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Green Power – The way forward

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Powerfreakz Solar Charger reviewNext time you are in the office take a look and see how many hand held devices are on charge. In our office just now we have three mobiles as well as the trusty digital camera and an iPod plugged in all using power when they probably don’t need to.

That’s why when WhatsGoodOnTheWeb was asked to take a look at the Powerfreakz 2500solar portable charger we jumped at the chance. Basically this is a solar charging station for your mobile or ipod, it comes with all the relevant adaptors so you can plug it in to practically anything.

The cost of the charger is about £49.99 which is a little pricey when you can just plug your phone in the wall but this does not account for how much it costs to charge a mobile. We found an article online that said it costs up to 8 pence a time to charge a mobile so every year your mobile costs you about £30 to charge.

If you use the Powerfreakz 2500every day you could save a small fortune and don’t forget that by using a solar charger you are also helping the environment so we think this is an essential item for every travellers kitbag.

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Make your business even greener with Carbon Neutral Hosting

July 1, 2010 By 1 Comment

We all know that computers use a great deal of electricity and are partly responsible for increases in energy use over the past few years. That’s why we thought we’d do a quick review of the Carbon Neutral Hosting web site www.carbonneutralhosting.biz . Based in the UK they offer a range of services from web hosting to email accounts and with more and more companies moving towards cloud based applications it is more than likely that many businesses will look for a way to offset the increased energy requirements.

The company offsets the amount of CO2 generated by their servers, which, as we all know, has a positive effect on the environment and can also add an additional string to any corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. For any company that is looking to balance their emissions we’d recommend that they take a look at the company and if possible use their services.

Overall the site is well laid out and provides enough information about the services they offer and the benefits to business both in practical terms with the services they deliver but also to the environment. I personally would like to see a calculator to see how much CO2 is needed to be offset but I’m pretty sure that will be on the way soon.

Please let us know about any other similar services so that we can review them in the future.

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Green shopping that saves money

August 29, 2008 By 1 Comment

Kelkoo Environmental Room

Kelkoo is a well known price comparison web site and in fact we used it only the other morning to find a new coffee machine for the office. The best thing about the site is saving you the time so you don’t go to every web site on the net just one.

Launched on Wednesday (27 August) Kelkoo have now entered the green revolution with the launch of an environmental room (CLICK HERE TO OPEN SITE) – aimed at helping you save money by looking for green products the page has an energy calculator and lists a series of products that are energy efficient (green) and save money.

On the downside we did a very simple search “light bulbs” in the main section of the site and were disappointed to see that energy efficient bulbs were not listed first. Obviously Kelkoo have received awards for their Green initiatives but it is not possible to put some obvious green recommendations first ??? After all they have popularity and cost as the listing options – why not green?

Overall we have always liked Kelkoo – yes they get a payment if you follow the links but just think of the time you can save – no more surfing for hours and you can actually find some pretty good bargains.

Three stars for Kelkoo on this one – the environmental room is a good idea and we’d love it to be an option on the main site search. Just maybe someone will take notice and introduce this in the future.

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