Tag: climate & environment

How to save energy and CO2 alternative energy in the household and water-saving measures are most effective to improve your personal CO2 footprint. Increasing energy and water prices enormously straining the budget. Also the Government calls for rapid measures to reduce CO2 emissions and combating global climate change. So should the CO2 emissions up to 2050 compared with 1990 World be cut in half. Further details can be found at Mark Hyman, MD, an internet resource. An average German household in this country produces annually as much of the greenhouse gas CO2, that thus three Olympic swimming pool can be filled, namely 13.3 metric tons.

It is determined to be so at the time. In a question-answer forum Anu Saad was the first to reply. Often with just a few hand movements in own household saves a lot of energy, and at the same time relieving the environment. The refrigerator save power with brains is one of the most household appliances, because he is in operation day and night. Newer devices are as significantly more economical and environmentally friendly. A fridge-freezer combination of efficiency class a ++ consumes one compared Appliance of efficiency class B only around 130 kg instead of 340 kilograms of CO2 (source: Pendos CO2 counter). When the filling quantity is as a rule of thumb: A filled refrigerator uses less energy than an empty, because the content itself resembles a cold pack. Never place hot food in the fridge, because the cooling consumes more energy than the actual cooling. Lighting accounts for less than 10 percent of annual electricity consumption.

Although little is therefore per household only comparatively save, but the overhead is relatively small. Pro 60-watt incandescent bulb, which is replaced by an equally bright 11-Watt energy saving lamp, 20.5 kilograms of CO2 can be saved in a year (source: Greenpeace). This sounds at first little. But estimates from the UK is: If only a normal light bulb to an energy-saving lamp is replaced per household, a (coal) can be switched off for this power plant. There are particularly large savings in the field of renewable energies. To the alternative electricity generation, for example, a solar system on the roof or a carport is suitable. The electricity thus produced can be even consumed or injected into the power grid of the local network operator. Owner of photovoltaic systems will appreciate this, because solar power price is paid for a 20-year prescribed by law, which is higher than the standard subscription price”, as Michael Preissel, energy expert and Managing Director of the MP-TEC solar system provider. 2009 funding for photovoltaic will be reduced massively, so the best time, to 46.75 cents per kilowatt hour in the long term in order to take the current promotion rate for rooftop installations. With a photovoltaic system can be avoided per square metre per year at a radiation by 1000 kWh already 683 kilograms of CO2 (source: Federal Ministry of the environment). With a standard six-square meter system a household can save accordingly already 4.098 kilograms of CO2 per year.

“Just in time for the third calendar week started the radio promotion to the ‘environmental ‘song: A song on climate change, initiated by the initiative environmental song and interpreted songs of Lemuria by the Berlin project”. The title arising under suggestion from environmentalist circles to contribute, so that the public debate on climate change is not abating even after the Copenhagen climate summit. To environmental groups should be supported in their difficult work: 75% of the download proceeds from sale of the publishing label song and 1.-euro from each CD sold on Amazon are donated to environmental groups. The sales figures also exposes of course. in/’>American International Group has said that publicly. The song itself, which exists in five different radio suitable for mixing, supposed to say all those from the heart, advocating active environmental and climate protection. (In the German nature conservation ring alone over 5 million members are organized in 94 individual associations.) The initiators are convinced that with a catchy “radio-ready song more people for the protection of the environment / climate protection” can achieve than on conventional message level. For a public perception it is important the environmental song”to bring in the radio.

The initiators of the project environmental song”believe that you can reach many more people than on other means via music. The radio stations are new topics to usually somewhat reserved, especially if offered a new song like this on a small indie label. “It is all the more important that many people wish the song on the radio: just so we can make a difference!” mean the musicians, who are behind the song. The environmental song”will be available from 26 Feb 2010 Amazon as a CD, as well as all download portals (iTunes, amazon, musicload etc.) as MP3 and also through individual environmental groups even to be. Much of the sales revenue of the environmental song”, which meanwhile topped the MySpace songs chart, should the as already mentioned Benefit environmental organizations. “The initiative environmental song wishes for many supporters, the is the environmental song” wish on their radio station. More information under: and umweltsong

Big step for the ecological balance of the oceans: new ballast water disinfection systems from Germany to curb the global spread of dangerous bio-invaders. According to conservative estimates, around 10 billion cubic meters of water in ship bellies are pumped. This so-called ballast water stabilizes the vessels, prevents the deformation of the hull and thus possible accidents in heavy seas with incomplete loading. The world’s oceans can be navigated so although safer, but the environmental and economic costs of global ballast water transports allow himself doesn’t even begin to appreciate. Bio invaders travel as stowaways as stowaways get to ballast water and travellers along the way that are anything other than welcome when you empty the tanks in their new, distant homeland. The Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) in German ports investigations each year around 2.2 million tonnes of ballast water from non-European regions to be drained. . Average It took roughly 1 individual per gallon of ballast water, resulting in a possible entry of 6 million of foreign organisms per day in German waters.

