Did you know how much the temperature of your attic can impact your power bills, even if you haven’t been up there since you found that family of spiders three years ago? This solar powered attic fan can save up to 30% on energy bills, plus rescue your home from nasty fungal invasions that can wreak all kinds of expensive damage. Available from Greenhome.com, $599.
Rev up all your toys with this clever pocket-sized solar charger that works with products by Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry and Samsung, plus GPS, game players and digital cameras. Talk about multi-tasking! Available from Solio at Sundance Solar, $99.95.
It’s annoying enough when your bathroom faucet splashes water all over you, the dog, the sink and everything else within 50 yards, but how much water are you wasting? This faucet aerator gives you a nice, even spray, while equipping every bathroom in your house with one can save thousands of gallons of water every year. Available at LetsGoGreen, $2.39 each.
You won’t mind being lost for days in the woods if you have this handy companion at your side, since it combines a reading light, a flashlight, a red blinking light, a siren, a thermometer, am/fm radio, shortwave and weatherband, an earphone jack, and a cell phone charger. Plus, you can power it by cranking, solar, battery and AC charger. Wow! Does it cook, too? Available from Solarrific at Amazon.com, $64.99.
You don’t see these around every day! Very unusual but, yet, very festive! Solar powered grass will look great nestled in around your trees or along the walkway. Each set has three sprigs of grass which you can set to steady or blinking. Get thinking of all the places you can put these!
$19.99 at Amazon
These energy saving outlets cut the power to your electrical products when not in use. It will keep your electrical devices from using power while in standby mode. You can purchase this product from Amazon.com for $15.80
These automated lighted stepping stones come on at dusk and go off at dawn. They are recharged during the daylight hours from the built in solar panels. You can purchase this product from smarthome.com for $118.99
This smart amplifier will figure out which speakers are on and will only amplify that channel. Saves energy by not wasting it on speakers that are not on. You can purchase this amplifier from smarthome.com for $740
This energy saving device will help you determine if your products are using to much power. this monitoring system is completely wireless for easy installation. You can purchase this device from amazon.com for $99
Rechargeable batteries are great, but you still have to use mains power to refill them. Well, not now – this solar-powered charger make rechargeables really eco-friendly by using sunlight instead. It works with both Ni-MH and Ni-Cd batteries.
The charger costs $31.99 from SmartHome.
