The Sunflower is a concept for lunchbox that would heat or chill your food and drink to whatever temperatures you desire. Using solar power the lunchbox would be able to achieve this in an eco-friendly way.
The is a programmable vent that opens and closes itself based on the settings you have programmed into it. By only allowing warmed or cooled air into a room when it is needed, the Vent-Miser helps conserve energy and keep costs down.
The ecobee Smart Thermostat is an advanced temperature control system for your home, which makes it easier to save energy through having more control of your central heating system. The ecobee allows you to set up highly specific schedules for your heating and cooling systems, rather than the twice-daily on/off settings that exist on most...
With the days getting colder, we’re starting to think about having the central heating on once again. Given that the heating has probably been switched off for a few months over the summer, its pretty likely that you’ve got some air in the system. Having air within the central heating system can reduce the heating...
To do their job, fridges and freezers need to be powered on constantly. If you have an unreliable power source, or you’re in a remote location, you’re going to have issues if you have food that need to be kept cool. Industrial Insulation Systems has a solution, which is basically a solar-powered refrigerator kit.
If it’s a really hot summer, there’s no doubt that having an air conditioner will make the hot evenings a lot more bearable. However, air conditioners do use an incredible amount of electricity. A new company called Chromasun has announced their plan to release a highly efficient air conditioner unit.
If you have an older property, it’s very likely that you have a chimney. You probably don’t use your chimney every day of the year, so there’s a strong chance you’ll get draughts coming down. That’s where the comes in. The Chimney Pillow inflates into the gap in your chimey, blocking it off. If you...
The EcoFan is a heat-powered fan that circulates heat from a wood stove into a room. The fan generates it’s own energy to power the fan by using the difference in temperature experienced by the fan at the top and bottom. The fan is almost completely silent, and will automatically circulate air when the stove...
This guest article was kindly written by Ron Bean of The Green Chameleon. It’s a great introduction to domestic Solar Heating and how it all works. It’s that time of year again – time to break out the sweaters, winter coats and watch those winter heating bills go up every month. Chances are that along...
Despite every effort to make them efficient, heating and cooling systems can only be truly efficient if they are able to effect an even temperature distribution in the whole room or house. However, this is quite tricky, as homes often lack the infrastructure to distribute hot or cold air evenly. The Register Vent Booster Fan...
