Articles tagged “home energy use”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

25 Easy Daily Greening Decisions- Room by Room By Laurel House IN Home & Garden Apr 27 2011 Maybe one green change alone can’t make this world a greener place, but thousands, millions of ones will. One drop in a bucket hardly makes a splash. But millions of individual drops make an ocean. + READ MORE

Can't Afford Solar Panels? Lease Them! By Michael Graham Richard IN Home & Garden Sep 14 2010 Installing a solar system on the roof of your house could cost you between $20,000 and $50,000, depending on on various technical details and incentives available where you live. Prices are coming down, but that's still a lot of money, more than what many people can afford. + READ MORE

Pellet Furnaces Are Hot! By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jul 21 2010 Pellet furnaces, like pellet stoves, are hot! But are they green? It appears to depend on where you live and how hands-on you are. + READ MORE

Interview With The Authors Of The Carbon-Free Home By Keith Wagstaff IN Home & Garden Jul 15 2010 Stephen and Rebekah Hren, authors of The Carbon-Free Home (Chelsea Green), give advice on how you can make your home as efficient as their home in Durham, NC. + READ MORE

Living Off the Grid in Style: An Interview with Super-Homesteader Jane Dawson By Leah Lamb IN Home & Garden Jul 12 2010 Jane Dawson talk about what it takes to start your own homestead, and the various systems she has perfected over the years. + READ MORE

Suggestions from 'Round the Blogiverse for Beating The Heat By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2010 More suggestions for keeping cool from websites we like. + READ MORE

Author Stan Cox Explores Some Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Jun 30 2010 "We need to spend less time trying to create a comfortable environment and more time appreciating and becoming comfortable with whatever environment we happen to be in" + READ MORE

Keep Cool This Summer Without Turning on the A/C By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2010 8 handy tips for staying cool and energy-efficient this summer. + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: More Cheap Ways To Stay Cool This Summer By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jun 10 2010 There are so many ways to beat the heat without resorting to the AC. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Laundry By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Green laundry keeps you looking good and leaves the environment no worse for wear. Find out more about green laundry products and habits. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Laundry By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Don't think of laundry as a mundane household chore -- think of it an opportunity to go green! Get dozens of tips and facts on how to do it in our latest green guide, How to Go Green: Laundry, one in a series of dozens that we're rolling out to help you go green in your everyday life. + READ MORE

"Weaming" Causing More and More Couples to Fight By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden May 25 2010 At least 60 percent of British households, and probably a similar number here in the U.S. And can all be solved with some simple energy efficiency measures. + READ MORE

Energy Efficient Homes Are The Stars Of The Future By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Apr 23 2010 Are you in the market for a new home? If you are, you are not alone. Millions of new homes are built every year. How will all of the materials needed to build and sustain these new homes accommodate our dwindling and limited natural resources? + READ MORE

Looking for a New Home? Get an Energy Audit Before You Buy! By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 16 2010 Asking for an energy audit on a home you're interested in purchasing can save you money in the long run. + READ MORE

Earth Month 2010 - Going Beyond "Green" By Collin Dunn IN Features Mar 22 2010 On the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, we choose to look ahead to what's coming. Does the term "green" still apply? Is it the whole story? Or do issues of economy, health, energy and environment cause us to redefine the term? + READ MORE

Shrink Your Cookprint: 5 Kitchen Gadgets To Ditch and 5 To Keep By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 17 2010 If you're like me, you have drawers and kitchen cabinets full of gadgets and small appliances. In an effort to pare down and conserve energy, resources and cash, find out which kitchen wonders should you ditch or keep. + READ MORE

Staying Warm in the Winter Without Heating Your House: It Can Be Done (If You Really Want To Do It) By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 4 2010 Whatever the reasons, the attitudes of people who live in cold homes are similar. They mention their enthusiasm for the environment is what fuels their prudent use of energy, making their choice both ethically, and environmentally sound reason. + READ MORE

Old Cast-Iron Radiators Get a New Heating Life By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 25 2010 It's becoming increasingly popular to see reclaimed and repurposed goods transformed into usable items for our homes. + READ MORE

EGG Energy Creates Battery-Sharing Program for Developing Nations By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Jan 19 2010 Getting reliable energy for powering lights, radios and other necessary devices in places where an electricity grid isn't well established can be rough. But now there's a new system that could make getting battery power easier than ever. + READ MORE

Warming Trends: Room By Room DIY and BUY Energy-Efficient Solutions For A Warmer Home By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 5 2010 As the cost of heating continues to rise, so has the awareness of just how much energy is seeping out of homes. Can we continue to enjoy the comforts of a warm home in an age when it is imperative that we consider energy issues first? + READ MORE