First time I saw this i was blown away by the simplicity of the design. The Watercone offers a safe and cheap way to produce drinkable water from salt water and other brackish water by using the rays of the sun and the property of water to evaporate once it hits 100′C.

Aside from not needing electricity, you don’t have to keep careful watch over it too while it does its work. Areas without potable water and electricity could use this simple product to produce drinking water.

Found this via reddit.

How often do you see an Energy company that has a subsidiary whose main purpose is to save energy? Well its kinda like shooting yourself in the foot, but I have to commend the Aboitiz Group for having that kind of business.

Aboitiz Energy Solutions recently announced that they have tied up with an American firm, Davies Energy Systems Inc, to provide energy-efficient solutions to private companies and local government units.
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The Don Emilio Abello Awards for Energy Efficiency were recently awarded to SM City North EDSA, SM City Sucat, SM City Sta. Mesa and SM City Manila. While the SM Mall of Asia was the Philippine Entry to the ASEAN Energy Efficiency and Conservation Best Practices for Buildings contest. Their energy saving practices resulted in over P38M worth of savings for the malls.
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Ever since I’ve started this blog I’ve been more energy conscious than I already was. The drive to reduce our electricity and lower cost has been taken up like a religion for me. It all started with doing an energy audit of the house and reducing our electric bill by about 40% by getting rid of energy hogs or replacing appliances with more energy efficient ones.

Cooking wise we’ve switched to an electric stove since LPG prices were going sky high on us. We’ve also lowered our footprint by limiting our car use to just once per week, when we have to do groceries.
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This is the best gas saving technique that I know of. Quite easy actually, even my 1.7 year old son does this when I’m driving and I swear that it saves me tons of gas a week. And it works for all types of vehicles, from SUV’s to sedans, to compacts etc. It’s just a simple process too. First you put your hand on the ignition key… and the next step is… wait for it… turn the key to the left.

Yeah, I don’t believe in after market gas saving add-ons to the car. I think the most they can do is knock off a few pts of your gas consumption but the threat of damaging your engine could be much greater.
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If you’re planning to build it from the ground up, somewhere around the vicinity of Php 7M ($155k, $1=P45). Engr. Nestor Archival of Cebu put up a two storey 400sqm house on a 7,000 sqm property which uses biogas, solar and wind energy to power their electrical needs. And you can’t say that the house is spartan because along with working electricity it also has a swimming pool at the back.

Inspired by his work as chair of Cebu City’s committee on environment, he decided to redesign the original plans of the house he was planning to build so that he could contribute to making the world a better place. With a household of 8 people he spends just around P1,500 a month for their electrical needs.
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