Call for energy labelling of TV screens

Most people don't realise it, but larger plasma screens for the home – some recent models measure 103 inches diagonally (2.4 x 1.4 m) – are overtaking refrigerators and freezers as energy guzzlers, according to RMIT energy expert Alan Pears.

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ECOS Magazine 2007 (Issue 138)

From This Issue

Reclaimed water that's good enough to bottle

Community breathes new life into Lagoon Creek

Desalination: option or distraction?

Events Calendar

Business signs up to support short-term cuts

Tiny bilbies star in WA's biggest native fauna release

Call for energy labelling of TV screens

Native grasses low-cost option for mine clean-up

Sweet success in utilising saline water

Older may be wiser when it comes to energy, water use

Water resource 'snapshot' shows need for groundwater mapping

More meaningful 'day at the office'

Editorial: Highlighting the 'social' in CSR

Taking carbon into account

This year's Banksia winners

Sea rangers close in on Gulf's killer nets

The value of a truly sustainable business strategy

'One child' policy for Australia?

A warning and action on coral reef conservation

Warmer Tibet, lower flows

P back in the loop after S bend?

Opinion - Prompt action required on sustainability and global inequity

Review - Listening to the land: an extraordinary Australian story

Review - Sorting the greenwash from 'true green'

Plant crops to clean up aquaculture waste

Catching up with the new carbon cycle

Making sure your home is not an energy sink

Tuning in to a deeper wisdom

Uranium mining and the question of corporate social responsibility

Marine reserves bring NZ waters back to life

The proof is in the printing

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