Articles tagged “Home Energy Use”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Structural Insulated Panels and You By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jul 18 2008 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

Move toward Motion Sensor Faucets By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jul 16 2008 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

Green Your Summer: 7 Unusual Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 10 2008 Now that we've launched our guide for How to Go Green: Summer, we got to thinking: what other kinds of green summer fun can we have? Here are some tips that range from fun to challenging to just plain wacky. + READ MORE

Sustainable Small Town America By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 While Greensburg is looking to be the first platinum certified LEED city in the country (in other words, the most eco-friendly town in America) it's not the only town with such aspirations.It's a community of 900 environmentally minded citizens, and according to the town's website it follows very specific... + READ MORE

The Solar Water Heater Solution By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 1 2008 On Greenovate, LEED accredited professionals Joe and Jessica Goodman use their knowledge of sustainable development to plan an amazing renovation for their 3-story Santa Monica condo. This super green team decides to install a solar water heater to reduce energy costs and conserve resources. Find out if this green renovation is right for you! + READ MORE

Keeping Green In Mind By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 30 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, every inch of Robin's "La Casa Verde" reminds inhabitants and visitors how beautiful eco-friendly living can be. Keep your mind on the planet, and the planet on your mind, with some cool-looking visual aids that?ll help you stick with eco-friendly habits. + READ MORE

Wa$ted Episode: Where There's Smoke... By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Episodes Jun 30 2008 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... + READ MORE

World's Greenest Homes: Episode 6 By Team Planet Green IN Worlds Greenest Homes Jun 20 2008 Think it's impossible to be green and glam? Well, think again, because the World's Greenest Homes prove that luxury and ecology can exist under the same roof! These one-of-a kind homes from around the globe are like nothing you've ever... + READ MORE

I've Only Got A Minute By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, the relaxed family dwelling in Aspen proves that eco-smart choices can be super-convenient. Each of these incredibly easy green ideas takes just sixty seconds or less, and for a few, you don't even have to move from the chair you're sitting in right now - talk about convenient! + READ MORE

5 Health Benefits of Green Energy Sources By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 13 2008 There is another very important reason for our search for green energy. Our health - both our own and that of those around us, including plants and animals. Today we are going to set aside gas consumption, energy efficiency, and production waste, and remind ourselves of the health benefits in using green energy + READ MORE

Green Natives Sighted in the Concrete Jungle By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 11 2008 Living in not-so-city-like Studio City, Ed and Rachelle have plenty of eco-minded neighbors like Bill Nye and Jay Leno. In contrast, when you reside in the middle of a big city, you may not have green neighbors with whom to share eco-tips or even know your neighbors' names, for that matter. Life in the city can seem positively un-green. + READ MORE

Sealing Your Thermal Envelope By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 On Renovation Nation, much ado has been made about creating a thermal envelope. From Philadelphia to Seattle, eco-friendly home renovators have been reconstructing their homes with energy efficiency in mind. + READ MORE

LEED Accredited Professionals By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was formally developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 1998. The organization not only created a standard for green building development, but also for housing and real estate professionals. + READ MORE

80 Ways To Celebrate World Environment Day By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 27 2008 On June 5th, 1972, the United Nations General Assembly formed the United Nations Environment Programme (commonly referred to as UNEP). That same day was also marked World Environment Day and every June 5th since, has been celebrated as a worldwide day of environmental awareness. + READ MORE

Get an Energy Star-Rated Cordless Vacuum By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 10 2008 I'm a big fan of using a human-powered, zero-carbon broom to sweep up most messes, but when it comes to hard-to-reach places, rugs, and rolling dust bunnies, I'm an even bigger fan of technology, especially if it falls into the less-is-more category, and doesn't make me feel like I'm murdering the planet because I want... + READ MORE

What to Do Before You Start By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 6 2008 Incredibly, many homes (especially older houses) are covered in paint chock full of chemicals which have been linked to short and long-term household health problems, ranging from ear, nose, and throat irritation and headaches to internal organ damage. + READ MORE

Get a Greener Television By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2008 Plasma, LCD, or good old-fashioned CRT? If you think that an LCD television always trumps a CRT clunker in terms of energy efficiency, however, you're missing the big picture.Screen size is an important factor that can quickly overwhelm even an LCD's built-in energy savings. + READ MORE

Try Using a Crock Pot for Energy-Efficient Cooking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 25 2008 I have never owned or even used a crock pot before.It turns out that crock pots have heat conductive linings so you can cook at a steady 200 F. Because you put all the ingredients in and then turn your back on it, you never lose any steam or heat from repeatedly lifting the lid. + READ MORE

Green Your Electricity: Take Steps to Reduce Your Energy Use By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Mar 14 2008 This is the second article in a four-part series on how to green your electricity. Finally, you can reduce your electricity consumption by reducing the number of electronic gadgets that keep drawing "phantom power" even when not in use (follow the previous link for more information on that topic), and you can cut down... + READ MORE

Calculate Your Fuel Economy By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Mar 6 2008 Sure, you may know what the label estimate on your auto says, but how many miles per gallon (mpg) does your car really get? Fill your gas tank completely and write down your car's odometer reading (mileage).Example: The last time the tank was filled, the odometer reading was 32,645.1 miles. + READ MORE