Archive for the ‘ energy efficiency ’ Category

Cash for appliances: Clarifying the requirements state by state

A while back I told you I would really like a new washer and dryer, but they weren’t in the budget. They still aren’t at the end of their life, but the new cash for appliances program makes me wonder if I should at least get a new washing machine that will wash more than [ READ MORE ]

Obama’s United We Serve campaign is quite green

President Obama launched the United We Serve campaign over the weekend. The campaign urges Americans to do their part in the road to economic recovery by volunteering in areas that can help in the efforts.  In the video below, the president reminds Americans that it’s not just the governments job to fix our problems. One of [ READ MORE ]

The right to hang

Hang-dry that it. Our home blogger over on MNN, Matt Hickman, had  a post yesterday about states tackling clothes line hang ups. Okay, welcome to day two of my ranting (well, as much as I can rant) about things that the government shouldn’t be doing because we could just be doing it ourselves! Yesterday, it [ READ MORE ]

Getting Tax Refund Money? 10 Ways to Spend Your Green, Greenly

It’s the third Friday of the month and that means we’re privileged to have a guest post by Adam Shake of Twilight Earth. Today he’s talking about how to spend our tax refunds wisely and greenly. A common misconception amongst many people is that being green costs more money, than not. This is not true, and [ READ MORE ]

10 easy ways to be more sustainable with your clothing

I’m not too different than other women. I like clothes. I like to feel good about what I’m wearing. I have a certain style, and when I see something that I think is “me” I want it. Unfortunately, buying whatever I want isn’t very sustainable – either environmentally or financially. My clothing buying has considerably [ READ MORE ]

Sign up for Earth Hour

Last year, my family and I participated in Earth Hour. It’s one hour when people volunteer to turn off all the lights in their home. We played Monopoly by candle light. It was fun. While we the only ones in my area participating that I knew about, across the world, communities turned off off their [ READ MORE ]

Database of Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency

I just found out about the www.dsire.org database through a client. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this before. It allows you to search by your state what rebates and other incentives there are if you make energy efficient upgrades to your home (among other things). The DSIRE project tracks information on state, utility, local, [ READ MORE ]

Energy Efficiency Equals More Money in Your Pocket

Green Saves Green Day 2 It is absolutely beautiful out this morning. After a week of muggy, rainy, gray days, fall has emerged clear and crisp. The sun is shining, the wind is gently blowing leaves that are beginning to turn, and I’m considering actually putting on shoes instead of sandals. It’s one of those days [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Energy Audit

For someone who lives in a house or even an apartment or condo, an energy audit is a process in which you yourself or a professional auditor takes a look at all of the energy used in the home to find out if energy is being used efficiently. If it is found that energy is [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Phantom Load

I read this in a book I just finished reading, Serve God Save the Planet (review coming soon). The U.S. government reports that Americans spend more money to power audio equipment when it is off than when it is on. When stereos are off – which is most of the time – they are still using [ READ MORE ]

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