Articles tagged “Saving Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Go Green Like My Grandparents By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 17 2008 Everyone likes new things, except for my grandparents.This will save energy and your clothes will come out smelling like a meadow or at least chemically similar to a meadow. + READ MORE

Japan's Eco-tourism, DiCaprio's Green Deeds and Brown Bag Burritos By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 11 2008 Galavant around Japan the green way. Hear how Leonardo DiCaprio is using his money for good. Pack these Quick Brown Bag Burritos for the beach. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Quick-What's The Dew Point?! By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 9 2008 Ed is floored when Rachelle presents him with a weather station that he can use in conjunction with his solar panels.Your home weather station may be just a useful tool, may inspire you to learn more about greening your home and your habits, or may even make you a green enthusiast like Ed. + READ MORE

Is Telecommuting Really Greener? By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 A big question with telecommuting is: "Does it just transfer energy use from the office to the home office? Is it really greener?" We found some answers in a study done by SUN Microsystems... + 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

High-Efficiency Heating Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 23 2008 Almost every homeowner featured on Renovation Nation renovates with heat efficiency in mind. We all need heat for our homes. It gets cold in some places, especially North Dakota. I would argue that North Dakota is existentially cold in addition to being physically cold, but that?s a matter of some debate. Now is neither the time nor the place. + READ MORE

Laundry Liquid Soap: How to get the Last Drop Out By Michael Graham Richard IN Home & Garden Jun 20 2008 Small things add up. If you consider that most liquid soap bottles are made in such a way that between 1 and 3 ounces are very hard to get to because of the recessed spout, and you multiply that by the hundreds of millions of liquid soap bottles used each year just in the USA, that means that there are literally tons of... + READ MORE

Children's Hospital Goes Green By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Jun 19 2008 By Brian Merchant As we saw on Greensburg, the most unlikely buildings are going up green?even the church! But Greensburg isn't the only place that's building with green in mind. A children's hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, has unveiled green plans... + READ MORE

How Green Can You Go? By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 16 2008 I like to think I live a pretty green lifestyle. I recycle my plastic and paper, try not to drive somewhere I could walk, turn the lights off when I leave the house. So now that TreeHugger.com and PlanetGreen.com editor Meaghan O'Neill has asked me to spend... + READ MORE

6 Small Changes That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 These are six small changes to add to your daily routine which prove that without much effort at all you can go green!If you live in an area that doesn't receive much sunlight, choose to buy compact fluorescent light bulbs. + READ MORE

Cruise without Bruising the Planet By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 13 2008 All Aboard the S.S. Green! Dispose of trash and recyclables properly, tread lightly on natural habitats, and resist the urge to take any natural souvenirs such as shells, rocks, or flowers. + READ MORE

Wrap Up Your Attic By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 12 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, innovative solar panel placement and other energy-smart tactics trim household electricity usage to a bare minimum. Installing radiant barrier foil in your attic is a novice-friendly DIY project that can seriously shrink your own home's energy footprint. + READ MORE

Extolling the Virtues of Triple Pane Windows By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jun 12 2008 Renovation Nation features various energy-saving gadgets. One of those gadgets is the triple pane window. This new window is much like the regular window that your parents used, but it has three panes instead of one or two. + 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

Take the Pledge to Wash in Cold Water and Get a Free Book By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2008 Pressing the "cold/cold" button on your washing machine is a great way to save energy, money, and carbon emissions, but it can also get you a free book! Take the "Get Out of Hot Water" pledge, and learn how to clean up your act, in a green way, in the process. + READ MORE

The Bicycle that's Bringing Home the Bread! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 14 2008 Every morning that Ed gets up craving toast, he goes for a ten-minute bike ride on his stationary bike. + READ MORE

Shut Down Your PC on Earth Day By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Apr 17 2008 Systems-management firm 1E is urging U.S. desk workers to shut down their PCs completely before leaving work on Earth Day, April 22. If every American worker remembers to turn off their computers on that single day alone... + READ MORE

Go Green, Live Rich: Plant a Tree By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 17 2008 Marvin Lichtner//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images This is one in a series of tips from the book Go Green, Live Rich, by David Bach, which shows how reducing your footprint can increase your wealth.Strategically planting trees and shrubs to shade your home can lower surrounding air temperatures during warm summer months... + 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