by Robert Bob
Go Green within the City Half a pair of – Eco-Friendly Reworking For Residential and Industrial Real Estate
As gas costs increase a lot of homebuyers are moving closer to the town, their jobs and hubs of activity to decrease travel prices for themselves and the full family. In the article “Inexperienced [...]
Written on August 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Cooling and heating your house drains more energy bucks than any other standard system in your house. Around, 43% of your utility bill will go towards heating and cooling. Further, heating and cooling systems in the US all together emit approximately 150 million tons of carbon dioxide into the earths atmosphere each year, adding to [...]
Written on July 4, 2009 | Posted in
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by Pen Works
Why Organic?
It has been said that the externalized cost of chemical agriculture is being paid in the form of resource deletions, contaminated water, co2 emissions and greenhouse gases, soil depletion, and loss of species. The human cost is equally large. Loss of family-run farms and agriculture, the extermination of small towns and local [...]
Written on February 17, 2009 | Posted in
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by Carol McClelland
I recently attended a presentation at my local Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee meeting about the global and local effects of global warming. As I listened, it occurred to me that some effects are getting more exposure than others, and yet all of the effects have a direct link to various green industries and [...]
Written on February 10, 2009 | Posted in
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In our modern, high-tech society, we don’t think much about some of the electronic gadgets in our homes. Take, for example, the ever-present thermostat–a staple of American households for decades. It usually takes the shape of an unassuming box on the wall, but that modest device controls the comfort of your family on the coldest [...]
Written on February 9, 2009 | Posted in
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Warmed or air-conditioned air mixes with outside air through gaps in your home’s thermal envelope-exterior walls, windows, doors,the roof, and floors. Such air leaks can waste large amounts of energy.
Most experts agree that caulking and weather stripping any gaps will pay for itself within one year in energy savings. Caulking and weather [...]
Written on February 9, 2009 | Posted in
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by Ron Roberts
(NewsUSA) – According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), water heating accounts for up to 17 percent of national residential energy consumption, the third largest energy end-use in homes behind heating and cooling units and kitchen appliances. As homeowners install amenities that require increased hot water volume, such as luxury tubs and [...]
Written on February 6, 2009 | Posted in
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by William J. Lund
Itching to get your hands on a good do it yourself type project? Something you can do with your own two hands and feel good about when you finish? Here is such a project. It’s not difficult, highly rewarding, and not only is it environmentally friendly, but it ads convenience to your [...]
Written on August 9, 2008 | Posted in
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