Sorry for the gap in posts. We have had some major problems with our home internet connection over the past two weeks. What started out as intermittent outages turned into numerous phone calls with AT&T. Ultimately, the problem required a visit from a technician who changed out a port at a junction […]
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I’ve been tracking my electricity usage daily since my last post and even though it’s just a few days worth of data, I’m starting to get a little concerned. With mild springtime weather allowing us to turn off the HVAC system for the last several weeks, I fully expected my energy usage to be […]
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April continued our 3rd straight month of decreased electric usage. As I discussed in last month’s update, publishing our usage will help us track the kilowatt hours and keep me accountable to reducing our home energy bills. Below are the details of our April bill (received in May). Our house is all-electric, except for […]
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With more people making the decision to invest in energy efficient homes, I’ve been reading more about energy efficient mortgages. Also called Green Mortgages, home owners are able to finance energy saving upgrades and pay for them over the life of the loan while enjoying lower utility bills.
Why would a bank want to […]
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Mother Earth News recently listed 8 Easy Projects for Instant Energy Savings. The author lists 8 projects that cost $400 to implement that generate an estimated annual savings of over $900. Below is a list of the projects and my thoughts.
Reduce power consumption of personal computers. The author plugged all of his […]
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Continuing our discussion on the energy-saving features we put into our house, today I’ll talk about the windows we used.
In the first two installments of this series, I discussed the framing techniques we used and reflective roof decking. Both of these features have added tremendous energy saving potential to our house. For a […]
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