Sunflower – Solar Powered Lunchbox Concept

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.

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Vent-Miser – Programmable Energy Saving Vent

The Vent-Miser 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.

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ecobee Smart Programmable Thermostat System

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 central heating controls. (more…)

Aladdin Auto-Bleeding Radiator Vent

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 efficiency by up to 60%! This means you have cold zones on your radiators and you’ll probably turn up the thermostat to compensate too.

The smart Aladdin Auto-Bleeding Radiator Vent gadget bleeds your radiators of air for you, ensuring all of your radiators are running as efficiently as possible. Automatically! (more…)

Off-Grid Solar Powered Refrigerator

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. (more…)

Chromasun Solar Powered Hybrid Air Conditioner

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. (more…)

Inflatable Chimney Pillow to stop Chimney Draughts

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 Chimney Pillow comes in. The Chimney Pillow inflates into the gap in your chimey, blocking it off. If you need to use the chimney again, just deflate the pillow and extract it. (more…)

EcoFan – Heat Powered Wood Stove Fan

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 heats up. (more…)

Eco Tutor: Solar Heating for your Home

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 with those monthly energy bills, you’re also contributing to global warming.

If your home uses a conventional gas-fired furnace, or fuel-oil, both of which are fossil fuels, which generate greenhouse gases. If you have electric heat, you are indirectly generating greenhouse gases, since the electricity needed to power electric heaters is often provided by coal-burning electric power plants.

But what if you could keep your home toasty warm all winter long, generate zero greenhouse gases and your monthly heating bill was zero? That’s right, I said zero – as in nada, nothing at all. (more…)

Heating & Cooling System Vent Booster Fan

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 aims to ‘pull’ out heated or cooled air from air vents and push the air into the room. This therefore boosts the efficiency and energy saving potential of any heating or cooling system. The booster fan fits over existing ventilation grills in the home, and is activated by a temperature-sensitive sensor. (more…)