# greener (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover greener. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hey Siri, Flatten the Duck! (2017)](https://www.earth.org.uk/Hey-Siri-Help-Flatten-The-Duck.html) _2026-08-21 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Green the grid, and help off-grid users too, with a simple laptop, tablet and phone tweak or two. #FlattenTheDuck #cutCarbon ## [How Water-Efficient Plumbing Can Help Businesses Reduce Waste and Operating Costs](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/eco-review/how-water-efficient-plumbing-can-help-businesses-reduce-waste-and-operating-costs/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ A running toilet in a busy restaurant or a pinhole leak above a stockroom do not look like major capital problems on their own. Together, though, they can keep a water meter moving around the clock and turn a utility bill into a stubborn operating expense. The case for water-efficient plumbing becomes even clearer in \[…\] The post How Water-Efficient Plumbing Can Help Businesses Reduce Waste and… ## [How to Explore Washington, D.C. More Sustainably in Four Days](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/travel-review/how-to-explore-washington-d-c-more-sustainably-in-four-days/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Washington, D.C. invites an overambitious schedule. The pins look close together and many museums are free, but by mid-afternoon, tired feet and unnecessary car trips tell a different story. A well-paced 4 day Washington DC itinerary sticks to a sightseeing spine: Smithsonian museums and the Tidal Basin, the farther reaches of Mount Vernon and Arlington, \[…\] The post How to Explore Washington,… ## [How Ground Transportation Is Becoming a Bigger Part of Sustainable Business Travel](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/travel-guide/how-ground-transportation-is-becoming-a-bigger-part-of-sustainable-business-travel/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ For years, the sustainability conversation around business travel has focused mainly on flights, hotels and whether a trip needs to happen at all. Those questions remain important, but they do not capture the full journey. Employees still need to move between airports, offices, hotels, conference venues and client sites. As companies look more closely at \[…\] The post How Ground Transportation Is… ## [How Data Strategy Turns Sustainability Goals Into Measurable Results](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/sustainablebusinessadvice/how-data-strategy-turns-sustainability-goals-into-measurable-results/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ If you care about sustainable business, you already know good intentions aren’t enough. Carbon targets, ethical sourcing claims, and efficiency promises all need proof. That proof comes from data, and not the messy spreadsheet jungle kind. Companies trying to cut waste, lower emissions, and make smarter investments need systems that turn raw numbers into usable \[…\] The post How Data Strategy Turns… ## [How Influencer Marketing Can Encourage Sustainable Consumption](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/socialsustainability/how-influencer-marketing-can-encourage-sustainable-consumption/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Influencer marketing has become an important part of how people discover products and decide what to buy. Creators can introduce audiences to new brands, explain how products work, and share personal experiences that make recommendations feel more relatable than traditional advertising. This influence also creates an opportunity to encourage more thoughtful and sustainable consumption. When \[…\]… ## [Why Acoustic Comfort Is Becoming an ESG Metric](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/esg/why-acoustic-comfort-is-becoming-an-esg-metric/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Corporate sustainability strategies used to focus almost entirely on carbon emissions and energy use. Today, business leaders are paying closer attention to how indoor environments affect the people who work inside them, and sound is part of that conversation. Here’s how workplace acoustics moved into the ESG spotlight. Workplace Noise Harms Social Performance The social \[…\] The post Why Acoustic… ## [Why Long-Term Ownership Is the More Sustainable Model for Enterprise Software](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/technology/why-long-term-ownership-is-the-more-sustainable-model-for-enterprise-software/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ When people talk about sustainable business practices, the conversation usually goes straight to carbon footprints, renewable energy, supply chains, or waste reduction. Less attention is given to the software infrastructure that helps organizations deliver essential services efficiently. That infrastructure matters. Software is increasingly involved in waste collection, public transportation,… ## [How Strategic Recruitment Is Closing Talent Gaps in Renewable Energy and Clean Tech](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/renewableenergy/how-strategic-recruitment-is-closing-talent-gaps-in-renewable-energy-and-clean-tech/) _2026-08-21 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ The renewable energy and clean technology sectors are expanding at an impressive pace, creating new opportunities while also exposing a serious challenge: finding qualified professionals quickly