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How to Go Green: Rental Properties 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-RENTAL-PROPERTIES \| COMMENTS Greening your home is one of the most important steps you can take towards living a greener life, yet so much of the advice on sustainable homes is written with the home-owner in mind. What about those of us who rent? Installing insulation, erecting solar panels, or replacing our windows is almost...+ READ MORE	{ }
How To Go Green: Lighting 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-LIGHTING \| COMMENTS How we light up the places we live and work makes a big impact on how we feel. It also makes a big impact on the environment. The kind of bulbs, the kind of fixtures, the kind of power, and the habits we keep can all add up to a very significant greening. Start with the fact that a conventional...+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: House Hunting 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-HOUSE-HUNTING \| COMMENTS The housing market may have had a rough time of late, but there are still plenty of us out there looking for a new home. Whether you are a first time buyer or a seasoned veteran, it is worth remembering that buying a house is one of the biggest decisions you can make, and not just financially. The...+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: Heating 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-HEATING \| COMMENTS Consider that roughly two-thirds of a home's annual energy use goes toward space and water heating, that in most American homes, winter heating is responsible for sending nearly four tons of greenhouse gases into the air each month, and that as much as half of all the energy used in the home is...+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: Electronics 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-ELECTRONICS \| COMMENTS Yes, electronic devices are becoming a bigger and bigger part of our lives, especially as they get smaller and smaller. We use them as tools and toys to communicate, work, enjoy media, and be expressive. Being green with electronics doesn’t mean living in a teepee listening to truckers squalk on the...+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: Carbon Offsets 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-CARBON-OFFSETS \| COMMENTS Newspapers, radio, television, magazines, blogs, podcasts, in fact any media you can think of, has awoken to the issue of Climate Change or Global Warming. When mainstream publications, the likes of Sports Illustrated and Vanity Fair, cover the topic you know there is something going on. Not to...+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: Dishwashing 17 Jul 2008 IN GREEN-DISHWASHING \| COMMENTS Washing dishes uses water, energy, chemicals, as well as your valuable time, so an efficient approach can save a lot of each. Since dishwashing machines are the norm for the majority of people, most of our tips will be for these. Large appliances like dishwashers account for a huge chunk of your...+ READ MORE	{ }
Wa$ted: Episode 8 15 Jul 2008 IN WA$TED! \| COMMENTS Joe is engaged to Laurel, and they live in a house in rural New Jersey with her sister, Alexa.They love living in the country and their house would be a perfect model of green living, except that their road to green is paved with good intentions gone sour.+ READ MORE	{ }
Move toward Motion Sensor Faucets 11 Jul 2008 IN GREENOVATE \| COMMENTS On Greenovate, Josh Pevnick and Melissa Turait go the green way in LA with a spectacular home renovation project.Even though hand washing is stressed, facilities without motion sensor faucets may have employees and customers re-contaminating their hands when they shut off the faucet.+ READ MORE	{ }
Structural Insulated Panels and You 10 Jul 2008 IN GREENOVATE \| COMMENTS On Greenovate, Evan and Amanda Gregorio want to show their two children how important it is to be green.If you're sold on SIPs and want to start investigating them as an option for your renovation or construction project, contact the Structural Insulated Panel Association.+ READ MORE	{ }

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