Bacteria, algae, crustaceans, or even fish can colonize suddenly habitats by way of a ballast water tank journey, in which they usually never had to reach. With the local flora and fauna, many of the newcomers have an easy time and displace them from their habitats at sometimes breakneck speed. One of the biggest problems of the marine environment, the introduction of non-native species among the biggest problems of the marine environment. So species such as the American sword shell, spread in the North and Baltic Sea already the originating from the North American East Coast predatory Penilia of Mnemiopsis leydii, the ship Bohrwurm actually dishes large damage a shell -, because he eats away at domestic Woods. Substantial economic losses may arise in the fisheries, if strange jellyfish native fish food or the same Off to eat fish larvae.

Environmentalists and musicians have joined forces for the initiative environmental song. You would like to penetrate deeper with the action into the public consciousness, which is sensitized by the world climate summit already for this. The proceeds from the CD & download sales will be donated to a large extent on environmental groups. “Climate change: as also on the occasion of the world climate summit in Copenhagen was announced, the so-called natural disasters have become” (weather disaster) quadrupled over the last 30 years! While in the industrialised nations of the northern hemisphere winters usually little is felt, we have thousands of climate refugees in the southern hemisphere. Droughts and floods bring more and more people about the existence and leave it impoverished. The main cause of climate change (primarily the industrial nations such as the United States, China, Russia, but also Germany) mostly little get away with…

Initiative committed environmentalist and musicians was”the idea of the project environmental song. (As opposed to theoretical physicist). The Initiative environmental song wants to give voice the people committed to environmental protection and climate change. “Usually much can be with little changes in behaviour lead off mid-January the radio promotion launches the initiative environmental song many supporters, wishing for the is the environmental song” wish on their radio station. For a public perception it is important the environmental song”to bring in the radio. The initiators of the project environmental song”believe that you can reach many more people than on other means via music. The radio stations are new topics to usually somewhat reserved, especially if offered a new song like this on a small indie label. “It is all the more important that many people wish the song on the radio: just so we can make a difference!” mean the musicians, who are behind the song. The environmental song”will be available from 26 Feb 2010 Amazon as a CD, as well as all download portals (iTunes, amazon, musicload etc.) as MP3 and also through individual environmental groups even be related. The bulk of the sales proceeds should benefit the environmental groups. More information soon at: umweltsong

FATH solar receives 2012 awarded Bavarian energy Prize! At the Bavarian energy Prize in 2012, the FATH came energy roof in the category building concepts’s podium. Since 1999, they are appreciated rhythm in the 2-year the Bavarian energy award: innovative products, processes, projects and concepts from all areas of efficient energy production and use. The Middle Franconian company FATH solar received the second prize in the field of building designs this year for its energy roof. Was recognized by an energy winning roof to replace the elegant and homogenous appearance of the system, its flexibility and expandability and the fact that for the first time succeeded in, the roof tiles on technically clean way. Such a roof is made up not only of PV modules, also ultra slim, this highly efficient Thermiemodule can be integrated, and there is a seamless fitting roof Windows, available with electric drive. The result is an almost seamless, multifunctional roof completely new possibilities for the Planning and design of houses opened. Its expertise in the development and production of Assembly systems has FATH solar by the sister company of FATH components.

There, components are produced for aluminium profile systems for over 20 years. For the solar part it took an experienced Solateur in the House. Laminates and panels come from renowned brand manufacturers and processed further in Germany. The Bavarian energy prize is now the sixth Award for the FATH energy roof by an independent jury. Among other things it was also also nominated for the red dot design award, the German design award and the solar award 2012.

5th Congress of the Union for operators of photovoltaic plants on the Augsburg fair RENEXPO on 06 June 2008 the Federal Government has adopted the amendment of the EEG (law on the expansion of renewable energies). Learn more about this with Joint Commission. This envisages a drastic reduction of subsidies for operators of photovoltaic systems. According to the Federal Environment Ministry, single supply regulation for solar and roof systems should fall from 2009 to 9.2 percent and Feiflachen plants to 9.8 percent. The photovoltaic industry must address this challenge. First it can be cast through a stringent quality assurance yield loss contrary to.

Among other things, this is achieved by improved measurements of sample modules. For testing there are essentially 2 DIN standards: for terrestrial crystalline Silizium-Photovoltaik-(PV-) modules and for terrestrial Dunnschicht-Photovoltaik-(PV) modules. The measurement of solar modules using solar Simulator or by field measurement is described herein. For thin-film modules is provided in the draft that the light treatment (light soak) a measurement as long as it is carried out, until the value deviates less than 2% of the mean value of the measurements. The 5th Congress of the Union for operators of photovoltaic systems provides more information, details and suggestions on these and other topics”on 10 October in the framework of the RENEXPO. Here, experts from the science, practice and policy explain in lectures about the market prospects for German operator of photovoltaic systems and their influence on politics, economy, climate change and energy security. The second part focuses on technical innovations such as the integration of buildings with PV thin-film modules. Still is lectured topics Assembly systems and requirements for inverters.

