Category Archives: Eco Friendly Products

Electric Fuel: Possibilities for the Future

Many companies seek out alternative fuel sources, whether they’re looking into hybrid vehicles or waiting for a new fuel source to be developed. Gas and oil prices continue to rise, so even though the initial cost for using vehicles with different fuel will be high, it pays off quickly. Current Research Many researchers look for…

The Many Benefits of Solar Lamp Posts

Adding lights to your yard is a great way to illuminate specific areas or just to offer lighting during the evening hours. There are hundreds of different lights you can place in your yard, including a solar lamp post. A solar lamp post is a light that operates through solar energy. These lights offer numerous…

O-rings And Seals Meeting Military Standards

Parco manufactures diverse rubber products across multiple industries serving many O-ring uses.  Some of the most exacting requirements we are proud to meet are the specifications established by the military.  As early as 1941, Parco was thefirst manufacturer in the U.S. to specialize in O-rings.  We quickly developed a reliable reputation for serving a myriad…

Custom Molded Rubber Products That Last

  Custom Molded Rubber Products are varied and used in numerous industries.  High quality rubber, polymer and elastomer compounding serve as starting points for formulaic applications, depending on usage.  Usage includes environmental/atmospheric, contained chambers and much more.  Even products as seemingly simple as rubber balls can play an important role in mechanical functions.  When looking…

Dirty Data Centers | The “ICloud” and Global Pollution

The Cause | Apple Announces the iCloud On June 6, 2011 at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Steve Jobs introduced the free new cloud service, the Apple iCloud. As Steve Jobs stated “[the iCloud will store] your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more.” The service will make internet information accessible from an iPhone®, iPad®, iPod…

Top 10 Environmentally Friendly Cars of 2011

The public is becoming increasingly conscious of the importance of “green” or environmentally friendly cars. A large factor in defining an environmentally friendly car, is the gas mileage obtained. Another factor is the kind of fuel used. Gasoline powered cars release carbon and contribute to local air pollution or smog. Electric cars can reduce local…

Learning About Global Energy Efficiency with LED Strip Lights

LED Strip Lights Demonstrate a Few Features of a Widely Adoptable Solution Green solutions that will have the biggest impact and be the most successful at reducing the negative impact that modern humanity continues to have on the planet will be those that millions of individuals can implement inexpensively without sacrificing their perceived quality of…

LED Aquarium Lighting | “Green” Aquarium Technolgy

In this energy efficient “green conscious” day and age, LED aquarium lighting is an enticing environmentally conscientious technology that is successfully being incorporated into of the aquarium lighting market. In the past, keeping exotic live corals was a high-priced and wasteful undertaking requiring enormous and elaborate metal halide lighting, which was both high-priced and horribly…