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Tag: Energy Conservation Systems

Energy conservation through shades

While designing a smart home or smart business, we should always keep energy conservation in mind. Generally, we look at electronic devices and entertainment systems and ignore lighting and climate control systems. Shades, however, play a major role in saving energy. By setting the shade controls to adjust the light permitted for time of day,…

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New Trends: New Energy-positive classroom goes old school

Wired  tells us, that the Hawaii Department of Education is switching to new, energy efficient classrooms because of high local power tariffs. The new energy positive classrooms are "1,000-square-foot classroom projected to produce four times the energy it consumes—the result of eliminating the need for both artificial lighting and air conditioning." Most interestingly, its slating,…

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