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LED Overhead Lighting Results Disappointing

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged on February 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »

This is an unplanned blog post, but I just had to add this immediately — in part to let off some steam, in part to give a more “balanced” view on LED lighting. In February 4th and February 8th postings, I practically waxed poetic the wonders of LED lighting, based on “reliable” research I found. [...]

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Week 5: Eco-Friendly Small Steps

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I tend to like moving in leaps and bounds (or as my sister’s old colleague, whose first language was not English, more appropriately termed it, “leaps and bounces”); Nils sometimes has to (figuratively) grab me by the scruff of the neck and remind me that small, consistent steps are a good thing, and often more [...]

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Eco-Friendliness: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »

The Good:  There is an enormous amount of material out there for those seeking advice on energy-efficiency and eco-friendly lifestyle changes. The Bad:  There is an enormous amount of material out there for those seeking advice on energy-efficiency and eco-friendly lifestyle changes. Sifting through it all, trying to determine what information is well-researched and documented, [...]

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Week 5: How Green is Our Home?

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , , , , , , on February 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »

For Week 5, we’re doing a bit of “home improvement.”  We’re not talking about buying a new sofa or building cabinets; by “improvement,” we mean bettering our energy-efficiency and making more “eco-friendly” lifestyle choices. We already consider ourselves reasonably “eco-friendly,” but there are certainly many more things we “should” do, several things we “could” do, [...]

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February MIC: Green Our Home

Posted in Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, tagged , , , , , on February 1, 2010 | 15 Comments »

It’s darn cold outside where we live and the hours of sunlight are limited (along with the fact that the skies seem like they’ve been gray forever!).  We’re not completely unconscious to the fact that we’re likely using more energy for heating and lighting, as well as taking more hot baths to soak away that chilled-to-the-bone feeling. [...]

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