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Seeing your Carbon Footprint

by Kevin 13/10/2009 in Green ICT

Have you ever wonder what your carbon footprint actually looks like? Measuring green house gas emissions gives an accurate, but abstract, calculation of the quantity of CO2 released into the atmosphere but it can be difficult to visualise precisely what this means.

The Carbon Quilt is an online application that translates these calculations into a visual [...]

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Bristol short-listed as first European Green Capital

by Kevin 06/11/2008 in Bristol

Bristol has been chosen as the only city in the UK to be short-listed for the European Green Capital Award. The city has been pre-selected alongside seven other European top environmental cities out of 35 initial applications.
The seven other cities are: Amsterdam (Netherlands); Copenhagen (Denmark); Freiburg (Germany); Hamburg (Germany); Munster (Germany); Oslo (Norway); Stockholm (Sweden).
The [...]

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New Environmental Website Launched

by Kevin 27/10/2008 in Bristol

A new website that has just been launched for the Bristol area.
ecojam.org, a new one-stop website for Bristol’s growing green and ethical scene, is taking a fresh approach to local environmentalism. Launched by researchers at the University of Bristol, it’s a place for you to discover local businesses and initiatives, search for ethical jobs, trade [...]

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Please help with our Domestic Energy Use survey

by Kevin 20/08/2008 in Bristol

Connecting Bristol are a key partner in the DEHEMs (Digital Environment Home Energy Management System) project. DEHEMs is a European Union funded project looking to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce household emissions.
The project kicked off in June 2008 and will develop and test an energy monitoring and display system for homes. The project [...]

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