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Solar Now Cheaper than Coal

Link: Celsias

Nanosolar’s Breakthrough - November 23, 2007  · Filed under CleanTech - Solar,  Energy by Jessica

Their mission: to deliver cost-efficient solar electricity. The Nanosolar company was founded in 2002 and is working to build the world’s largest solar cell factory in California and the world’s largest panel-assembly factory in Germany. They have successfully created a solar coating that is the most cost-efficient solar energy source ever. Their PowerSheet cells contrast the current solar technology systems by reducing the cost of production from $3 a watt to a mere 30 cents per watt. This makes, for the first time in history, solar power cheaper than burning coal.

USGBC News

Link: USGBC News

USGBC News LEED for Homes Rating System Launches LEED Homes Committee 8/3/2005 U.S. Green Building Council USGBC Launches LEED Green Building Rating System for Homes Pilot Demonstration

USGBC Makes Call for LEED for Homes Pilot Projects in Partnership with Local and Regional Organizations

(Washington, D.C.) August 3, 2005 - The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announces the launch of a one year pilot demonstration of its newest green building rating system, LEED for Homes. The Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Rating System is a voluntary program that will recognize and reward the top 25% of green home builders in terms of environmentally sound construction. New homes built to the LEED standards will be designed and constructed to use less energy, less water and fewer materials. The LEED homes will provide improved indoor air quality through better ventilation and filtration systems design, and improved controls of pollutant sources.

"The residential market is a new area for LEED and USGBC," said Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC President, CEO & Founding Chair. "The homes market is in line with our mission of transforming the built environment on all levels. These LEED homes will help lower operating costs, increase home value, reduce maintenance issues and improve indoor environmental quality."

New release of Weather Pulse

Link: Visit Tropic Designs for info and download. 

November 15, 2004 -  

A powerful desktop Weather Image Display Program. The current temperature is displayed in your taskbar. It updates weather automatically to the frequency you desire.

FREEWARE - No Spyware No Adware

Display popular Satellite images and video from around the globe, share images with your friends and family, stay updated on current and expected weather conditions, it's just plain fun!

Weather for Littleton, Co. 80128

Link: SuperPages.com: Add Weather To Your Site

You can now add local weather information directly onto pages on your website! The SuperPages.com Weather Console is ideal for use on websites devoted to local area information, and for personal webpages. The SuperPages.com Weather Console will display today's date, the forecast High and Low temperatures for today, along with a brief outlook description and icon. To add a Weather Console onto your site, enter the name of the City and State into the submission form below, and click the "make it!" button. The Console html code will be generated and displayed in the space below. Copy the generated code and paste it into your web page's HTML where you desire the console to appear.

SyncNotes - Your notes. Anywhere. Anyhow.

Link: SyncNotes - Your notes. Anywhere. Anyhow..

What is SyncNotes? SyncNotes helps you keep you important snippets of information at your fingertips, always.

SyncNotes is a system that allows you to easily store, retrieve and even communicate small pieces of textual information. The SyncNotes System consists of a desktop software that allows you to put up virtual sticky notes on your screen, a web based system that synchronizes all notes from your PC(s) and a WAP based interface for viewing and adding notes when you are on the go.

Security Watch Letter: Zafi.B Worm is Multilingual

Security Watch Letter: Zafi.B Worm is Multilingual

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Spyware and adware have become more than a nuisance, threatening privacy and opening users to identity theft. Though there are a lot of anti-spyware products on the web, IE-SpyAD is a quick, inexpensive fix.