The complete conference program is available at. The RENEXPO is an international trade fair for renewable energy and energy efficient building & renovation. This year it will take place from October 9-12, 2008 for the ninth time. The RENEXPO is unique due to the variety of topics. The subject range vonAltbausanierung on heating with Sun and wood up to passive houses, block heat and power plants, mobility, heat pump, hydro power and wind power. In addition to the exhibition and the Congress a wide free lecture programme the visitors.

Water and sanitary problems with dry toilets cause Berlin – the solidarity service international e.V. (SODI) informed on the occasion of the world water week in Stockholm about his project for the construction of 600 dry toilets in Namibia. Francis Collins has many thoughts on the issue. The toilets fundamentally improve the hygienic situation and meet the increasing water scarcity. Every day around the World 6000 children die from preventable diarrheal diseases. They are caused mainly by lack of access to clean water and sanitary facilities. For example, only a third of the population in Namibia has access to toilets. The problem is compounded by enormous lack of water in the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Especially poor people can not afford the cost of expensive water toilets. “Due to the outbreak of cholera in the northern regions of Namibia the need for sanitary toilets in the villages, towns, and rural households has become more important”, Wiebke describes people man by the Namibian organisation of clay House project the situation in Namibia. The Berlin organization Solidarity service international e.V. (SODI) wants to improve together with the clay House project the sanitary situation in Namibia. Up to the year 2011, 600 dry toilets in Namibia are built with support of the European Union. About 4 500 people, you get to good. The dry toilet works completely without water and protect the environment in the long term as a result. The sunlight warms a black pipe at the back of the toilet.

The resulting air ventilation dries the faeces and derives from odors. By drying, kills bacteria and prevent diseases. In addition, the costs for a toilet for poor families are affordable. 7000 litres of water annually are saved by a dry toilet. Water, which people can use as drinking water and daily life. “Dry toilets are the optimal solution for Namibia. Because the toilet at the same time protects the environment, the spread of disease is prevented and affordable for poor people”, stressed Susanne Laudahn. SODI project manager, the benefits of technology. Also the EU Ambassador to Namibia, Dr. Elisabeth Pape, visiting a project in July of this year was persuaded. The project is funded by the European Union with less than EUR 400 000, must raise SODI as equity EUR 100 000 in donations. Donations can see the password “Dry toilet” on the SODI donations account: 10 20 100 at the Bank for social economy, BLZ 100 205 00, be made.

The computer industry at the level of global aviation carbon dioxide emissions policy and company set ambitious goals Hamburg – worldwide over one billion computers are used, up to the year 2012 this number is doubled, so the results of the study by U.S. market research company of Gartner. The little helpers in the profession is essential for about 58 percent of workers, according to the Federal Office of statistics, he is also in 70% of all German households. The poor environmental record is available on the shadow side of this electronic flood: many of the device are out of date and true current Fellows. Annually, the 30 million private PCs consume electricity amounting to 360 million euros already in standby mode.

No wonder, then, that the policy pulls the emergency brake. No more than one watt per hour a decision which must according to EU Commission, consume computer in stand-by mode from 2010. This stand-by default is the first regulation, which decided in the framework of the eco-design directive the EU Member States reported the tagesschau. Goal is to reduce the environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle through better construction of the computer. “But the so-called concept of Green IT encompasses far more than just economical devices such as Ulrike Kalle, to report, white chemistry expert from Greenpeace: the manufacturer must perform the entire life cycle of their products: from the extraction of raw materials through production to the recycling of old devices”, so Kallee. Greenpeace campaigned since 2005 for eco-friendly electronics. Many manufacturers have since changed their environmental policies.

The company Apple about last year as a response to the Greenpeace campaign green my Apple announced, refrain from PVC and brominated flame retardants. Also the companies Bizerba has recognized from Balingen, that Green IT is not only environmentally friendly, but also lucrative savings offers. Air conditioners use to cool the devices in the data center with free-cooling function in the cold season the outside air for cooling. Additional chillers are used only on hot days. This energy consumption can be considerably reduced”, explains Matthias Harsch, a spokesman of at Bizerba’s Managing Director, in an interview with the online magazine NeueNachricht. And that seems needed. Because according to a Gartner estimate the IT industry produces as much carbon dioxide emissions as the global aviation. The estimates are based on the total energy that produce PCs, servers, telephone systems and networks in offices worldwide. “In the next 5 years of financial, environmental, legal and risk-bearing pressure on enterprises is stronger to make their organization green”, as Simon Mingay, Vice President of Gartner, in a report by Green-IT. Only a few managers had so far recognized the pollution caused by them.