| Thursday, February 03 | | · | Oh Baby - It's Cold Outside |
| · | WattBusters Super Bowl AD |
| Tuesday, December 28 | | · | Thanks from WattBusters |
| · | Technology and Safer Chimneys |
| · | Hot Tips in a Cold Bathroom |
| · | Portable Motion Sensor LED Light For Everyone |
| · | Global Coal Demand Up, Mining Surging |
| · | Ancient Baghdad Battery |
| Monday, November 29 | | · | Cow Flatulence - Global Warming Stinks |
| · | Travel, Turkey and the Thanksgiving Flush |
| Monday, October 25 | | · | Oil Be Home for Christmas - Energy Spike for Home Heating Expected |
| · | Blinded by the Light - Color Temperature |
| · | Candy Energy - Sugar Bomb |
| Thursday, October 21 | | · | Michigan PSC predicts High Heating Bills This Winter |
| Tuesday, October 19 | | · | Halloween - The Trick or Treat of Daylight Saving Time |
| Friday, September 17 | | · | Idle Worship |
| · | California Tripping - Air You Go |
| · | Water Whirled - Southern Cal |
| · | Wind Power at Altamont - Beak Efficiency |
| · | Solar Chimney - Size Matters |
| Monday, August 23 | | · | Energy Hogbusters For Kids - Battle of the Bulb |
| · | Weatherstripping - To Air Is Human |
| · | Blackout and Blue Skies - What the Haze is Going On? |
| · | H2-Oh Look At That Water Bill |
| Friday, July 23 | | · | Device Saves Nearly 100% of Energy |
| · | Trying To Maintain |
| · | Let There Be Light |
| · | The Habitual Roast |
| Monday, July 12 | | · | American Idle |
| · | Technology Whiz - No Flush Urinals |
Older Articles
| |
|  |
|
| Wattbusters Family is Growing
Tuesday, June 08 @ 16:52:52 EDT
by webmaster |
 We'd like to welcome you to the Wattbusters family.
We're a diverse group with differing needs but we have one thing in common.
Saving! To some of us it's saving money. To others it's saving energy. Some of
us are focused on ways to help save the earth and her resources. Either way
you look at it, we're a positive group making small, incremental changes but
these changes really DO add up over time.
As a member of the Wattbusters family, you'll be receiving this newsletter
once a month. In each issue we'll include interesting, funny and informative items along
with new products and technologies that we carry. We'll let you know about
public shows and seminars related to energy savings and how they can affect
you.
|
|
|
|
| New Light on Energy Conservation
Tuesday, June 08 @ 16:46:36 EDT
by webmaster |
Your local hardware store tries to sell you some new energy-efficient "compact fluorescent" light bulbs at $20 apiece, suggesting that you use them to replace your incandescent bulbs. Would you buy them?
Your local electric utility offers to give you - free - several of the same type of bulbs, telling you they will save you money on your electric bill. Would you accept them?
|
|
|
|
| Fire and Light Bulbs
Tuesday, May 25 @ 10:43:53 EDT
by webmaster |
The most ancient of discoveries and the epitome of invention, fire and light bulbs both provide light by the same process: incandescence. In fire, from forest fires to Bunsen burners, chemical reactions release heat, releasing gases and raising materials to high temperatures, where the gases and materials incandesce.
Light bulbs also produce light through incandescence, but they use electricity to produce the heat. Inside a light bulb, as in space heaters, electrical current runs through a thin wire and heats the wire to a high temperature, causing the wire to incandesce. Brighter (and whiter) light requires higher temperatures, which in turn require more electricity. Compact fluorescent bulbs run 90% cooler than incandescent bulbs which will reduce fire hazards and risks to children and pets.
|
|
|
|
| CFL'S for safety? Falls and light bulbs
Friday, May 21 @ 17:20:21 EDT
by webmaster |
 Put compact fluorescent bulbs into fixtures that are hard to get at, like in a stairway or the attic. Sometimes the hassle of standing on a ladder or chair to replace a hard-to-reach bulb makes the higher cost of the compact bulb worthwhile on this basis alone. Compact fluorescent lamps are most cost effective and efficient in areas where lights are on for long periods of time. You may see a slower payback in areas where the light is turned on and off often, or where they are on for only a few minutes, such as closets and pantries. Because compact fluorescents do not need to be changed often, they are ideal for hard-to-reach or dangerous areas.
|
|
|
54 Stories (6 Pages, 10 Per Page)
 [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ] |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
