Green Options » save http://greenoptions.com/tag/save Posts tagged 'save' Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Bright’s Plug-in Hybrid Delivery Van Delivers: 40-Mile All-Electric Range, 40 MPG http://gas2.org/2009/10/26/brights-hybrid-delivery-delivers/ http://gas2.org/2009/10/26/brights-hybrid-delivery-delivers/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:39 +0000 Jo Borras http://gas2.org/2009/10/26/brights-hybrid-delivery-delivers/

Indiana-based Bright Automotive has released some pretty impressive performance figures for its technically (and aerodynamically!) slick new IDEA cargo van. Aimed primarily at delivery fleets and in-town rental companies, the freshly-upgraded guppy promises to shave operating costs by thousands of dollars per year, per van.

More pictures, an official company press release, and my own opinions (that nobody asked for) after the jump.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/10/26/brights-hybrid-delivery-delivers/feed/ Skip the Big Price Tag with Simple Shoes http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/08/27/skip-the-big-price-tag-with-simple-shoes/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/08/27/skip-the-big-price-tag-with-simple-shoes/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:17:54 +0000 Liz Thompson http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/08/27/skip-the-big-price-tag-with-simple-shoes/ It seems once school starts we go on a spending rampage.  Backpacks, clothes, lunchboxes and supplies can drain the wallet pretty fast and any little bit you can save helps.

What a perfect time for a shoe sale.  Simple Shoes is currently offering many of their popular styles at special clearance prices – and we are talking dirt cheap here!  Boys Innertube shoes and the adorable GT Janie for girls are each marked at $8.99 and Skippies are just $7.90.  And while you are at it, grab a pair for yourself and baby. 

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]]> http://feelgoodstyle.com/2009/08/27/skip-the-big-price-tag-with-simple-shoes/feed/ Beluga Whale Saves Drowning Diver http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/30/beluga-whale-saves-drowning-diver/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/30/beluga-whale-saves-drowning-diver/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:54:22 +0000 Andrew Williams http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/30/beluga-whale-saves-drowning-diver/

Tourists at a Chinese aquarium were witness to a dramatic and highly unusual rescue bid, after a beluga whale rescued a drowning diver by pushing her out of the water.

The diver, called Yan Yung, had been taking part in a breath-holding competition in a 6-metre deep pool when she was struck with painful cramps in her legs at the aquarium at Harbin Polar Land in the country’s north-east Heilongjiang province.

“Maybe I was too nervous, and my legs had sudden cramps,” explained Yung. “I never dive into the water so deep and so cold. I was so nervous then. When I was choking with water and plummeting to the bottom, a sudden force pushed me out of the water.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/30/beluga-whale-saves-drowning-diver/feed/ Surestop Device Could Give Major Boost to Water Conservation http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/23/surestop-device-could-give-major-boost-to-water-conservation/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/23/surestop-device-could-give-major-boost-to-water-conservation/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:32:51 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/23/surestop-device-could-give-major-boost-to-water-conservation/

A UK company has launched a new device that allows users to cut-off their water supply at the flick of a switch, drastically reducing wasteage and giving a significant boost to water conservation efforts.

Instead of scrabbling around looking for the stopcock, the new Surestop device allows users cut supply instantly, saving water loss, and consequent damage, whilst giving householders direct control over water consumption.

Now the company hopes to expand into areas crippled by drought, where water conservation is a pressing priority.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/23/surestop-device-could-give-major-boost-to-water-conservation/feed/ Free Federal Tax Incentive Green Decoder http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/07/10/free-federal-tax-incentive-green-decoder/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/07/10/free-federal-tax-incentive-green-decoder/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:40:34 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/07/10/free-federal-tax-incentive-green-decoder/ http://www.greenandsave.com/files/de-coder-logo.jpgDid you know that if you install a Biomass Stove – wood, pellets, etc. that you can nab a  30% tax credit ($1,500  max) up until 2010? Who knows that homeowners can get a 30% tax break for installing Solar Hot Water Heating until  2016? Maybe the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009 isn’t as complicated as the IRS tax code but does anyone really want to delve into the 400 pages of legislation to figure all the ins and outs about how to qualify for the green tax credits available to homeowners?

