One Day, We Hope Everything Will Be Covered With Solar Panels Like The Blackfriars Bridge

Blackfriars Bridge Solar Panels - Solar CenturyThe Blackfriars Bridge in London is getting a makeover and part of that process is covering it with 6,000 sq. meters of photovoltaic panels from Solar Century. When it’s completed in 2012, the Blackfriars Bridge will be the largest solar array in London and the largest solar covered bridge in the world. The PV panels will provide 1/2 of the power needed to run the new Blackfriars railway station.

Solar panels are already being designed as roofing tiles, embedded in windows and replacing the normal aluminum covering used on parking structures. Applying solar as shade or covering could be the norm and projects like the Blackfriars Bridge is just another example. Here’s one more…

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Clothesline Season Is Around The Corner

Clothesline 2010 Winter Training Begins
It’s not too early to get outside in 30 degree weather and practice your clothespin pinch technique to prepare for clothesline season. We call it training at altitude. By getting your pre-season workout in and then hanging your clothes on a clotheslines, you could reduce your power bill by up to 10%. It’s time to look at clotheslines as an affordable solar panel support system. [Read more...]

Jubbling 101 – Sun Chips

Sun Chips Web SplashYou have to start somewhere and the folks at Frito-Lay are trying to make a difference with their Sun Chips. First, Frito-Lay added solar panels to one of their Sun Chip factories and then starting on Earth Day in 2010, they are going to start shipping their Sun Chips in biodegradable packaging. They are making a change to their processes that if they are encouraged, will lead to more improvements toward Jubbling and lead to a smaller footprint.

That is why we refer to it as Jubbling 101. If you want to be a Psychologist, you start by taking Psych 101. And if you want to be a Doctor, you start with Doctor 101 – when you want to be Jubbling, you start at Jubbling 101 and with success at that level, you move on to 102 and so on. That is why we need to purchase Sun Chips and let Frito-Lay know why. Tell them you love the Sun Chips packaging so much that you ate the bag (wait til 2010 to do this) or that you wouldn’t host a wake without Sun Chips.