Month: November 2011

Seasonal Home Lighting Tips for Holiday Cheer

This weekend homes across the country will be a little brighter when millions of Americans kick off the holiday season by trimming their trees, and their yards, with holiday lights. For more than 100 years, GE Lighting has been a symbol of both tradition and innovation in holiday lighting, so much so that GE holiday lights illuminate historical and national landmarks, such as the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., each year. Know your lights. When purchasing lights, begin by making sure that all of the light strings are compatible, and don’t be caught running out to the store for more lights.

Energy Star Products for a Greener Holiday Season

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering holiday gift-giving tips that will help support a healthy environment this season and all year long. Energy Star, Design for the Environment, and WaterSense labels can be found on thousands of products across the country, making it easy to choose gifts that can help anyone on your list save energy and protect the environment. By using these products this holiday season, consumers can cut their energy bills and harmful pollution while helping keep our environment healthy. Look for the Label that Saves Gift Recipients Money Energy Star Home Entertainment: You can find the Energy Star label on nearly all entertainment products from TVs and Blu-ray disc players to home-theaters-in-a-box. If you are in the market for a digital picture frame, consider one that has earned the Energy Star. It uses 25 percent less energy than non-qualified models.

Buffalo Ulster Energy Sites: Clean Power for New York

Photo of a printed document titled “EPA AND DOE Launch Clean Energy Site Assessments in New York,” placed on a wooden desk, outlining redevelopment plans for three New York sites: Lackawanna, South Buffalo, and TechCity in Ulster County, with a clean energy icon featuring a wind turbine and sun.

(Lackawanna, New York – November 18, 2011) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are evaluating the feasibility of developing wind or solar power production on three previously contaminated sites in New York State. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck today visited the community near the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, one of two Buffalo area sites that will be evaluated, to announce the New York sites chosen for assessments. The assessments are part of the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative through which EPA will help revitalize abandoned sites, clean up the environment and lay the groundwork for renewable energy and job creation. The Lackawanna site will be evaluated for either solar or wind power. The EPA and DOE will evaluate sites in 20 states including Lackawanna, South Buffalo and Ulster, New York.

Seat Fabric in All-New Ford Focus Electric Uses Waste To Create a Better World

Sitting on empty plastic bottles while driving or riding in a car would be less than ideal. That’s not the case when it comes to the all-new Ford Focus Electric, as it features seat fabric made of recycled material that includes the equivalent of more than 20 plastic bottles per car.
The fiber – called REPREVE® – is made from a hybrid blend of recycled materials and manufactured by Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI), a global leader in sustainable textile solutions.
Unifi officials say 22 plastic, 16-ounce water bottles are used in the seat fabric of a single Focus Electric. The figure is based on the amount of REPREVE branded fiber used in the production of fabric in each vehicle.
Ford is the first automaker to use REPREVE branded fiber in its seat fabric.

Electric Car Drag Racing Events!

Electric car drag racing

2012 Drag Racing Expo Event
May 18, 2012
Our 2012 EV Drag Racing Expo Event will be filled will fun for all!
Bring your family, we will have food and plenty to watch.
Electric Street Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Drag Cars, Dragsters Only! NO ICE Vehicles!
$500.00 Purse for the Fastest Electric Drag Car!

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