100% Renewable Powered Datacenter

As reported by datacenterknowledge.com a company from Texas is attempting to build a data center that is 100% powered by renewable energy. They are starting off with wind turbines.

Should be very interesting to see if they can pull this off.

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Building Green

As I was trying to find something to watch on Hulu while I was reformatting a computer and transferring the files back I came across this show called “Building Green” It was put together by PBS and goes through a lot of different methods and options for building green. All the while they are actually building a house. Some very cool stuff in the episodes I hadn’t realized or knew about.

Here is the first episode to check it out:

Wind Turbine update!

Sorry for the delay! I tested the turbine on a 10foot mast last week and proud to say I was getting about 9 volts steady. I need to play around with the blades and a different motor but all is looking good! Pictures will be up shortly as well. The charge controller is being built by a friend right now as well. Another cool thing is I found 13 motors I can use so if I want to make a small wind farm I can now!

Wind Turbine Project Update!

So found out I had 2 motors for my use. Also bought some parts today for the projects and started making some of the main components. Check out the projects page for more indepth information.

Very cool energy eff. house

Found this over at http://www.homedesignfind.com

Very cool! This house glows green when it is making enough energy to power the house and then some. When it is pulling off the grid it glows red. Check it out! Must make the neighbors jealous when it is running “green.”

Makes me wonder if the house will make some competition in that area for more efficient houses, lets just hope so!