Posted May 31st, 2009 by benjamin
Summertime is almost here, but hot weather doesn’t have to mean skyrocketing power bills and nonstop air conditioning. We’ve compiled these tips to help you maximize your summer comfort and energy efficiency.
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Posted May 31st, 2009 by Biopact team
Many of you have asked to see pics of our house when the painting was finished. Other than a few touch-ups, I think we're done...for now. We're getting a new metal roof, courtesy of those two hail storms we had, and it will be a light color to reflect the heat and hopefully keep our energy bills down.
Speaking of that...Husband made some solar screens for the house this weekend, but I didn't like the fact that they totally obliterated the dividers in the front windows, completely taking away from the cottage effect and looking like four huge black holes. So, we're going to put those screens on the back and sides of the house, and hang insulated curtains and shades inside the front windows so that the windows will look the same. Eventually, my little Shumard Oak will cast some shade on them, too.
In case you're wondering, it's fairly easy to make your own solar screens, and all you need for the job can be bought at Lowe's or Home Depot. Just make sure you get the proper screenwire for solar screens.
What a job all that painting was! BUT, we saved at least $4,000 by doing it all ourselves. Which paid for the new energy efficient appliances we're getting tomorrow!
happy trails,
bobbi c.
Posted May 31st, 2009 by Alternate Energy Sources Blog
Is there federal money for residential solar or geothermal
Posted May 31st, 2009 by Alternate Energy Sources Blog
I am a student in Tulsa, Oklahoma and I am aware of the growing need for Alternative Energy. I am currently studying to receive my Bachelor's Degree
Posted May 31st, 2009 by Alternate Energy Sources Blog
Louisiana has a lot of festivals. I am looking for grants for our organization, Gulf Coast Green Living to help these festivals have as small of an
Posted May 30th, 2009 by Susan Harris
Check out this sea of salvia at Chicago’s Lurie Garden! Gorgeous, and awfully close to sustainable (its irrigation system is rarely used). Design by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, plants by Piet Oudolf.
More from the gardens of Chicago coming soon to this blog - and about 50 others, thanks to the second annual Gardenblogger Spring Fling. For [...]
Posted May 29th, 2009 by C. Scott Miller
Photograph by Peter Essick for National Geographic magazine.Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta's oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.So intones an article in this month's issue of National Geographic magazine titled "The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom." Its opening shot shows how arbitrary standards that attribute direct and
The other is a more traditional solution, to interplant the bulb with a late arrival in the garden. Plant with a perennial that is slow to wake up in the spring and somewhat slow to get started to give the bulb time to replensh itself before it is shaded out by the perennial.
