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Belkin’s Conserve Surge with Timer Reduces Energy-Related IT Costs

Consumers and business users alike are all concerned with saving power. Whenever you save energy, you not only save money, you also reduce the demand for fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. Less burning of fossil fuels also means lower emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the primary contributor to global warming, and other pollutants. Belkin has come up with a distinctive way to reduce wastage of energy in the form of Conserve Surge with timer.belkinsurgetimer-4uThe Conserve Surge with timer is a cost-saving business solution that will help organizations lessen the amount of energy wasted by the office electronics at the work stations. The surge protector provides IT and facility managers a better control over power consumption, particularly to desktop electronics where nearly half of all IT energy costs draw from. Its automatic timer makes saving both money and energy simple.

The built-in timer of the Conserve Surge automatically eliminates the wasted “standby power” consumption, since it turns off electronics plugged into the “auto off” outlets after 11 hours, requiring almost no effort from the employee. There are six “auto off” ports to use that usually don’t require constant power, as well as six “always on” outlets for PCs and other electronics requiring constant power. Employees can activate the six switched outlets with a single press of the on/off button.

The conserve Surge with Timer is available now at Amazon.com.

The LightLane won’t scare bikers anymore

One of the famous trends these days is energy conservation. People go to different heights just to do something for the environment. We take advantage of natural light, we harness solar energy, we throw our trash in the proper waste bin. If we are able to do everything, if only we have the resources needed, everyone will be driving cars powered by hydrogen or installing solar panels in their roofs.

Let us take biking for example. Not everyone knows how to bike. Out of the millions of people who are able to ride the bike, a percentage uses the bike when going to work. Out of that percentage, a smaller percentage have had an experience where they were inches away from a potential road accident.

The LightLane can pretty much avoid that. Most of the time, drivers do not care to look if your bike is too close to their cars. What if they suddenly bumped you out of your bike? The LightLane has a laser that imitates a real bike lane. Since not all major roads and highways have bike lanes, the LightLane can signal the driver into telling that you are on his car’s right side.

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It is just like marking your territory. It will be safer for the user and road accidents will be reduced.

The concept for the LightLane was submitted by Alex Tee and Evan Gant in a design competition. Unfortunately, their design did not win, but the idea garnered a huge response from the people. This is why production for the LightLane might soon become a reality.

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