Energy Quest

How to have 24,000 sq. feet of lighted display at no energy cost

2008-05-10T14:54:00.002+02:00

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information aesthetics - data visualization & visual design

The largest color LED display worldwide, & the first photo-voltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall in China. the display requires zero external energy, as the facade harvests solar energy by day & uses it to illuminate the screen after dark. the display comprises of 2,292 color (RGB) LED’s light points comparable to a 24,000 sq. ft. (2.200 m2) monitor screen for dynamic content display.

The polycrystalline photovoltaic cells are laminated within the glass of the curtain wall & placed with changing density on the entire building’s skin. the density pattern increases building’s performance, allowing natural light when required by interior program, while reducing heat gain & transforming excessive solar radiation into energy for the media wall.

You can play with the online simulator, or watch a movie (click on "Specials".

Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis

2008-04-13T11:51:00.002+02:00

In this video, Al Gore

"presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of "generational mission" -- the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement -- to set it right. Gore's stirring presentation is followed by a brief Q&A in which he is asked for his verdict on the current political candidates' climate policies and on what role he himself might play in future."

"How many generations in all of human history have had the opportunity to rise to a challenge that is worthy of our best efforts? a challenge that can pull from us more than we knew we could do? ...we are the generation...about which it will be said in 1000 years, that found it within themselves to solve this crisis and lay the foundations for a bright and optimistic future."

Some of the slides can be seen here at Duarte Design's site.

Start page for wind energy

2008-03-09T13:02:00.003+01:00

Here's an Odysen start page for wind energy, the fastest growing renewable energy technology. The page includes:

* Photos from Flickr sorted by most interesting.
* News search widget using the keyword wind energy.
* Website bookmarker widget with links to various wind organizations and manufacturers.
* Amazon book search for wind energy.
* Ebay search for wind turbines for sale.
* YouTube videos of wind turbines. for wind energy, the fastest growing renewable energy technology.

Reposted from the Odysen blog

New Light Bulbs

2007-09-29T19:54:00.000+02:00

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"Switching the types of light bulbs we use at home is a small but
impactful way for nearly everyone to save money and help reduce
pollution. We made this video because compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs make sense and we want people to make the switch." - Common Craft

Length: 3:00

Please feel free to share this video. You can email it to someone here, or grab the code for your website on You Tube and Blip.tv (where you can also download the original file.)

Intel: The Journey Inside

2007-09-29T11:40:00.000+02:00

What do you know about electricity? Go to this page and do all the lessons - watch the videos and use the Flash animations to "do" experiments.

photo by laimagendelmundo

A new solar energy collector

2007-08-29T18:47:00.000+02:00

A young hi-tech company in California was spotlighted on the Discovery Channel in this video investigating a new kind of solar collector.

What is Solar Energy?

2007-08-29T18:30:00.000+02:00

Watch this short video which explains what solar energy is, and how we can capture it.

The Elegant Universe

2007-08-29T18:05:00.001+02:00

Chapter 3, "A new picture of Gravity" of the NOVA PBS television show, An Elegant Universe describes Einstein's success in explaining gravity as warps and curves in the fabric of space and time and his quest to unify gravity with electricity and magnetism. The development of the concept of electromagnetism is explained. Click here to open the page with links to all the episodes.

The video is 7 min. long.

Energy (Wikipedia for Children)

2007-08-18T09:44:00.000+02:00

SOS Children launches Wikipedia for Schools

29/05/2007

Volunteers at the English Wikipedia and SOS Children have today launched The Wikipedia Selection for Schools. The Selection is about the size of a 15 volume encyclopaedia with 24,000 pictures, 14 million words and articles on 4,625 topics. It includes the best of Wikipedia as well as many thousands of pages of extra material specifically selected to be of interest to children who follow the UK National Curriculum and similar curricula elsewhere in the world.

The selection is organised around National Curriculum subjects
The articles have been cleaned up and checked for suitability for children
Website: http://schools-wikipedia.org/
Available for free as BitTorrent download (2.5GB compressed with full size images) or HTTP download (792MB compressed with only thumbnail images) or on DVD from SOS Children’s offices. See below for download instructions."

This post from SOS children will tell you all about the project - a free encyclopedia you can download for yourself at home, but also use online. Look at "Energy" for a complete but clear definition and description of energy.

Aerotecture? It's wind technology design

2007-08-04T13:17:00.000+02:00

Read about this wind turbine at the aerotecture.com stie,

Toby Kinkaid narrates a description of his invention HelyxTM wind generator in a low wind speed test. This wind technology is totally silent, and safe for wildlife such as birds. The HelyxTM wind turbine operates in a wide range of wind speeds. For example, a regular "propeller" type wind generator needs at least 7 Mph wind speed to begin to turn. The HelyxTM wind turbine (see video) turns at 2 Mph wind speed. Excellent characteristic for the "Urban Turbine". The HelyxTM is designed to be the "personal computer" of the energy industry. These are a series of real world field tests. Toby Kinkaid is an inventor based in Portland, Oregon, founder of www.solardyne.com and co-founder of Oregon Wind Corporation. www.oregonwind.com

What is this?

2007-08-04T13:07:00.000+02:00

This video by EPURON GmbH, a subsidiary of Conergy AG, won the top honor for best film advertising spot at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes. It was recognized as the best tv ad from Germany at Cannes. It was created by Nordpol+ Hamburg.

Energy

2007-08-04T12:54:00.000+02:00

Energy is a web page from India. "Can you imagine life without lights, fans, cars, computers and television, or of fetching water from the well and river? This is what life would have been like had man not discovered the uses of energy – both renewable and nonrenewable sources."
Find out how much you know at the quizz.

Energy Quest

2007-08-04T12:31:00.000+02:00

Move the mouse over the objects in the room to find links to each section of the website. This page is part of the California Energy Commission's Energy Quest Website. There is also a "movie room", a links page with Library and Energy references, and a games and puzzle page.