I was helping a friend install some light fixtures in his house Saturday and it required that we spend some time in his attic. The house is 25+ years old, in good shape overall. As we were climbing through his attic, I was talking to him about my interest in energy savings and the good […]
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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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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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