm in diameter that is only 10% of the bulk of revenue. They also consume 100 times less silicon to produce the same amount of electricity a solar cell level. Their level of effectiveness is 14.9%
The Revolution of Tiny Solar Cells

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The USP of size scales of crystalline silicon solar cells is size. Due to its extremely small size, the burst of solar particles can be installed in a wide range of products that require energy. Another USP of size crystalline silicon photovoltaic Flake is that they have the ability to adapt to any shape or form a certain size, such as fabrics. Then turn your clothes into solar power generators. If we reflect a bit and see the tiny particles of solar cell size can turn a person into a solar battery charger works if they are full of clothes.

Due to its small size, are also less prone to the effects of shading and heating. Its construction in the small electrical contacts are also its strength and durability. The shade and the heat that often prevents the performance of more efficient solar cells. Flakes as solar cell technology, hopefully soon appear on high-technology items such as satellites immediately to the rear tents donors “to help the electronic charge. We hope that these cells could revolutionize the way Solar energy is used.

These cells reach their small size, due to the application of techniques such as micro-electronics and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Techniques are usually used to create today’s electronic circuits. Greg Nielson is the principal investigator of this project. He said the research team has identified more than 20 benefits of scale for micro PV (MPV) cells. Manufacturers often look for new applications, better performance, lower costs and greater efficiency in a product because of these qualities help to produce and market a product easily. Researcher Murat Okanda also comes with their views: “For large-scale generation of electricity from the big advantages is the significant reduction of manufacturing costs and installation over existing technologies in the solar cell.

Greg Nielson said, “Ultimately, the units could be mass produced and rolled around all forms, including building integrated solar tents, and even clothing.”

These miniscule flakes of solar cells can be used by all walks of life as hunters, hikers or soldiers. They are often far from the usual amenities of cities. In the field, can use small-sized flakes of solar cells to recharge the batteries for phones, cameras and other electronic devices as they move or sleep. Even better, you can change these micro elements have circuit boards that help perform other functions.

Vipin Gupta, field engineer at Sandia. He shares his opinion, “The micro-sized photovoltaic modules of these cells to the roofs of houses and stores could have intelligent controls, investors and even the tank built into the chip.”

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