Turning eco-savvy is the catchphrase these days. You can do it too! After all, it is real easy to adopt green living ways and it doesn’t cost a dime. As a matter of fact, you might just end up saving money. In times when prices are shooting up and resources are scarce, everyone can make a positive change by going green. Here are a few simple things you can do if you also want to take on a greener lifestyle.

1. Recycle and reuse

The supply of many material like plastic and metals is limited. So, try to reuse and recycle as much as possible. Keep track of recycling centers and pick up services to which you can make a donation. Make use of recycling bins set up in your locality or office. One can easily reuse cloth, paper and glass items around the house. Buy recycled paper, bricks, plastics or reclaimed wood.

Typical street lights use highly inefficient HID lamps that drain the grid of electricity and cost untold millions of dollars a year to power and maintain. Obviously street lights are needed for the safety of travelers at night, but why does so much money need to be wasted? Instead, high performance, energy efficient LED lights should replace energy hogging HID street lights and become the new street lighting standard.

Going green at the workplace would probably amount to giving back a lot to the environment is a big way! There is gross wastage that goes on inside the offices. If you come to taking a total of all the monetary losses - it would probably be uncountable. From energy wastage in equipment, lighting and air conditioning to gross wastage of paper - there is a lot that needs to be controlled in the office and we must try to put in that effort and become more environmentally responsible.

Before this, we have a discussion about how to decide whether or not you need solar. This time I want to tell you some about how to choose solar lighting. It’s both for home owner and public illumination. Installing solar lighting can pose many challenges to the homeowner. In addition to the basic cost of the lights themselves, the lighting levels and reliability can vary from manufacturer.

Stand-alone solar is a perfect solution for providing power to wireless security surveillance systems.  Current technology has allowed surveillance systems to be installed in remote or hard to reach locations.  Previously, the security cameras would need to be hardwired into a monitoring station in order to provide real time surveillance of the areas.  Now, the cameras can be outfitted with wireless technology in order to transmit the surveillance signals to the monitoring station.  This can be accomplished through direct radio transmission to the monitoring station or through a wireless mesh system.  Often times, the electrical grid is either unavailable or cost-prohibitive in such locations.  This provides the ideal opportunity to utilize stand-alone solar power.

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