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Go Green is a blog aimed at helping teachers and office workers reduce their impact on the environment by making small changes to their work environment and the way they work.

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Which is more eco-friendly; electric hand dryers or hand towels?

Posted by Chris at Tue 15 Apr 2008.

In this article we are going to try to determine which is more eco-friendly out of paper hand towels and electric hand dryers. There are two main factors involved in this comparison. One, carbon emissions produced as a result of delivery lorry driving and electricity usage. And secondly, waste disposal of the various materials.

Hand dryers: you gotta love 'em

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Solar Power reading for 14 April 2008

Posted by Chris at Mon 14 Apr 2008.

This Mondays the solar power is up to 470 kWh.

The weeks weather has been a mix of sun, rain, moderate hail and snow.

Official weather reports for today:

9°C, Showers in the Vicinity. 71% humidity. 9.99 km visability. Sunrise: 6:15, Sunset 20:04 (Yahoo!).

12°C, Fair. 44% humidity. 6 miles visibility. Sunrise: 06:14, Sunset: 20:04 (MSN).

Solar Power reading for 07 April 2008

Posted by Chris at Mon 7 Apr 2008.

This Mondays the solar power is up to 387 kWh.

This week we have seen a mixture of bright sunshine and snow!

Official weather reports for today:

7°C, Showers in the Vicinity. 57% humidity. 9.99 km visability. Sunrise: 6:30, Sunset: 19:52 (Yahoo!).

7°C, Fair. 66% humidity. 6 miles visibility. Sunrise: 06:29, Sunset: 19:52 (MSN).

Solar Power reading for 31st March 2008

Posted by Chris at Mon 31 Mar 2008.

This Mondays the solar power is up to 325 kWh.

The weather this week has varied between bright sunshine and heavy rain. Today it has been sunny with passing clouds and is now starting to become overcast.

Official weather reports:

12°C, Partly Cloudy. 58% humidity. 9.99 km visability. Sunrise: 6:46. Sunset: 19:41 (Yahoo!)

11°C, Cloudy. 65% humidity. Very Good visibility. Sunrise: 06:48, Sunset: 19:40 (BBC)

Solar Power reading for 25th March 2008

Posted by Stu at Tue 25 Mar 2008.

This Tuesday’s the solar power is up to 267 kWh.

The weather today is a bit overcast

Official weather reports:

6°C, Cloudy. 55% humidity. Very good visability. Sunrise: 06:02, Sunset: 18:30 (BBC)

6°, Mostly Cloudy. 57% humidity. 9.99 km visibility. Sunrise: 6:00, Sunset: 18:31 (Yahoo)