Really Stupid Designs
You don't have to look far to see plenty of examples of designs that are really stupid from an ecological point of view. Take the...
Engineering the Future
Jul 27, 2009
I'm a member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology - back when I was appointed a member it was the Institute of Electrical Engineers...
Free: 101 Carbon-busting Tips
Jun 16, 2009
Now available from the resources page.You can't say I don't spoil you...
Some Ideas to Chu On…
May 27, 2009
While the last year has seen Barack Obama hogging the limelight of US politics, his new Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize-winning physicist, has...
Weekly Tip #38: Motors
Dec 16, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the Green Business Bible e-book:Motors are responsible for a 64% of industrial electricity demand...
Terra Infirma saves companies £175k each
Aug 15, 2008
Until March, Terra Infirma carried out environmental healthchecks on behalf of Envirowise, looking at waste, water and energy. We've just been reviewing the files of...
Amory Lovins on energy efficiency and oil
Aug 13, 2008
http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf I love these TED talks and found this one by US Energy Guru, Amory Lovins on energy efficiency and oil. It claims to be...
Weekly Tip #22: How many of your staff know how a thermostat works?
Jul 14, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the forthcoming Green Business Bible e-book*:If you're reading this, you probably know that a...
Heath Robinson would love to be an energy auditor
Jul 4, 2008
Outside my office window, a team of builders is working on an eco-house. They are running a petrol generator to produce power for an electric...
A good time to go green
Jul 2, 2008
Things have settled down here a little at Terra Infirma Towers after the most busy (and it has to be said lucrative) month in our...