enough to support growth. As solar, wind, battery storage, electric mobility, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies continue to develop, employers need people with highly specialized… ## [How Sustainable E-Commerce Fulfillment Reduces Environmental Impact Without Sacrificing Speed](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/sustainablebusinessadvice/how-sustainable-e-commerce-fulfillment-reduces-environmental-impact-without-sacrificing-speed/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Online shopping has changed how people think about time, but it has also changed how much waste a single purchase can generate. Every order that moves through a warehouse touches packaging, energy, transportation, and, often, a return trip back through the same system. Multiplied across billions of parcels a year, these small decisions add up \[…\] The post How Sustainable E-Commerce Fulfillment… ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A7lSImCUMqqP) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [The Green Skills Gap Isn’t Just a Hiring Problem. It’s a Visibility Problem](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/employment/the-green-skills-gap-isnt-just-a-hiring-problem-its-a-visibility-problem/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ The green skills shortage is usually described as a recruiting problem. Companies need people who understand renewable energy, carbon accounting, circular manufacturing, sustainable procurement, battery systems, building efficiency and a growing list of other specialties. So the obvious response is to hire. Sometimes that’s exactly what a business needs to do. But plenty of companies \[…\] The post… ## [The Secondhand EV Market Cannot Scale Without Battery History](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/electricvehicles/the-secondhand-ev-market-cannot-scale-without-battery-history/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Used battery electric registrations in Germany ran 77 percent ahead of last year’s, on the ICCT’s latest monitor. Plug in hybrid sales on the same comparison crawled up by 14. Used BEVs plus PHEVs combined moved from 5.6 percent of ownership transfers in April 2025 to 10.9 percent this April, near enough to a doubling. \[…\] The post The Secondhand EV Market Cannot Scale Without Battery History… ## [The Hidden Carbon Cost of Replacement Cycles: Why Window Longevity Is a Sustainability Metric](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/decarbonisation/the-hidden-carbon-cost-of-replacement-cycles-why-window-longevity-is-a-sustainability-metric/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ The Hidden Carbon Cost of Replacement Cycles: Why Window Longevity Is a Sustainability Metric Most corporate sustainability strategies count carbon at the smokestack and the utility meter – not at the loading dock where replacement materials arrive. Embodied carbon, the emissions locked into manufacturing, transport, and installation, is projected to account for up to 49% \[…\] The post The Hidden… ## [What to Look for When Buying an Environmentally Conscious Engagement Ring](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/sustainable-fashion/what-to-look-for-when-buying-an-environmentally-conscious-engagement-ring/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ A couple in Portland spends an entire Saturday afternoon comparing two nearly identical rings, one with a lab-grown center stone, one with a mined diamond, both certified, both marketed as the “sustainable choice.” It’s a genuinely confusing moment, because the honest answer to “which is greener” depends on details most retailers never mention: where the \[…\] The post What to Look for When Buying… ## [Common Risks Covered by Travel Insurance for Work Trips](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/travel-guide/common-risks-covered-by-travel-insurance-for-work-trips/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Common Risks Covered by Travel Insurance for Work Trips Business trips require professionals to manage meetings, schedules, transportation, and important responsibilities away from home. However, unexpected events can affect health, travel plans, and essential work items. Understanding possible risks before departure helps travelers prepare for different situations. A suitable plan may help… ## [The Carbon Footprint of a UK Business Event](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/carbon-footprint/the-carbon-footprint-of-a-uk-business-event/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ If you’ve ever run a corporate event or trade show, you’ll know the logistics are complicated enough before you start thinking about emissions. But for sustainability managers and event planners reporting on Scope 3, the question isn’t whether your event has a carbon footprint. It’s where that footprint actually sits and what you can realistically \[…\] The post The Carbon Footprint of a UK Business… ## [Green Fintech: How Payment Innovation Is Reshaping Sustainable Business](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/business-review/green-fintech-how-payment-innovation-is-reshaping-sustainable-business/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Green fintech is quickly becoming this decade’s largest sustainability trend. Payments have historically been viewed as a mundane back-office function. For decades, few stopped to consider the environmental impact of trees, trucks, diesel and emissions associated with moving money. Things