When we talk about Cuba Libre, there is a name behind all the drink greatness, Bacardi. Bacardi is a spirits company founded at Santiago de Cuba in 1862, when founder Don Facundo Bacardi Massó was inspired to create rum, as we know it today. The main Product of Bacardi is Bacardi Rum, which is the main ingredient of the famous Bacardi Cuba Libre. Bacardi Cuba Libre is the world’s favorite and best-selling Cuba Libre. Eugenio Mendez, Global Category Director Rums for Bacardi said that “More than 80 billion Bacardi Cuba Libre cocktails have been served since 1900, and close to 6,000,000 are consumed every day around the world”. Bacardi is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda and has a 16-member board of directors led by the original founder’s great-great grandson, Facundo L. Bacardi. The President Bernard F. Ramirez and Co-President Charles M. Hernandez, also play a large part in production and sales. Bacardi sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year in nearly 100 countries. The company’s sales in 2007 were US$5.5 billion, up from $4.9 billion in 2006.

As the largest family owned Spirits Company in the world, Bacardi has made a commitment to the environment as a part of Bacardi Limited’s corporate responsibility policy. One of the Bacardi’s efforts for the environmental concern is the installation of the largest wind turbine in Puerto Rico. With this effort, Bacardi wants to inspire other companies to get involved in using renewable energy. As we know, most of companies are still using fossil fuels as their main energy source, which is not good for our environment. The Bacardi’s wind turbine is designed to utilize the energy of natural wind to power Bacardi’s distillery. By the use of this wind turbine, Bacardi can offset more than 900 tons of CO2 a year. Another ‘green’ action made by Bacardi is they treats waste water and uses it in the towers during their production process, which saves approximately 22,000 gallons of water per day. Bacardi is also working with the government of Puerto Rico to provide incentives and support to those working towards greener energy solutions.

Since we know the corporate responsibility activities of Bacardi, we should be proud of drinking Bacardi Cuba Libre. Because, just by drinking it, we are take part in saving our environment.

Replacement windows are different from new-construction windows. They can save your money in air conditioning cost, because they can keep stability of your house temperature. The important thing to know is not all replacement windows can do it to your house. Only the best one can do it. The question is how to know which replacement windows is the best for us?

There are several indicators to choose the best replacement windows for our house. I pick one example: Penguin Windows. They give the customers the followings:

Triple-pane windows

When it comes to saving energy, triple-pane windows are the best choice available. The idea is to keep those cold and hot temperatures outside where they belong. Triple-paned (technically called “triple glazed”) windows are, of course, heavier and a bit more expensive than double paned windows. But the savings start from the day you install them. Compared to double-pane windows, triple-pane Windows could save up to 30% on your heating and cooling bills. Homes upgrading from single-pane aluminum windows could save up to 40%!

Krypton gas

In a sealed glass-insulating unit, the difference in temperature on each side of the glass causes an air current between the two panes (convection). Just like in a room, these air currents carry heat to the top of the window and cooler air settles at the bottom. The more air movement there is between the two panes of glass, the more heat is transferred from one side to the other. When the air space between the glasses is filled with a heavy gas instead of normal air, there is less heat transfer between the inside and the outside of your home.

But what kind of gas? Krypton is absolutely the best choice. An extremely dense gas, it is nontoxic, nonreactive, clear, odorless AND 185% denser than air and 105% denser than Argon! Triple pane don’t just have one Krypton barrier… they’ve got TWO between the inside and outside of your home.

InstallationMasters™ Certified Installer

For starters, proper installation means you’ll enjoy maximum energy savings. Even with a quality product, an improper installation could result in building code violations, air infiltration, and more importantly, water infiltration that could damage the structure of your home.

So, it is important to find the right replacement windows company which have InstallationMasters™ Certified Installer.

Lifetime Guarantee

These days it seems like every warranty is a bunch of fine print, with prorated discounts and exclusions. They try to make it so difficult that you just give up. For instance, with most window companies if one of their windows fails, they’ll give you a prorated discount to get a new one, BUT you’ll have to find someone else to install the window… at your expense. So, pick the right company who gives you lifetime guarantee.

If you choose the best replacement windows, you can save up to 40% on your heating and cooling bills. It’s also mean that you do your contribution in Go Green program by saving a lot of energy to save our world. So, what are you waiting for? Use the best replacement windows for your house!

Preventing the worsening of global warming certainly will be effectively done by knowing the causes and try to lower it. Global warming is mainly caused by the huge exploration of earth’s energy; trees cutting down that decrease oxygen productions and the increasing of emissions produced by people in all aspects. Such problem needs more concerns from all people in the world and governments have to be strictly active in fighting the global warming worsening.

It is a great idea to form green police; like what has been done in US and UK. It is like the common police officers that has quite different duty. The main job is like an environment agency that monitors energy using and emission producing in the whole commercials and residences; giving some award for them who decrease the emissions that will make shame for them who get emission increasing. If most country forms such environmental agency and trying to go green in all aspects; the global warming will never happen in this lovely earth.