Tweddle Sustainability Group

A good printer for us to learn from.

Let's take a look.

A technology to watch.

I think that we have  this covered, does anyone see anything that we have missed.

Linda - can you give us a list of the managers who have a personal printer?

Linda Voss - People with personal printers: Ladawn James Daniel Titus Bill Cook Scott Bower

Thermoelectric materials that turn heat into electricity have been around for a while, but are typically expensive and inefficient. The microwaved zinc oxide is an environmentally friendly technology that should produce affordable materials. The question is, how can we use this material to make a much-needed impact on society and the environment.

Here are eight implementations that would help the movement gain momentum.

Seems like a good use for this zinc-oxide material could be used by placing a thermoelectric layer of the stuff on the bottom of a solar panel to scavenge any remaining energy. If placed on a roof top, it would prevent the excessive heat of Michigan's summer months from entering the building, thus reducing cooling cost. It would be interesting to see how much energy could actually be produced by the material in real world conditions. Cool stuff!

What might we learn from this article?  There looks to be great advice in here.

We have definitely done some of these things.  Is there anything new here that we could do?

Several Simple Ideas

Why couldn't this be something we aspire to?

I love it! This puts Safety right at the top of the priority pyramid where it belongs. Let's do it! How could I help?

With the breadth of innovations in green technology, it seems that we should all have solar-powered laptops by now. Unfortunately, that's yet to be the case. In the meantime, there are a number of easy, more affordable ways you can reduce your carbon footprint in the office.

Environmentally friendly paper.

There are various avenues you can take to support this year's Earth Day initiative, and a great way to mobilize the earth is by using mobile devices. Check out these apps that can help you go green in time for Earth Day, and set a precedent for the rest of the year.

We should look at each one of these in our Sustainability Team

A zero-energy building is one that produces as much energy as it consumes, making it a net-zero energy property and eliminating energy bills for its owners. Although zero-energy homes and buildings are quite rare today, increasing concerns about energy waste have set the stage for a growing market.

What else could we default to the "off" position to save energy?

Mark and I are looking for a viable stand-up desk for POD and my office. We'll keep you posted.

A little bit of contrarian thinking

I don't think that those registering to standards that the world is clamoring for should be held responsible for the alphabet soup of registering bodies, nor do I think that going green and saving money could not both motivate us to do the same thing. This guy is just a curmudgeon.