We have posted things about electricity, but we haven’t touched much on saving water.  We believe that we are headed towards a future where conserving water is just as important or more important than conserving energy.  Think about this for a second.  Think of the price of diamonds and the price of water.  Diamonds are [...]

Imagine monitoring your Baltimore home’s power output while on a business trip to Austin, TX, with the ability to shut off energy-sucking outlets at the click of a button. Now that is control that’ll save you money.

Thanks to CNStars17, we took more notice to the IBM commercials and ideas. It seems that everyone is jumping on the Green Train. Exxon, IBM, and the government are just a few of the major organizations that are starting to realize that if we don’t find some new procedures we are going to [...]

This may be an idea that is in left field, but we are going to throw it out there anyways, and see if we can get a response from it.  What if we could only use power that we created?  What if, we were completely free from a power plant, and we had to create [...]

This article will be mostly about Compact Flourescent bulbs or “CFLs”.   Here are some common tips that we got from “The Family Handyman.”
CFLs have come a long way.  They used to be almost $15 dollars a piece with many problems.  That is the past, and now you can buy a CFL for as little as [...]

Earning the ENERGY STAR means products meet strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

ENERGY STAR qualified geothermal heat pumps use about 30% less energy than a standard heat pump.
They are quieter than conventional systems.

Geothermal heat pumps (sometimes referred to as GeoExchange, earth-coupled, ground-source, or water-source [...]

From the Energy Star website:
“Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2007 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 27 million cars — all while saving $16 billion on their utility bills.”
A common theme to posts on this blog are the two major points outlined in the excerpt [...]

As previously stated, with the high cost of natural gas this winter, let’s start cutting back on energy. HERE is a good article on how much electricity your stuff uses.   Also, let’s break down how much your gas bill will be.  To estimate how much it will cost you to operate a natural gas appliance [...]