are changing. Businesses are looking for hard answers on how green their money movements are. \[…\] The post… ## [Integrated Pest Management: How Sustainable Gardening Is Shifting Away From Chemical Solutions](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/business-review/integrated-pest-management-how-sustainable-gardening-is-shifting-away-from-chemical-solutions/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Sustainable business leaders spend a lot of time thinking about supply chains, packaging waste, and carbon accounting, but the ground beneath those big-picture strategies literally starts with soil. For the growing number of companies investing in corporate gardens, employee wellness plots, and green roof initiatives, pest management decisions carry the same sustainability weight as choosing \[…\]… ## [How Texas Cities Build Greener Infrastructure](https://sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/greenbuilding/how-texas-cities-build-greener-infrastructure/) _2026-08-20 · Ela Grace D. Coyam · Sustainable Business Magazine_ Behind the ever-changing landscape of Texas’ ever-growing cities, there is a wealth of changes taking place within the public works of major cities across the State. As more and more people move to urban centers and severe weather occurs with increasing regularity, the sustainable development of public works is becoming a matter of increasing urgency \[…\] The post How Texas Cities Build Greener… ## [On Solar DHW, Sunamp, PV Divert](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-solar-DHW-for-16WW-UniQ-and-PV-diversion.html) _2026-08-19 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Solar hot water #solar #PV #DHW ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i2eteq5wqJGU) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [On the AQE Air Quality Egg: Review (2013)](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Air-Quality-Egg-REVIEW.html) _2026-08-19 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Is a low-cost "DIY" Internet-connected air-quality monitor actually any use? ## [Pint, Poster, Paper: Slice-and-Dice Heating Decarb (2026)](https://www.earth.org.uk/pint-poster-paper-slice-and-dice-decarb.html) _2026-08-18 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ From Pint-of-Science public talk to academic paper; derivatives and heat-pump load profiles. #PhD #heating ## [Enphase AC Battery Grid-connected Storage in Our UK Home: Review](https://www.earth.org.uk/Enphase-AC-Battery-REVIEW.html) _2026-08-18 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Does it do what it says on the tin? And what about the important feature not on the datasheet? #storage #dataset #behindTheMeter ## [On Making Christmas Greener](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-greening-Christmas.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Twelve top tips that the Internet gave to me - for a green Xmas... Have fun, save money, do the right thing by the planet - triple win! #greenXmas ## [Octopus Heat-pump Journey](https://www.earth.org.uk/Octopus-heat-pump-journey.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat #defossilisation ## [Manage the Heat Maltese Style](https://www.earth.org.uk/manage-the-heat-Maltese-style.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Avoid your home overheating in summer by using your windows and blinds like the Maltese do on the Med! #BeatTheHeat ## [Low-Power Software to Save Cash and Carbon](https://www.earth.org.uk/low-power-software.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Find out how to get a job run, minimise energy in and CO2 out, and even allow a move off-grid... #frugalComputing #greenSoftware #GSE ## [Grid-Tied Rooftop Solar PV Generation Stats via Sunny Beam](https://www.earth.org.uk/grid-tie-generation-stats-SunnyBeam.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ High-frequency (per-minute) grid-tied generation stats for 16WW roof-mounted 5.16kWp solar PV. #PV #dataset ## [Expanding and Optimising Off-grid PV for Mid-winter (2016)](https://www.earth.org.uk/expanding-off-grid-PV-system.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Read how I attempted to move 10% of our mid-winter home electricity demand off-grid... #microgen #storage ## [16WW Hot Noon Garden Ambient (2023-09)](https://www.earth.org.uk/16WW-hot-noon-garden-birds-and-bees.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Back garden noises with temperature hitting 32 Celsius; birds, bees, cars, planes, sirens. #fieldRecording #London #heatWave ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/60vumGhb5sIR) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Greener Travel: Why Cut Car-bon Miles?](https://www.earth.org.uk/travel-green.html) _2026-08-17 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ A journey of 1000 miles begins with 1 step; not to a car please! #podcast #CarFreeDay #transport ## [A Workshop on Energy Data Best Practice (2019)](https://www.earth.org.uk/Energy-Data-Best-Practice-Discoverable-Searchable-Understandable-meeting.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Making energy data discoverable, searchable and understandable by third parties, and thus usable, is a huge challenge. #data #bestPractice ## [General Bibliography](https://www.earth.org.uk/bibliography.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset ## [16WW Energy Series Dataset](https://www.earth.org.uk/energy-series-dataset.