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Department of Energy Zero Energy Homes After working through several projects to retrofit an existing home to make it more energy efficient, it’s hard not to think about what could be done by starting from scratch. A clean slate isn’t something that everyone will get when it comes to living in an energy … continue reading 
DIY Home Energy Audit Having a professional Home Energy Audit is a great investment to make when you need help planning your home energy upgrades. However, in the spirit of Mapawatt and empowering readers to take control of their energy usage, we’ll offer the reader a “Do it Yourself Home Energy … continue reading 
Insulation for your home’s attic is one of the most important aspects to ensuring that you save the most money and energy in regards to heating and air conditioning. I briefly covered insulation in our insulation intro, but it was very basic. While catching up on my energy conservation blogs I ran across Energy Vanguard … continue reading 
Earlier this week a team from Virginia Tech, with their Lumenhaus entry, took home first place in the first ever Solar Decathlon Europe contest held in Madrid, Spain . The University of Florida took home 8th place. The majority of the contestants were from schools in Europe. The Solar Decathlon is usually held in the … continue reading 
I first wrote about Home Star in March, when Obama was in Savannah, GA proposing the program. Three months later and Congress has passed H.B. 5019 – Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, a.k.a. Cash for Caulkers. All of this was probably helped out by V.P. Biden’s report delivered in October of 2009 titled … continue reading 
My Attic Air Duct The following article was written by Rod MacKenzie, an energy auditor based in Atlanta. Rod operates Green Building Resources, which is a residential energy auditing firm that provides customers with the products and services they need to make their home more comfortable and more energy efficient – home improvements that pay you … continue reading 
Below are the contents of an article written by Wendy Koch for USA Today that appeared on Earth Day titled, “Blueprint for a green house“. Wendy also writes for a USA Today blog titled, “Green House“. I’ve taken snippets of her 10 tips with a few comments by me in italics, but I highly recommend reading … continue reading 
We humans are needy people. We want cars and nice clothes and good beer and flashy jewelry. But we only need water, food, and shelter to survive. If you live in a single family home the shelter part is probably provided by a roof with shingles. This is good news for Dow Chemical, who … continue reading |
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