Saving Energy & Money

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Energy Efficient Interior Design

Here are tips on decorating your way to lower utility bills.

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5 Simple Ways to Deal With Drafts Before Winter

How to weatherproof your home and save money all winter long.

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How to Conserve Energy in the Kitchen

These hacks will save cash, keep your kitchen clean!

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using a Solar Cooker

Draw up plans to start working with an eco-friendly cooking method

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4 Advantages to Using a Sundial

What time is it? It's time for you to get a sundial.

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Electricity-Saving Tips for Home Theaters

Bigger and better means more energy needs.

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Have a Green Lawn this Summer

Improve its health, swap it out, or ditch it altogether.

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How to Cut Your Utility Bills Room by Room

Here's a systematic way to save money on your utility consumption.

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4 Ways to Save Water in the Bathroom

If you are eco-friendly and are wondering what you can do to become even more so.

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Energy Tips for Homeowners

Adjusting to the economic climate and debates about global pollution could save you some costs.

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Home Improvement Tech to Download, Install or Upgrade for the Winter

It's cold out, but there's still home improvement to be done.

How to Build a Sundial

Not the most practical or accurate way to tell time.

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How to Build a Parabolic Solar Concentrator

It's a device that focuses light on a point to create power.

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How to Build a Geothermal Heat Exchange for a Solar Chimney

Shift some of your energy burden onto renewables.

How to Build Your Own Solar Clock

A fun weekend activity that you can share with your kids.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Hybrid Solar Cooker

A hybrid solar cooker is a sustainable cooking appliance.

How to Read the Energy Guide Sticker

You've seen them before, but what does it mean?

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How to Build a Flat Plate Solar Collector

These panels are the standard shape we think of.

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Energy Star Disadvantages

The program rates the efficiency of appliances.

How to Build Solar Cells for Absorption Refrigeration

Solar absorption refrigeration is a great innovation.

5 Advantages to Using a Solar Chimney

A solar chimney's a natural way of improving ventilation.

Troubleshooting Your Absorption Refrigeration Unit

Absorption is an alternative to compression refrigeration.

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How to Build a Parabolic Solar Cooker

Use the energy of the sun to cook dinner.

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Which Consumes More Energy: An Electric Stove or an Oven?

Since your stove and your oven are to be used on a daily basis, learn how to use them efficiently, and save you money.

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Do Plug-in Air Fresheners Save Energy?

Protect the planet and save money by conserving.

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How to Fill an Absorption Refrigeration Unit with Ammonia

Absorption refrigeration systems are replacing compressors.

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Absorption Refrigeration vs Compressor Refrigeration

Here's how absorption refrigeration compares.