It’s getting warm.  Time to switch your fans

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It’s getting warm. Time to switch your fans

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Now that it is finally getting warmer, it is time to switch the way your ceiling fans spin.
I can’t imagine that ALL fans are the same, but mine needs to go counter clockwise for it to pull cool air down.
It is easy to tell. Turn on your fan and if it feels cooler underneath […]

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Tags: miscellaneous · green tips · lifestyle · Energy efficiency

Summer time and the leaf blowers are running

April 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have never understood leaf blowers. And I am a product and part of suburbia.
They are loud. They run on a gas/oil mixture. They pollute horribly.
And all they do is move some grass clippings back into the grass from the sidewalk or road.
What would happen if they were only […]

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Tags: green tips · lifestyle · Community

Walking to work

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The past week I have been up on Long Island on a big project. The hotel is not visible from where I am working, but only because there is a big building in between. Most of the people who traveled up here with me got a rental car.
The first time I came […]

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Tags: green tips · transportation

How to double- triple your gas mileage

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I am not going to help you change your miles per gallon. Sorry.
I am going to add a new concept to the whole miles per gallon. Person Miles Per Gallon (PMPG). Let me give you a simple example of PMPG: You drive to work in a car that gets […]

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1 simple energy tip for the winter

January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last night, I made soup. Lots of vegetables, lentils, barley, pepper. I liked it. I ate as much as I could.
I made too much soup.
Even after a few hours, the soup was too hot to put in the refrigerator. I did not want to waste a lot of energy cooling down […]

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Tags: green tips · Energy efficiency