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Time series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset ## [On Website Technicals](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Read nitty-gritty tech updates and daily learnings that keep the Earth Notes site up and running; site stats also. ## [On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-data-for-16WW-mains-water-inlet-temperature.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature ## [Adventures in Sonification](https://www.earth.org.uk/sonification.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Data into sound for science and fun #sonification #house #EDM ## [PhD Research on UK Wet Heating Retrofit](https://www.earth.org.uk/PhD-research.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ A continuing summary of Damon's research into optimising UK domestic wet heating system retrofit. #PhD #heating #research ## [Bats at the Hogsmill Bridge, Villiers Road, Kingston](https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-Hogsmill-bridge-dataset.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Observations of bat activity at the bridge over many years #bat #Chiroptera #dataset ## [Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2026)](https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-7.html) _2026-08-16 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ More mainly evening observations from around and about 16WW. ## [On Website Technicals (2026-08)](https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-111.html) _2026-08-15 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Tech updates: EOM, PDF for vector graphics, hot, greener... ## [Saving Electricity and Gas](https://www.earth.org.uk/saving-electricity.html) _2026-08-15 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Avoiding 6 tonnes of CO2 per year at home! #electricity #fossilGas #cutCarbon ## [RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency](https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html) _2026-08-14 · Earth Notes Basic Feed_ Climate cost of bad feed handling #RSS #podcast #Podbean #Spotify #Google #Apple ## [Things that made me come back to Emacs](https://cephei8.dev/blog/emacs-things/) _2026-07-18 · cephei8's site_ TLDR: Neovim was good, I just personally like Emacs better (especially Org-Mode). I think I can call my experiment to try out Neovim finished, and I am happy to be back to Emacs. I used to be a GUI Emacs user. The motivation to try out Neovim was the rise of AI agentic workflows, and that the AI agent harnesses worked best in the “proper” terminals (Claude Code was flickering and… ## [Neovim setup for Odin](https://cephei8.dev/blog/neovim-odin/) _2026-05-14 · cephei8's site_ Recently I have been experimenting with Neovim. This post is about how to set it up for Odin programming. I will cover: syntax highlighting building/testing/formatting Odin code from Neovim LSP autocomplete debugging Prerequisites Install Odin Install ols and odinfmt (LSP + formatting) Install tree-sitter-cli (for installing Odin Tree-sitter grammar) Install latest llvm and make sure lldb-dap is… ## [My Large Array of Things in Odin](https://cephei8.dev/blog/large-array-odin/) _2026-04-05 · cephei8's site_ Background If you are not familiar with the concept of Large Array of Things, I highly recommend watching Avoiding Modern C++ | Anton Mikhailov on Wookash Podcast, both for educational purposes and for inspiration. In two words - it’s an array of fat structs, with intrusive data structures to implement hierarchies. In this post I will show my implementation of the concept in Odin,… ## [Doom Emacs setup for Odin](https://cephei8.dev/blog/doom-emacs-odin/) _2026-02-08 · cephei8's site_ Doom Emacs, as expected, can be made into great “IDE” for Odin. This post will cover setting up syntax highlighting, LSP, build command, and debugger. Syntax highlighting Odin Tree-sitter mode provides a nice syntax highlighting. Add the following to packages.el : ;; packages.el (package! odin-ts-mode :recipe (:host github :repo 'Sampie159/odin-ts-mode' )) And config.el : ;; config.el… ## [Making user-facing DSL with goyacc](https://cephei8.dev/blog/dsl-goyacc/) _2026-02-02 · cephei8's site_ One of the core features of my Greener project is user-facing DSL for querying database with test results. For example, status = "fail" AND name = "login\_test" fetches results of the “login\_test” test that failed. Surprisingly, Go’s port of classic YACC parser generator was a relatively simple and straightforward way to parse user queries to further convert them in SQL queries.… ## [Go's Bun ORM - alternative to Python's SQLAlchemy](https://cephei8.dev/blog/bun-sqlalchemy-alternative/) _2026-01-02 · cephei8's site_ Initially, my Greener project was implemented in Python. When I decided to switch to Go, I started looking for Go ORM library. In Python the de facto standard is SQLAlchemy . I liked SQLAlchemy and was hoping to find something similar for Go. Specifically, I was looking for the following: Actively maintained Support for different databases (in the sense that same code works with different… ## [Greener: lean and mean test result explorer](https://cephei8.dev/blog/introducing-greener/) _2025-11-25 · cephei8's site_ Test frameworks usually produce custom test output by default (along with exit code). For example, pytest (test framework for Python) gives something like this: tests/test\_apikey\_controller.py::test\_create\[db\_sqlite\] PASSED \[ 25%\] tests/test\_apikey\_controller.py::test\_get\[db\_sqlite\] PASSED \[ 50%\] tests/test\_apikey\_controller.py::test\_list\[db\_sqlite\] PASSED \[ 75%\]…