In a Cliff’s Notes version of the myriad incentives, rebates, and tax incentives GREENandSAVE has created a Federal Tax Incentive Decoder and condensed the material to 11 bite sized pages. Best of all, this resource does not cost a dime and can be downloaded at: http://www.greenandsave.com/homecheckup/free_federal_tax_incentive_decoder

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]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/07/10/free-federal-tax-incentive-green-decoder/feed/ Hopping Mad! French Bus Driver Faces Sack for Frog Rescue http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/04/20/hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/04/20/hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:14:22 +0000 Andrew Williams http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/04/20/hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue/

A French bus driver working in Germany has been suspended from work after she stopped her double-decker bus to save a frog from being flattened under the wheels.

Passengers, already hopping mad because of a 20-minute delay, were incensed when Christina Pommerel, 46, jumped from her seat, rescued the frog, put it in a box and set it free on the side of the road.

Ms Pommerel, who has been driving buses for 13 years in the southern German city of Regensburg, told German daily Die Welt, “I couldn’t just squash it. I did my job and saved a life.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/04/20/hopping-mad-french-bus-driver-faces-sack-for-frog-rescue/feed/ BMW to Slash Fuel Use With Radioactive Tailpipes http://gas2.org/2009/03/07/bmw-to-slash-fuel-use-with-radioactive-tailpipes/ http://gas2.org/2009/03/07/bmw-to-slash-fuel-use-with-radioactive-tailpipes/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:52:53 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/03/07/bmw-to-slash-fuel-use-with-radioactive-tailpipes/

German car giant BMW has announced plans to attach radioactive heat-collectors to the tailpipes of future models, in a move predicted to slash fuel use and reduce carbon emissions by around 5 per cent.

The massive fuel saving is bigger than the three per cent achieved by the two current key Efficient Dynamics technologies - stop-start and brake energy regeneration.

The revolutionary technology, originally designed to power space satellites, captures waste heat transferred down the tailpipe and converts it to electricity via a radioactive ‘thermolelectric generator.’

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/03/07/bmw-to-slash-fuel-use-with-radioactive-tailpipes/feed/ Endangered Sea Turtles Fight Back from the Brink of Extinction http://ecoworldly.com/2009/02/22/endangered-sea-turtles-fight-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/02/22/endangered-sea-turtles-fight-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:25:00 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecoworldly.com/2009/02/22/endangered-sea-turtles-fight-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/ Tortugas

Even though sea turtles are legally protected, their populations have been drastically dwindling worldwide. All marine turtle species are listed as endangered, except the Loggerhead, which is listed as threatened. Sea turtles face a number of deadly threats, including poaching, fishing, rapidly shrinking habitat, human encroachment, polluted oceans and global warming. However, in San Francisco, Nayarit the turtles are beginning to make a slow resurgence.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/02/22/endangered-sea-turtles-fight-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/feed/ Verdiem Launch Free Software to Slash PC Power Use Up to 80 Percent http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/18/verdiem-launch-free-software-to-slash-pc-power-use-up-to-80/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/18/verdiem-launch-free-software-to-slash-pc-power-use-up-to-80/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:25:13 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/18/verdiem-launch-free-software-to-slash-pc-power-use-up-to-80/

PC energy saving specialists Verdiem have today released free downloadable software designed to help users slash their energy use up to a massive 80 percent.

According to Allison Cornia, vice president of product management at Verdiem, “If we could get just 10 per cent of the world’s one billion PCs using [the product] properly we could save 32 billion kilograms of CO2 a year. That’s equivalent to taking half a million cars off the road.”

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