Aust Conserv

It has never been more important to consider cutting down on energy use and reducing household energy bills. Sony's new energy-efficient TV has arrived in Australia to help consumers reduce their power consumption. The Sony TV - the BRAVIA WE5 - has been designed with unique energy-saving features, such as the "Presence Sensor" that automatically turns off the TV when no one is detected in the room.

Recently the co-founders of Ecovative Design, who live by the cradle-to-cradle philosophy, have invented two revolutionary new products from mushroom roots, "Greensulate" and "Acorn".

These two products could be alternative products for energy conservation and waste reduction. "Acorn" is a compostable packaging material and "Greensulate" is an organic insulation.

To make "Acorn" and "Greensulate", the founders of Ecovative Design, Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer, use the roots" of mushrooms known as fungal mycelium. The fungal mycelium acts as resin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin.

The resin gives agricultural byproducts the ability to bond into "a rigid material" Because the mycelium is not allowed to grow long enough to produce mushrooms there is no risk of the production of spores and allergens.

AustConserv have an exciting new development to present to the eco community.

For all of those people out there love their iPhones or other mobile devices, we've now created a neat mobile version of the website. It's good looking, light weight and very easy to use.

Preview it at http://m.austconserv.com.

We're still in BETA but hope to provide our new mini site by April.

It contains a complete business search, daily tips, RSS news and lots more to come.

If you have any questions then please contact us.

The AustConserv iPhone application is coming soon.

We're putting together this little iPhone application for our users to be able to view and search for eco friendly businesses around Australia on their iPhones.

You will be able to download the application to your iPhone and hundreds of businesses will be at your finger tips.

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