By pmapawatt Posted on February 24th, 2010 in Clean Energy , Education , Fuel Cell , Solar , The Basics , Wind
Bloom Energy Servers Could Change the World
Today, Bloom Energy launched their Energy Server product and went public with a new website containing much greater detail about the company and their products. You can read previous posts on the Bloom Box aka Energy Server here. In this post, I will hit … continue reading
By pmapawatt Posted on February 17th, 2010 in Conservation , Education , Heating & AC
My Natural Gas Bill
If you must rely on fossil fuels to heat your home – whether directly by burning a gas or liquid (heating oil) in a furnace or indirectly through the mostly fossil-fueled electricity grid – then burning natural gas in your home furnace is the cleanest and most efficient way to do … continue reading
Learning how to track your energy usage
I’m new to blogging on Mapawatt but have lurked behind the scenes building the infrastructure behind Mapawatt.com. I share Chris’ vision of providing users with a trusted source of energy information and tools that will help us learn how we use energy. For my first blog posts, I’d … continue reading
By Chris Posted on February 23rd, 2010 in Conservation , Education , Sustainability
I recently had a friend and reader suggest I check out this great new free book he found called The Green Millionaire. He said I could get a free copy at the website (I’m not even going to link to their site because it’s too close to a scam for my taste). When I went … continue reading
By Chris Posted on January 14th, 2010 in Building Envelope , Conservation , Education , Monitoring
Blower Door Test
A key step to understanding how you use energy in your home is doing a home energy audit. An energy audit usually means you walk through your home and analyze all the systems that impact how you use energy. There are two ways to approach a home energy audit: finding a professional … continue reading
By Chris Posted on December 13th, 2009 in Education , Getting Started
One of our goals at Mapawatt is to be the online community for home energy conservation, efficiency, and clean energy production. Part of building that community involves individuals sharing their home energy habits in order to help others, learn from others, and start the discussion on how we all can be doing better when it … continue reading
By pmapawatt Posted on November 23rd, 2009 in Education , Monitoring , The Basics
- therms of natural gas saved (if you keep track of gas bills see this post)
- passenger vehicles affected this year (this is for individuals or companies that remove vehicles from their fleet)
If you provide the number of units saved for one of these categories above, the calculator will tell you the following:
- How many … continue reading
By Chris Posted on November 6th, 2009 in Education , Getting Started
Home Energy Audit
Today I had lunch with a friend who was starting from scratch when it comes to saving energy. Well, he’s not really starting from scratch; that would be someone who is moving in to a new home and hasn’t been paying for their energy. This guy (I know you’re reading, I’ll try … continue reading
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