Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Multiple appliances controlled by a single switch reduce energy wastage. How many times has it happened to you that you’ve turned off the computer but forgot to turn off the peripherals installed with it? If it’s not easy for you...

Fred Dryer, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Princeton hopes to see 'green skies' in the future. He plans to do so by developing greener alternative fuels for air jets to reduce pollution in the sky. According to the U.S....

In the rat-race of reducing 'carbon footprints' across the world, and trying to keep up with the strongly-echoing buzzword 'eco-friendly', fuel cells are in the leading herd. The industries are also trying to pick up with the rhythm to meet their...

Cutting on congestion leading to fuel saving and lessening of greenhouse gas emissions has been the crying demand of the environmentalists for decades, with the global climate-threats rising. Amidst these buzzwords, needed to help heal the ailing..

In the world, where the demand for bio-diesels is soaring with the increasing concerns for greenhouse gas emissions leading to global warming, researchers are getting innovative with the sources of bio-diesels or grease to power the cars running on...

Though Canada has failed to meet the Kyoto goals within the stipulated time, it seems to be trying hard to make the ends meet, as far as global warming-related initiatives are concerned. It is now the turn of the Canadian railways to do its bit to...

After exploiting and exploring the agricultural lands and crops for bio-diesel, it is now the turn for the poultry and farm byproducts to serve the environment. Making bio-diesel from fat is not a new concept, but commercializing it will not just solve...

Hewlett-Packard is going ambitious in a 'green' way. It has announced that it will be improving the use of energy and emissions caused by its electronics and packaging and eventually reduce its use of global energy by 20 percent below 2005 levels by...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been taking up green ventures for long. But, its recent initiative deserves a real appreciation! The world's leading retailer has come up with an ambitious campaign of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)...

Bay Area's finest restaurants are being turned green by converting tons of their table scraps into clean, renewable energy. All these environmentally-noble ventures are being made at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration...